During the research I carried out prior to our visit to Genoa   two particular streets continually cropped up on the historic scene. One was Via Garibaldi, which featured in the  previous […]

  My wife and I recently visited Genoa when it was the port of disembarkation for our cruise on board P&O ‘s Ventura. This was the first time we had […]

Cruise ship itineraries that include Rome actually berth at the port of Civitavecchia and passengers have a number of transport options to get to Rome. This thread details making the […]

Malta, the George Cross Island, is an excellent destination for a cruise ship visit.  My wife and I visited the island while cruising on board P&O’s Azura.  The capital of Malta is […]

The vast majority of cruise ships arriving in Venice are berthed at the Venice Cruise Terminal which is located near the causeway that links the historic city with the mainland. […]

Having read a cruise blog of a cruise ship visit to Salalah recently –  where the writer deemed going ashore into  Salalah was not worth the effort –  I am […]

Cagliari, the capital city of the Italian island of Sardinia,  has become an ever increasingly popular port of call for cruise ships. One of the joys of Cagliari is the easy […]

St Maarten is undoubtedly a popular port of call for Caribbean cruise ships and it would be very remiss of me not to pass on  my experiences of this idyllic island. […]

On a separate visit to the island of St. Maarten, this time on board Queen Mary 2, we decided to take in another of the island’s  equally famous beaches. On this occasion we […]

Prompted by a request for information on travelling around Istanbul I thought I’d better rush through an updated version of a theme I did some time ago on a cruise […]

My wife and I have visited Montevideo on several occasions. Our visit on board Celebrity Infinity in 2013 prompted me to include this excellent port visit with my  ‘One Way […]

Following on from my ‘One Way to do Montevideo’ review… One Way to Do Montevideo …this review covers how we sampled the delights and atmosphere of Montevideo’s Mercado del Puerto…. …which […]

Dresden is essentially a river cruise destination on the River Elbe. The popularity of river cruising is increasing so I thought it no bad thing to include this mid-European jewel […]

When I recently spotted a national newspaper advertisement for a Celebrity Cruise to Antarctica I was reminded that it was less than 12 months since my wife and I enjoyed exactly the […]

My wife and I visited Safaga while on board Oceanea’s Nautica which, on this occasion,  made an overnight stop at the Egyptian port. We decided to arrange for our own […]