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Port index

Cruise port guides

Factual guides to the ports themselves — how ships berth, how far the town is from the gangway, and what a group of thirty can realistically do with the day.

69 ports
32 countries
9 regions

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Alaska
6 ports · 7 nights
The Inside Passage and Gulf of Alaska — glaciers, small former gold-rush towns and the shortest cruise season of any major region.
Western Mediterranean
9 ports · 7 nights
Spain, France and Italy in a single week, with a major city almost every morning and the shortest sailing distances in the Mediterranean.
Greek Isles & Aegean
7 ports · 7 nights
Santorini, Mykonos and the Aegean islands, with Ephesus on the Turkish coast — the most scenic and the most tender-dependent Mediterranean region.
Adriatic
4 ports · 7 nights
Croatia, Montenegro and the Italian east coast — walled medieval towns, short sailing distances and fewer ships than the Western Mediterranean.
Mexican Riviera
6 ports · 7 nights, with 3 and 4-night Baja sailings alongside
Mexico’s Pacific coast from West Coast homeports — the drive-to region for California, Arizona and the Southwest.
Western Caribbean
10 ports · 5–7 nights
Mexico, Belize, Honduras, Jamaica and the Cayman Islands, reached from Gulf Coast and Florida homeports.
Eastern Caribbean
8 ports · 7 nights
The Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, St. Maarten and the northern Leewards — walkable towns and short tender-free port days.
Southern Caribbean
10 ports · 7–10 nights
The ABC islands, Barbados and the Windwards — the driest, most culturally distinct corner of the Caribbean.
The Bahamas
9 ports · 3–5 nights
Short sailings from Florida to Nassau, Freeport and the cruise lines’ private islands — the easiest first cruise for a group.

What these guides cover

Most cruise port pages are a list of excursions to sell. These are not. Each guide leads with the facts that decide how a port day actually goes — whether the ship ties up alongside or anchors offshore and runs tenders, how far the town is from the berth, how many hours you get, and what the money and the language are.

Those details matter more the larger the group. 10 of the 69 ports here are tender ports, where everyone queues for a small boat at both ends of the day. A family of four absorbs that easily. Forty people travelling together do not, and knowing it in advance changes which itinerary you pick.

We do not list sailing dates or prices on these pages. Deployment changes every year, and a page quoting a 2026 departure is wrong by 2027. What is here is the part that stays true: the geography, the harbour, the season and the practicalities of getting a group ashore and back.

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