Recently Alicante has become a much more popular Mediterranean port of call as the city has embarked on a major program to increase the number of cruises visiting. Alicante is situated on the Costa Blanca on the Mediterranean Sea. It’s a major resort destination for people from all over Europe and is famous for itsContinue reading “Cruise Port of Alicante, Spain”
Category Archives: Cruise Ports of Call
Cruise Port of Call Manila
The Cruise Port of Manila Philippines Manila is the capital of the Philippines, an island country in Southeast Asia and is a major city having a population of 1.7 million. It has been the country’s largest city for almost 400 years. It sits on Manila Bay, on the island of Luzon. The Pasig River flowsContinue reading “Cruise Port of Call Manila”
Cruise Port Southampton England
Southampton is not just a port of call but one of England’s most active cruise departure ports. It is only eighty miles from London and is also London’s major seaport. Located on a major estuary on the English Channel it experiences an unusual double high-tide. The area has been settled since the Stone Age andContinue reading “Cruise Port Southampton England”
Port of Call Stavanger, Norway
This beautiful coastal town has become a victim of its success. Oil exploration in the North Sea since the 1970s has drastically impacted this town creating runaway development and an inflated cost of living. Still Stavanger’s Old Town is beautiful and boasts some of the best-preserved wooden historic buildings in Norway, with some dating backContinue reading “Port of Call Stavanger, Norway”
Cruise Port of Roatan, Honduras
Roatan, Honduras – The Other Caribbean Most everyone is familiar with at least a few Caribbean islands like Sint Maarten, the Virgin Islands, Jamaica and Grand Cayman but there are a number of lesser known tropical islands that share that same Caribbean Sea. Roatan is the largest of the Honduran Bay Islands in the CaribbeanContinue reading “Cruise Port of Roatan, Honduras”
Port Of Call Rhodes Greece
The Island of Rhodes Greece – Crossroads of the Eastern Mediterranean Rhodes (Greek: Ρόδος, romanized: Ródos [ˈroðos]) is the largest of the Dodecanese islands of Greece and is also the island group’s capital. The island was the site of the Colossus of Rhodes, a statue of the Greek sun-god Helios, erected by Chares of LindosContinue reading “Port Of Call Rhodes Greece”
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