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

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  • Varna Cruise Port

    Varna Cruise Port

    Varna cruise port is one of the Black Sea’s easier city calls. Ships use the passenger facilities at Varna East, close enough to the Roman Baths, pedestrian centre and Sea Garden for a useful day…

  • Ushuaia Cruise Port

    Ushuaia Cruise Port

    Ushuaia cruise port has two quite different jobs. For large South America ships it is a dramatic day call beneath the Martial Mountains; for many expedition passengers it is the practical beginning or end of…

  • Mahon Cruise Port

    Mahon Cruise Port

    Mahon cruise port—Maó in Catalan and Mahón in Spanish—brings ships deep into one of the Mediterranean’s most distinctive natural harbours. The arrival is part of the experience: islands, former military positions and waterfront settlements unfold…

  • Vik Norway Cruise Port

    Vik Norway Cruise Port

    Vik Norway cruise port is Vikøyri in Sogn, on the southern shore of the Sognefjord. It is not Vík on Iceland’s black-sand south coast—an error that has appeared in cruise databases and even destination imagery.…

  • Visby Cruise Port

    Visby Cruise Port

    Visby cruise port delivers one of the Baltic’s strongest independent walking days. The modern cruise quay can take large ships, and Copenhagen Malmö Port says the terminal is within walking distance of the centre. The…

  • Mġarr Gozo Cruise Port

    Mġarr Gozo Cruise Port

    Mgarr cruise port is the maritime gateway to Gozo, not a miniature version of Valletta. Transport Malta identifies Mġarr as Gozo’s main port and notes that small cruise liners may berth there occasionally; other cruise…

  • Bar Cruise Port

    Bar Cruise Port

    Bar cruise port is an Adriatic call where the ship arrives at a working commercial harbour rather than beside Montenegro’s best-known old town. That makes the first transfer important: modern Bar, Stari Bar and the…

  • Calvi Cruise Port

    Calvi Cruise Port

    Calvi cruise port gives passengers one of Corsica’s most manageable first visits: the tender usually brings you into the marina area, the citadel rises directly above the waterfront, and a broad sandy beach begins on…

  • Argostoli Cruise Port

    Argostoli Cruise Port

    Argostoli cruise port offers two very different Kefalonia days. You can remain in the island capital for a low-risk waterfront route around Lithostroto, De Bosset Bridge and Koutavos Lagoon, or use the call to reach…

  • Alghero Cruise Port

    Alghero Cruise Port

    Alghero cruise port places passengers beside one of Sardinia’s most distinctive historic centres. Most cruise calls use tenders into the marina, close to the old Catalan walls, towers and seafront bastions. Once ashore, the central…

  • Augusta Cruise Port

    Augusta Cruise Port

    Augusta cruise port is an unusual eastern Sicily call at a large working harbour, not a polished walk-off terminal beside the island’s headline sights. The physical port is Augusta, but for most first-time passengers the…

  • Alter do Chão Cruise Port

    Alter do Chão Cruise Port

    Alter do Chão cruise port is an Amazon river call shaped by water level rather than a fixed maritime terminal. Ships normally anchor in the Tapajós and land passengers by tender or local boat near…