Category: Destination Info

Port of Call: Crete, Greece

Crete, the largest and most populous island in Greece, about 100 km south of the mainland, has 2 cruise ship ports, both on the northern side of the island was our next Port of Call. Our port was going to be in Heraklion, the capital of the island, located just northwest of the ancient Minoan …

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Port of Call: Naples for a Day in Pompeii

With a little more than 130 nautical miles to go, the Regal Princess still took off for Naples early in the evening, which told me that the Captain wanted to get to the next Port of Call: Naples for a day in Pompeii, early rather than the next morning. Although Naples has a handful of …

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Port of Call Rome

The storms over the water had disappeared for our second day in Civitavecchia’s port and we were ready for a trip out to Port of Call Rome, the Eternal City. We used the free port shuttles to the main gate, walked over to the train station, and boarded the train to Rome’s Termini station, a …

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Port of Call Civitavecchia, Rome

Port of Call : Civitavecchia/Rome Storms have been severely affecting the port of call schedules on this cruise, probably a result of the time of year. The new captain of the ship, who took over the reigns in Barcelona, is a native Italian.  He first tried to get us to Livorno, after the port city …

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Port of Call: Marseille France

Port of Call: Marseille France. Here is a thing to remember for the future: the guests on a transatlantic cruise are completely different from the ones embarking for a Mediterranean cruise. The first group is mostly adult, attentive and respectful, the latter act much more entitled and the pools and sundecks are all at once …

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