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Port Guides

(updated Jan 2018)

There are two necessary steps to planning a cruise: picking a cruise ship and deciding where to go. One way to decide where to cruise is to look at the cruise ports that a ship will call on to decide if that port-of-call is of interest and if that destination will offer enough experiences to make the destination worthy of the journey.

MSC Divina in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Editor’s Picks: Top Cruise Ports

A common challenge that most people have is wondering what to do in port. For example, should a cruise passenger take a shore excursion from the ship, or book an adventure on their own? Or maybe someone is wondering how far the port is from the center of town. All of these questions require some insider research. I compiled a list of port guides for my top 20 cruise ports, and below that list are more port guides that I like from other sources on the web.

The port guides that I curated have maps and logistics for how to get around some of my favorite cruise destinations.

Links to More Port Guides on the Web

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Below are more resources that I use to find information about cruise ports.

Toms Port Guides – as a hobby Tom Sheridan writes port guides. He has done a great job capturing the details that cruise visitors need to know.
WhatsInPort – a down-and-dirty list of 1200 port of call click here.
CruisePortWiki, which offers guides to major cruise ports around the world. They feature concise travel guides targeted towards cruise ship passengers.

Massive List of Cruise Ports from Around the World

It’s faster to find ports of call when the list is ordered by cruise region and port name. That is why I have put together the following list. The links take you to places I have written about.

Alaska

Icy Strait
Juneau
Ketchikan
San Francisco, California
Seattle, Washington
Seward
Sitka
Skagway
Vancouver, BC
Victoria, BC
Whittier (Anchorage)

Australia

Airlie Beach
Adelaide
Albany
Brisbane
Broome
Bunbury
Burnie
Cairns
Darwin
Exmouth
Fremantle (Perth)
Hobart
Melbourne
Newcastle
Port Douglas
Sydney

Asia

Bali (Benoa), Indonesia
Beijing, China
Busan, South Korea
Chennai,India
Cochin, India
Dalian, China
Ha Long Bay, Vietnam
Hiroshima, Japan
Hong Kong
Kagoshima, Japan
Keelung (Taipei), Taiwan
Ko Samui, Thailand
Langkawi, Malaysia
Laem Chabang (Bangkok), Thailand
Mumbai, India
Nagasaki, Japan
Osaka, Japan
Nha Trang, Vietnam
Phu My (Ho Chi Minh City), Vietnam
Phuket, Thailand
Port Klang (Kuala Lumpur), Malaysia
Qingdao, China
Shanghai, China
Siem Reap, Cambodia
Sihanoukville, Cambodia
Singapore
Tianjin, China
Tokyo (Yokohama), Japan
Vladivostok, Russia
Xian, China

Britain and Ireland

Belfast, Northern Ireland
Cobh (Cork), Ireland
Dover (London), England
Dublin, Ireland
Greenock (Glasgow), Scotland
Invergordon, Scotland
Liverpool, England
South Queensferry/Leith (Edinburgh), Scotland
Southampton, England
St Peter Port, Guernsey

Caribbean

Aruba
Belize
Bermuda
Curacao
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos
Miami
Nassau, Bahamas
Princess Cays, Bahamas
Roatan, Honduras
St Thomas, USVI
St Maarten

Europe – Baltic, Northern & North Atlantic

Aarhus, Denmark
Akureyri, Iceland
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Copenhagen, Denmark
Gdynia, Poland
Gothenburg, Sweden
Hamburg, Germany
Helsinki, Finland
Helsingborg, Sweden
Le Havre (Paris), France
Nuuk, Greenland
Ponta Delgada, Azores
Riga,Latvia
Reykjavik, Iceland
Rotterdam, Netherlands
St Petersburg, Russia
Stockholm, Sweden
Tallinn, Estonia
Torshavn, Faroe Islands
Vigo, Spain
Visby, Sweden
Warnemunde (Berlin), Germany
Zeebrugge, Belgium

Europe – Mediterranean

Barcelona, Spain
Cadiz (Seville), Spain
Cannes, France
Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy
Corfu, Greece
Dubrovnik, Croatia
Genoa, Italy
Gibraltar
Istanbul, Turkey
Katakolon (Olympia), Greece
Koper, Slovenia
Kusadasi, Turkey
Lisbon, Portugal
Livorno (Pisa, Florence), Italy
Marseille, France
Messina, Italy
Monaco
Mykonos, Greece
Naples, Italy
Piraeus (Athens), Greece
Rhodes, Greece
Santorini, Greece
Split, Croatia
Valletta, Malta
Venice, Italy

Hawaii

Hilo
Honolulu
Kauai (Nawiliwili)
Kona
Lahaina

Mexico & Central America

Acapulco, Mexico
Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
Cartagena, Columbia
Colon, Panama
Cozumel, Mexico
Ensenada, Mexico
Los Angeles, California
Manzanillo, Mexico
Mazatlan, Mexico
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Puntarenas, Costa Rica
Quepos, Costa Rica
San Diego, California
San Juan Del Sur, Nicarauga
Santa Marta, Columbia
Zihuatanejo,Mexico

Middle East & Africa

Alexandria, Egypt
Aqaba, Jordan
Ashdod (Jerusaleum), Israel
Casablanca, Morocco
Dubai, UAE
Manama, Bahrain
Port Said, Egypt
Safaga (Luxor), Egypt
Salalah, Oman
Tunis, Tunisia

New England and Eastern Canada

Bar Harbor, Maine
Boston, Massachusetts
Charlottetown, PEI
Halifax, Nova Scotia
New York, New York
Newport, Rhode Island
Quebec City, Quebec
Saguenay, Quebec
Saint John, New Brunswick
Sydney, Nova Scotia

New Zealand

Auckland
Bay of Islands
Gisborne
Lyttleton (Christchurch)
Napier
Port Chalmers (Dunedin)
Tauranga
Wellington

Norway

Alesund
Bergen
Flam
Geiranger
Hellesylt
Honningsvag (North Cape)
Kristiansand
Oslo
Stavanger
Trondheim
Tromso

South Pacific

Apia, Samoa
Bora Bora, French Polynesia
Dravuni Island, Fiji
Guam
Lifou, New Caledonia
Moorea, French Polynesia
Noumea, New Caledonia
Nuku’Alofa, Tonga
Pago Pago, American Samoa
Papeete, French Polnesia
Port Denarau, Fiji
Port Vila, Vanuatu
Suva, Fiji
Vava’u, Tonga

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