Cruise Port Guides

Snorkeling on the second-largest coral reef on Earth, off the Yucatán coast.

Two countries on one island: Dutch Philipsburg for the shopping, French Marigot for the food.

Seven Mile Beach, Stingray City, and wall diving in the Cayman Islands.

A Caribbean homeport where the ship docks at the edge of Old San Juan.

Pastel colonial streets, Cable Beach, and the Atlantis resort on Paradise Island.

Whale watching and glacier hikes in Alaska's capital, reachable only by sea or air.

Klondike Gold Rush history and the White Pass railway at the top of the Inside Passage.

Totem poles, salmon runs, and the Tongass rainforest at Alaska's first port of call.

The Alaska cruise homeport, with ships leaving from Canada Place in downtown Vancouver.

Whitewashed villages on the rim of a flooded volcanic caldera, and the sunset from Oia.

The busiest cruise port in the Mediterranean, at the foot of Montjuïc and La Rambla.

Rome’s cruise port, a seaside town about 90 minutes from the city by car.

Athens’ cruise port, about half an hour from the Acropolis by car.

France’s biggest cruise port, below Notre-Dame de la Garde on the Provence coast.

Cruises still start in Venice, but big ships now dock on the mainland.

Where the desert meets the sea at El Arco, the tip of the Baja Peninsula.

Waikiki Beach, Diamond Head, and Pearl Harbor on the island of Oahu.

Colorful Bryggen wharves and the usual start of a Norwegian Fjords cruise.

Candy-colored Nyhavn townhouses and the embarkation port for Baltic cruises.

Britain’s main cruise port, with five terminals on the south coast.

Germany’s cruise capital, on the Elbe upriver from the North Sea.

A UNESCO walled colonial city and the most-visited stop on Panama Canal sailings.

Overwater bungalows and Mount Otemanu ringing a turquoise lagoon in the South Pacific.

The busiest cruise homeport in the US, a short drive from downtown Miami and South Beach.

The cruise port for Orlando, next to Cocoa Beach and Kennedy Space Center.

Port Everglades, about 10 minutes from the Fort Lauderdale airport.

Port Tampa Bay, next door to the Florida Aquarium and 10 minutes from Ybor City.

The Texas cruise port, an hour or so from both Houston airports.

LA cruises leave from San Pedro, on the harbor south of downtown.

Southeast Asia’s cruise hub, with ships leaving from Marina Bay, minutes from the city center.