Zeebrugge is the popular Belgium port where cruise ships dock in order for their passengers to visit Bruges, Ghent and the First World War Battlefields. Zeebrugge obviously poses problems for some cruisers and I […]

My wife and I recently made a port visit to Monaco while cruising on P&O’s Britannia. This edition in my series of “One Way To Do….” covers how we spent […]

Mention the name Tahiti and the ultimate in South Pacific dream islands spring to mind. There is an aura and magnetism in the name that conjures visions in the mind […]

Readers may well remember that some time ago I published a ‘One Way to do Venice…’ One Way to do Venice …which basically charted a walking route from the Venice […]

My wife and I visited the island of Moorea as part of our South Pacific cruise onboard Silver Spirit. Moorea was the third island on our itinerary and, like the […]

The final destination on a recent Mekong River Cruise was the famous Cambodian  town of Siem Reap. It is the primary gateway for the Angkor Archaeological Park, a UNESCO World […]

“Very often when lost in admiration at its beauty, I have experienced a pang of regret that a scene so enchanting should be hidden from the world in these remote […]

This review,  on what can be achieved on a visit to Los Angeles, was formulated when my wife and I had a pre-cruise stay  in the city. Los Angeles is […]

Ajaccio  is located on the west coast of the island of Corsica. It is a French town and capital of the island. Its most famous son was Napoleon Bonaparte and visitors to […]

When my wife and I embarked on P&O’s Ventura earlier this year there were four ports of call that we had not previously visited. I have already written reviews on […]

Cruise ships are now more regularly making visits to the Montenegrin port of Kotor at the lower end of the Adriatic Sea.   Though not as glamourous and photogenic as […]

Our last visit to Istanbul included an overnight stay and a full second day. I recently reviewed what we did for entertainment in the evening at … One Way to […]

My wife and I recently visited Lisbon as part of a package that preceded our Viking River Cruise along the Douro. Though we actually had an overnight stay the ground […]

Much comment is made from the cruising fraternity about having the opportunity and how they would appreciate the odd overnight stay in port: but would you take advantage if it […]

Geiranger Fjord is probably the most spectacular of the Norwegian Fjords regularly visited by cruise ships. My wife and I recently made our second visit to Geiranger: on this occasion on […]