Practical guides to cruise ports, destinations, and shore days around the world. We explain arrival arrangements and compare excursion options.

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  • Cabo San Lucas Cruise Port

    Cabo San Lucas Cruise Port

    Cabo San Lucas cruise port is a tender call. Ships anchor in the bay and small boats carry passengers to the marina, so the first and last parts of the day depend on sea conditions,…

  • Cap Cana Cruise Port

    Cap Cana Cruise Port

    Cap Cana cruise port is not a conventional Caribbean terminal surrounded by a walkable town. Small cruise ships may call at Marina Cap Cana within a large private resort development on the Punta Cana coast.…

  • Basseterre Cruise Port

    Basseterre Cruise Port

    Basseterre cruise port places passengers at Port Zante beside the capital of St Kitts. Unlike many Caribbean calls, the first useful part of town is close enough to reach on foot. The Circus, Independence Square,…

  • Miami Cruise Port

    Miami Cruise Port

    Miami cruise port is not a single terminal with one obvious front door. PortMiami occupies Dodge Island between downtown and Miami Beach, and cruise ships use a growing group of terminals spread along the port…

  • CocoCay Cruise Port

    CocoCay Cruise Port

    CocoCay cruise port is Royal Caribbean’s private destination in the Bahamas, reached by a purpose-built pier rather than a tender. The island is designed as a collection of zones: included beaches and pools, paid attractions,…

  • Cienfuegos Cruise Port

    Cienfuegos Cruise Port

    Cienfuegos cruise port offers a quieter Cuban city than Havana and a historic centre recognised for its distinctive nineteenth-century planning and architecture. Calls are relatively uncommon, and exact arrival arrangements can vary between a berth,…

  • Villefranche Cruise Port (Nice)

    Villefranche Cruise Port (Nice)

    Villefranche cruise port has one of the French Riviera’s most attractive arrivals. Ships anchor in the deep natural bay and tenders usually carry passengers to Port de la Santé, where the old town rises immediately…

  • Taormina Cruise Port

    Taormina Cruise Port

    Taormina cruise port is one of the Mediterranean calls where the destination shown on the itinerary is not the place where most passengers first step ashore. Ships usually anchor in the bay below Taormina and…

  • Seattle Cruise Port

    Seattle Cruise Port

    Seattle Cruise Port operates from two terminals that create very different embarkation mornings. Bell Street Cruise Terminal at Pier 66 sits on the central waterfront within walking distance of Pike Place Market and several hotels.…

  • Vancouver Cruise Port

    Vancouver Cruise Port

    Vancouver Cruise Port is unusually well placed for an embarkation terminal. Canada Place sits on the downtown harbourfront beside hotels, the convention centre and Waterfront Station, with mountain views across Burrard Inlet. That central position…

  • New York Cruise Port

    New York Cruise Port

    New York Cruise Port is not a single terminal. Ships use Manhattan Cruise Terminal on the West Side, Brooklyn Cruise Terminal in Red Hook and Cape Liberty Cruise Port across the harbour in Bayonne, New…

  • Zakynthos Cruise Port

    Zakynthos Cruise Port

    Zakynthos cruise port usually brings passengers ashore by tender in Zakynthos Town, but the island’s most advertised scenery is spread far beyond the waterfront. Turtle habitat lies around Laganas Bay to the south, the Blue…