Actual ship port locations?

[Cruise2End]

Is there a website that shows the actual ship location (port location)? We are planning a Mediterranean cruise, and we have cruised enough to know that Princess often docks in container ports that are near nothing. When trying to plan shore excursions it would be nice to know exactly how far away you are from destination sites to determine travel times. For example we docked at Le Havre and our 8 hour tour to Paris was spent mostly on a bus 🙂.

Any help would be appreciated.

[Colo Cruiser]

Is there a website that shows the actual ship location (port location)? We are planning a Mediterranean cruise, and we have cruised enough to know that Princess often docks in container ports that are near nothing. When trying to plan shore excursions it would be nice to know exactly how far away you are from destination sites to determine travel times. For example we docked at Le Havre and our 8 hour tour to Paris was spent mostly on a bus 🙂.

Any help would be appreciated.

 

What ports do you want to know about?

[skynight]

The actual port is almost always shown in the itinerary when the port is different from the advertised city. You can view port locations by going to google maps and searching for the port name. You can also determine how far a port is from the city by searching the tour section and looking at the tour details. They detail how long the bus rides are. This is all part of your pre-cruise research.

[shredie]

If the city is inland, the port will be somewhere a distance away. A glance at a map should give some idea of which ports will be something other than the city itself. Some place just don't work for cruising passengers, IMO, like Paris and Rome.

[Cruise2End]

This would be a Mediterranean cruise, so I guess I'll just check maps for each - thought there might be a website. Thanks!

[Colo Cruiser]

This would be a Mediterranean cruise, so I guess I'll just check maps for each - thought there might be a website. Thanks!

 

 

What ports?

[Astro Flyer]

This would be a Mediterranean cruise, so I guess I'll just check maps for each - thought there might be a website. Thanks!

Here's a website with a lot of useful information for ports around the world:

 

http://www.tomsportguides.com

Edited February 4, 2016 by Astro Flyer

[CruiserBruce]

Is there a website that shows the actual ship location (port location)? We are planning a Mediterranean cruise, and we have cruised enough to know that Princess often docks in container ports that are near nothing. When trying to plan shore excursions it would be nice to know exactly how far away you are from destination sites to determine travel times. For example we docked at Le Havre and our 8 hour tour to Paris was spent mostly on a bus .

Any help would be appreciated.

 

It sort of sounds like you think Princess docks in the boonies while all the other cruise lines dock in the middle of town...which of course isn't true. Le Havre is the closest port to Paris. For Rome, Princess docks at Civittavecchia, with all the other cruise lines, the closest port to Rome. Unfortunately it is an hour plus away from Rome.

 

Princess docks where it is told to, just like all the other cruise lines.

Edited February 4, 2016 by CruiserBruce

[GUT2407]

I do agree that it would assist if Princess actually published the address of each dock.

[Astro Flyer]

I do agree that it would assist if Princess actually published the address of each dock.

 

The do provide the address & port information for ports at the beginning & end of a cruise and Tom's port guides gave me more info about our ports of call.

[cruiselvr1]

Here's a website with a lot of useful information for ports around the world:

 

http://www.tomsportguides.com

 

 

That is a great website.

 

 

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[colonialinnkeeper]

It is sometimes helpful to have a plan of the port area ahead of time to see how far it is to walk out and where taxis and buses are.

[ExDean]

Tom's Port Guides will give you port layout, surrounding area with very detailed maps and virtual guides. Tom's detail is awesome. Go to his web site and many of one'sport questions will be answered.

[Keith1010]

In most cases the port is very straight forward from the itinerary. There are just a few exceptions to this in the Mediterranean and largely that has to do with size of ships rather than cruise line.

 

Keith