Guides to European Destinations

The Mediterranean and Northern Europe offer some of the most exciting and historic ports of call anywhere. Get ready for your European port visits and make your time ashore more worthwhile by adding our port guides to your cruise planning. Use the link buttons below as a quick way to explore a selection of EuropeanContinue reading “Guides to European Destinations”

Port of Call Barcelona, Spain

One of Europes major cruise ports Barcelona is worth a couple of days spent exploring, sampling the food and visiting the shops. Easy to get around in and very walkable. Port of Call Barcelona, Spain Barcelona is one of the two largest cruise ports in the Mediterranean and is used as an embarkation port asContinue reading “Port of Call Barcelona, Spain”

Barcelona, the Heart of Catalonia

Based on recent events, we thought it might be a good time to promote one of our favorite cities. We have visited Barcelona several times as well as passing through on our way to join cruises along with day stops while cruising. This city has so much to offer it belongs on a short listContinue reading “Barcelona, the Heart of Catalonia”

Destination The Mediterranean

Summer is cruising season in the Mediterranean and the major cruise lines are well established in the market and offer a wide variety of itineraries. There are a number of similarities in most itineraries with the two main embarkation ports being Barcelona and the port for Rome, Civitavecchia. A majority of cruises in the easternContinue reading “Destination The Mediterranean”

The Port of Barcelona, Spain

One of Europes major cruise ports Barcelona is worth a couple of days spent exploring, sampling the food and visiting the shops. Easy to get around in and very walkable. Port of Call Barcelona Spain Barcelona is one of the two largest cruise ports in the Mediterranean and is used as an embarkation port asContinue reading “The Port of Barcelona, Spain”

Navigating Those Ports To Get To Your Cruise

So we’ve booked our cruise, the bags are packed and we’ve the trip to the airport. What did we forget? Maybe we need to research how to get to our cruise ship? The easiest choice would be to book transfers to the ship with the cruise line, but it could be we’ll be missing outContinue reading “Navigating Those Ports To Get To Your Cruise”