The Mediterranean, Canary Islands and Portugal.
With a variety of cultures and countries, the Mediterranean is one of the most popular cruise destinations in the world. There are ancient cities and towns with historical ruins, buildings, cathedrals, statues spanning across the Western and Eastern Mediterranean.
Cruises depart and call at a wide range of ports in Spain, France, Italy, Greece, Croatia as well as the Greek Islands, Malta and Cyprus. There is plenty to explore whether you enjoy the historical sites, beaches or cuisine.
Western Mediterranean cruises call at Barcelona with the Gaudi influenced sites such as the Basilica de la Sagrada Familia, Rome with the Colosseum, Trevi Foutain and Vatican City. Eastern Mediterranean cruises take in Athens with the Acropolis, the Greek Islands with the amazing blue seas, and the coastal towns of the Adriatic coast of Croatia and Italy.
The three most popular ports to cruise from in the Mediterranean are Barcelona, Civitavecchia (Rome) and Piraeus (Athens). This is then followed by Istanbul, Lisbon and Trieste. MSC Cruises are the biggest cruise line in the Mediterranean and have multiple itineraries in the Western and Eastern Mediterranean and have over 30 embarkation ports.
Below is a list of some of the most popular countries and embarkation ports for Mediterranean cruises.
Croatia
- Split
- MSC Cruises
- Zadar
- MSC Cruises
Cyprus
- Limassol
- MSC Cruises
France
- Cannes
- MSC Cruises
- Provence (Marseille)
- Costa Cruises
- MSC Cruises
- Toulon
- Costa Cruises
Greece
- Piraeus (Athens)
- Celebrity
- Cunard
- Costa Cruises
- Holland America Line
- MSC Cruises
- Norwegian Cruise Line
- Princess, Royal Caribbean
- Virgin Voyages
Italy
- Ancona
- MSC Cruises
- Bari
- MSC Cruises
- Brindisi
- MSC Cruises
- Calgliari
- Costa Cruises
- Catania
- Costa Cruises
- Civitavecchia (Rome)
- Carnival Cruise Line
- Celebrity Cruises
- Costa Cruises,
- Cunard
- Disney Cruise Line
- Holland America Line
- MSC Cruises
- Norwegian Cruise Line
- Princess
- Royal Caribbean
- Genoa
- Costa Cruises
- MSC Cruises
- La Spezia (Cinque Terre, Pisa/Florence)
- MSC Cruises
- Livorno (Pisa/Florence)
- MSC Cruises
- Messina
- MSC Cruises
- Naples
- Costa Cruises
- MSC Cruises
- Palermo
- Costa Cruises
- MSC Cruises
- Ravenna (Venice)
- Celebrity
- Royal Caribbean
- Savona
- Costa Cruises
- Taranto
- Costa Cruises
- Trieste
- Costa Cruises
- Holland America Line
- MSC Cruises
- Norwegian Cruise Line
- Princess
- Venice (Marghera)
- Costa Cruises
- MSC Cruises
Israel
- Haifa
- MSC Cruises
- Royal Caribbean
Malta
- Valletta
- P&O Cruises
Portugal
- Lisbon
- Celebrity
- MSC Cruises
- Norwegian Cruise Line
- Funchal (Madeira)
- MSC Cruises
Spain
- Alicante
- MSC Cruises
- Barcelona
- Carnival Cruise Line
- Celebrity
- Costa Cruises
- Cunard
- Disney Cruise Line
- Holland America Line
- MSC Cruises
- Norwegian Cruise Line
- Princess
- Royal Caribbean
- Virgin Voyages
- Cadiz
- MSC Cruises
- Malaga
- MSC Cruises
- Palma de Mallorca
- Costa Cruises
- MSC Cruises
- Tarragona
- MSC Cruises
- Valencia
- Costa Cruises
- MSC Cruises
Canary Islands (Spain)
- Las Palmas, Gran Canaria
- MSC Cruises
- Santa Cruz de Tenerife
- MSC Cruises
- P & O Cruises
Türkiye
- Istanbul
- Costa Cruises
- Cunard
- MSC Cruises
- Norwegian Cruise Line
- Royal Caribbean
- Izmir
- MSC Cruises
- Kudasi
- MSC Cruises
Athens (Piraeus)
There are 3 cruise terminals at the port of Piraeus which is located about 7.5 miles (12km) southwest from the centre of Athens. Travel time by car is around 20 minutes depending on traffic and 50 minutes to 1 hour by public transport.
The airport is 25 to 30 miles (40 to 50km) away by car depending on the route taken. Travel time is around 45 minutes depending on traffic. There is also public transport linking the port to the airport and will typically take around 1 hour 30 minutes.
Piraeus metro station is around 1.5 miles (2.5km) from the cruise terminal with the bus stop for the airport bus less than 1 mile away (1.5km)
Barcelona
There are 7 cruise terminals at the port of Barcelona with 5 of these situated at Adossat Quay (A, B, C, D & E) along with 2 at the World Trade Centre (North & South Terminals).
The terminals at the World Trade Centres are closer to the centre of Barcelona and approximately 1.25 miles (2km) from Placa de Catalunya whereas the terminals at Adossat Quay are 2.5 miles (4km) away.
El Prat airport is situated south of the cruise terminal and around 9 to 11 miles away (15 - 18 km) depending on the which cruise terminal you are cruising from.
There is a cruise shuttle bus in operation between the terminals. The stop at the World Trade Centre is less than a 10 minute walk from the bottom of La Rambla and the Colombus Monument.
Rome (Civitavecchia).
The port for Rome is Civitavecchia Cruise Port which is located 50 miles (80km) from Rome and a similar distance from Rome's Fiumicino Airport.
There are 5 cruise terminals and is in the worlds top 10 cruise ports.
The transit time from the central train station in Rome (Termini) is between 50 minutes to 1 hour 10 minutes depending on the time of day. A private transfer by car is also around 1 hour 10 minutes.
Civitavecchia train station is around 1.25 miles (2km) away from the cruise port and can be reached by catching a bus with local bus company "Argo", and there are also free shuttle buses operating within the port to take you to your embarkation terminal.
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