Cruise Port Guides for Better Days Ashore
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Practical cruise port guides, transportation details, walkability tips, maps, hotels, and shore excursion ideas, all in one place.
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Hi, I’m Ellie Simons!
Cruise planning should feel exciting, not overwhelming.
I’m Ellie Simons, the traveler behind Cruise Ports. I built this site to make cruise-port days easier to plan with practical guidance on terminals, transportation, walkability, nearby hotels, and worthwhile shore excursions. Learn More…
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Cruise Ports With a Zoo or Aquarium Worth the Walk
Find out which cruise ports put a genuinely good zoo or aquarium within walking distance, which ones are worth a short ride, and which ones you should skip.
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Baltic Capitals or Norwegian Fjords: The Northern Europe Decision
The Baltic lost St Petersburg and is now a capitals and old towns cruise. Compare walking, cost, weather and season with Norway, and see which I would book.
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Bulgaria and Romania Cruise Ports: What Is Left on the Black Sea
Black Sea cruising is much reduced. Here is what Varna, Burgas and Constanta actually give you on a port day, and how to plan one that is worth the time.
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Cruise Ports With a Castle You Can Walk To
Which cruise ports put a real castle within walking distance of the pier, how hard each climb actually is, and the ones that look closer than they are.
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Slovenia Cruise Ports: Koper and the Adriatic’s Quietest Stop
Slovenia has just one cruise port. Koper gives you a walkable Venetian old town at the gangway, plus Piran, Ljubljana, Postojna and Lake Bled in reach.
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