Ocean cruisesBig ships, many ports, entertainment on board.River cruisesSmall ships that dock in the heart of cities.Expedition cruisesRemote coasts, naturalists and Zodiac landings.
Also: coastal and island-hopping itineraries, luxury and family ships, honeymoon and group cruises, short getaways, multi-country sailings and cruise-and-land combinations.
Cruise regions
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Seasons and ports below are typical patterns, not schedules: routes change every year and not every route sails from every port. Lines that sail many of these regions include Royal Caribbean, MSC Cruises, Norwegian Cruise Line, Celebrity, Princess, Costa, Viking, AmaWaterways, Hurtigruten, Silversea and Cordelia Cruises.
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Mediterranean
Rome, the Greek islands, Barcelona and the Riviera on week-long sailings, easy to combine with time on land in Europe.
Typical season
Main season about April to November; some western Mediterranean sailings year-round
Common departure ports
Barcelona · Civitavecchia (Rome) · Piraeus (Athens) · Venice area
Ocean
Island hopping
Family
Couples
Luxury
Cruise + land
Norwegian fjords & Northern Europe
Fjord villages, glaciers and Baltic and Scandinavian capitals in the long summer days.
Typical season
Mostly May to September
Common departure ports
Southampton · Copenhagen · Kiel · Bergen
Ocean
Coastal
Couples
Luxury
Caribbean
Beach islands, private cruise-line islands and big resort ships, often combined with Florida's theme parks.
Typical season
Year-round; hurricane season runs June to November
Common departure ports
Miami · Fort Lauderdale · Port Canaveral · San Juan
Ocean
Island hopping
Family
Couples
Short getaway
Alaska
The Inside Passage, glaciers and whales, with land extensions to Denali.
Typical season
About May to September
Common departure ports
Seattle · Vancouver
Ocean
Expedition
Couples
Cruise + land
Southeast Asia
Short sailings from Singapore to Malaysia and Thailand, popular with first-time cruisers from India.
Typical season
Many sailings from Singapore through the year
Common departure ports
Singapore · Port Klang · Phuket · Ho Chi Minh City
Ocean
Short getaway
Family
Group
Japan & East Asia
Japanese ports, Korean cities and Chinese coastal capitals, with cherry blossom and autumn-colour itineraries.
Typical season
Spring (cherry blossom) and autumn are the busiest seasons
Common departure ports
Yokohama (Tokyo) · Kobe · Busan · Shanghai
Ocean
Couples
Cruise + land
Arabian Gulf
Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Doha and Oman's fjord-like Musandam in the cooler months.
Typical season
Roughly November to March
Common departure ports
Dubai · Abu Dhabi · Doha
Ocean
Family
Short getaway
India's coast
Short domestic cruises linking Mumbai, Goa, Kochi, Chennai and Sri Lanka, subject to each season's schedule.
Typical season
Domestic sailings run in the dry months; routes and ports change by season
Common departure ports
Mumbai · Chennai · Kochi · Goa
Coastal
Short getaway
Family
Group
Australia & the South Pacific
Sydney sailings to New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji and New Zealand's sounds.
Typical season
Busiest from about October to April
Common departure ports
Sydney · Brisbane · Auckland
Ocean
Island hopping
Family
Couples
Danube & Rhine river cruises
Small river ships docking in the heart of Budapest, Vienna, Cologne and Strasbourg.
Typical season
Roughly March to December, with Christmas-market sailings
Common departure ports
Budapest · Vienna · Passau · Amsterdam · Basel
River
Couples
Luxury
Group
Nile river cruise
Three to four nights between Luxor and Aswan, with temples at Edfu and Kom Ombo along the way.
Typical season
Most comfortable October to April
Common departure ports
Luxor · Aswan
River
Couples
Family
Cruise + land
Mekong river cruise
Vietnam's delta and Cambodia's riverside temples and villages on small river ships.
Typical season
Typically August to May; water levels shape the route
Common departure ports
Ho Chi Minh City area · Phnom Penh · Siem Reap
River
Couples
Cruise + land
Antarctica expedition
Expedition ships crossing the Drake Passage from Ushuaia for penguins, ice and Zodiac landings.
Typical season
Southern summer only, about November to March
Common departure ports
Ushuaia
Expedition
Luxury
Galápagos
Small expedition ships with naturalist guides among the islands' wildlife; often paired with Peru or mainland Ecuador.
Typical season
Year-round; seas and wildlife change with the season
Common departure ports
Baltra · San Cristóbal
Expedition
Island hopping
Family
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