Practical guides to cruise ports, destinations, and shore days around the world. We explain arrival arrangements and compare excursion options.
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Ravenna Cruise Port
Ravenna cruise port has become more important as cruise itineraries have shifted away from central Venice calls, but it should not be treated only as a Venice substitute. The ship uses the Porto Corsini cruise…
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Palma Cruise Port
Palma is one of the Mediterranean’s easiest cruise calls to enjoy without feeling trapped by the port. The ship docks on the western side of the bay, while the reason most passengers care about the…
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Marseille Cruise Port
Marseille is a proper working port city: old, busy, maritime, imperfect and far more interesting than passengers sometimes expect from the view at the cruise berth. The Old Port, Le Panier, Notre-Dame de la Garde…
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Geiranger Cruise Port
Geiranger is one of Norway’s most dramatic cruise calls, and the approach through the fjord is part of the experience before you even step ashore. The village is small, but the surrounding viewpoints, waterfalls and…
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Naples Cruise Port
Naples is one of the great high-choice cruise ports of the Mediterranean. The ship docks close to a city with serious food, history and street life, while Pompeii, Herculaneum, Capri, Sorrento and the Amalfi Coast…
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Athens Cruise Port (Piraeus)
Piraeus is the cruise gateway to Athens, and for most passengers the real question is how to reach the Acropolis and historic centre with enough energy left to enjoy them. The port itself is busy…
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Olden Cruise Port
Olden is a small Norwegian fjord port where the scenery does most of the work. Ships call for Nordfjord landscapes, glacier country, green valleys and the chance to reach Briksdal Glacier or Loen Skylift rather…
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Gibraltar Cruise Port
Gibraltar is a compact cruise call with an outsized identity: a British Overseas Territory at the entrance to the Mediterranean, dominated by the Rock and shaped by centuries of military, maritime and trading history. Cruise…
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Madeira Cruise Port (Funchal)
Madeira’s cruise port at Funchal is one of the Atlantic’s most rewarding calls because the island gives you several very different days from the same berth: seafront city, old town, gardens, cable car, wine, viewpoints…
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Ponta Delgada Cruise Port
Ponta Delgada is the main cruise gateway to São Miguel, the largest island in the Azores. It appears on Atlantic island, repositioning and transatlantic itineraries because it offers something different from a typical beach or…
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Los Angeles Cruise Port (San Pedro)
Los Angeles Cruise Port at San Pedro is primarily a logistics port: a major embarkation and turnaround point for Mexico, California coast, Hawaii, Panama Canal and Pacific itineraries. The World Cruise Center sits inside the…
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Cartagena Cruise Port
Cartagena cruise port serves Cartagena de Indias, Colombia’s great walled Caribbean city. Cruise itineraries call here because it offers a rare combination: colonial streets, fortifications, bright balconies, plazas, cafés, Caribbean heat and a cruise terminal…