Independent cruise port planning
Make the most of every cruise port
without the guesswork
Port guides, ready-made day plans that start and end at your ship, honest local prices and live maps — for 387 cruise ports in 98 countries.
387
cruise ports covered
3,180+
ready-made port day plans
15
expert region collections
7
languages
Two ways to arrive ready
However you cruise, we've planned the ports
Start with any port guide — then let us do the planning, your way.
Your cruise, planned day by day
Tell us your ship and sailing. We build a personal, dock-to-dock plan for every port on your itinerary — matched to your pace, budget and interests.
- A tailored plan for each port day of your specific cruise
- Walking routes, transport, timings and a return-to-ship buffer
- Live map location and an offline PDF for every day
A whole region, ready to go — for life
Prefer to browse? Unlock every port in your region with ready-made port days, honest prices and the do-it-yourself vs. shore-excursion comparison. One payment, lifetime access.
Free to explore
Start with a popular port
Every guide has docks, transport, opening hours, honest prices and things to do — no sign-up needed.
Why cruise-port.com
Everything you need for a good day ashore
The same expert port knowledge behind every guide, plan and collection.
Plans that start at your ship
Every port day begins and ends at the cruise dock, with a built-in buffer so you never watch your ship leave without you.
Live location on the map
See exactly where you are along the route while you explore — a wrong turn costs seconds, not your afternoon.
Honest local prices
The do-it-yourself cost next to the ship's excursion price. Decide with numbers, not brochure promises.
A DIY score for every port
Know at a glance how easy each port is to explore on your own — and exactly how to do it.
Offline PDFs and a km/mi toggle
Download any plan for offline use, and switch between km·°C and mi·°F to suit how you read.
In 7 languages
Ports, plans and prices in English, Dutch, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese.
From real cruisers
Loved by people who'd rather explore than queue
“Instead of paying €240 for the ship's Honningsvåg excursion, we did it our own way for half the price and loved every minute.”
“Finally a place where I have all my port information in one. Having the port playbooks makes every port day a breeze.”
About cruise-port.com
Built by cruisers, for cruisers
cruise-port.com started with a simple frustration: stepping off a ship into a new port with no idea what was actually worth doing — and no honest way to compare a €200 shore excursion with simply doing it yourself.
So we built the guide we wished we'd had. Independent, expert-checked port knowledge — docks, transport, prices, walking routes and ready-made day plans — with no ship-excursion upsells and no sponsored tours. Just the good stuff, verified port by port.
Built infrastructure
An advanced platform that keeps thousands of data points current across every port — and scales as the network of ports grows.
Human expertise
Cruise specialists, destination experts and official tourist boards shape every guide, so the information you read is grounded in deep local knowledge.
Community-refined
Every trip back, every tip shared, every photo uploaded by cruisers makes the next port guide better than the last.
Where does your cruise call?
Find your port, see what's possible, and step off the ship knowing today's a good one.
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