ABC of Ports in Photos

[DamianG]

36 minutes ago, Izzywiz said:

well.....we are nearing the end of the alphabet and I have searched my photographs for 'U' ports but could only come up with Ushuaia which is on the southern tip of Argentina. We visited there on Star Princess in 2013. I'm posting a few pictures of the area as well as the ship..... 

 

Well done for finding some "U's" 👍👏👏👏

[Adawn47]

36 minutes ago, Izzywiz said:

Some more pictures of Ushuaia....

You've seen some very interesting and unusual places. I'm envious. The flowers(lupins?) are beautiful.

Avril

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[Gettingwarmer]

I have no ports for U but when we were on Aurora I took a pictiure of S S Uganda in The Uganda Room which was a ship I sailed when a school pupil aged 13.

[DamianG]

47 minutes ago, Gettingwarmer said:

I have no ports for U but when we were on Aurora I took a pictiure of S S Uganda in The Uganda Room which was a ship I sailed when a school pupil aged 13.

 

I've heard a few tales about this ship and did wonder if anyone would come up with a photo for our thread. Love it!

[DamianG]

U's seem to be thin on the ground (not surprisingly) so I'm going to move us on to "V" where I'm expecting an avalanche of photos for one famous port in particular and I'm going to get mine in first!

 

V is for:

 

Venice (of course)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We were up before 7am for the sail in and it was worth the effort just to see the peace and calm of the deserted streets.

 

We sat out on Oriana's tiered deck stern for the sail away which was accompanied by classical music. I don't know much about classical music but it was exactly the right choice for the moment and made for a truly memorable sail away.

 

 

Edited September 7, 2020 by DamianG

[DamianG]

Vigo

 

 

A port that gets unfair criticism in our opinion, it's a firm favourite for us.

Edited September 7, 2020 by DamianG

[grapau27]

11 minutes ago, DamianG said:

U's seem to be thin on the ground (not surprisingly) so I'm going to move us on to "V" where I'm expecting an avalanche of photos for one famous port in particular so I'm going to get mine in first!

 

V is for:

 

Venice (of course)

 

 

Edited September 7, 2020 by grapau27

[grapau27]

12 minutes ago, DamianG said:

U's seem to be thin on the ground (not surprisingly) so I'm going to move us on to "V" where I'm expecting an avalanche of photos for one famous port in particular and I'm going to get mine in first!

 

V is for:

 

Venice (of course)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We were up before 7am for the sail in and it was worth the effort just to see the peace and calm of the deserted streets.

 

We sat out on Oriana's tiered deck stern for the sail away which was accompanied by classical music. I don't know much about classical music but it was exactly the right choice for the moment and made for a truly memorable sail away.

 

 

Fantastic photos of Venice one of our favourite ports.

[Gettingwarmer]

Villefranche 2013 with Adventure of the Seas

[purplesea]

Here's some of my Venice photos from 2014 on Ventura

[Gettingwarmer]

Vancouver 2008 with Island Princess leaving past Stanley Park

[grapau27]

We sailed 3 times on Splendour of the seas from Venice.

Our last time we got the water taxi to our Hotel Hilton Molina Stucky in picture.

It was a short water taxi across the canal to St Marks.

In the morning we got a water taxi to the ship.

 

Edited September 7, 2020 by grapau27

[grapau27]

7 minutes ago, purplesea said:

Here's some of my Venice photos from 2014 on Ventura

Great pictures.

[Gettingwarmer]

Venice 2006 Golden Princess

 

[purplesea]

And Villefranche on Ocean Village 2009

[Gettingwarmer]

Vigo 2012 Independence of the Seas and 2014 Emerald Princess

[Gettingwarmer]

Valetta 2012 Grand Princess and 2018 Celebrity Constellation

[grapau27]

33 minutes ago, DamianG said:

Vigo

 

 

A port that gets unfair criticism in our opinion, it's a firm favourite for us.

We like it too.

The long shopping street is at the top of the hill and about a mile from the ship so lots of first visit passengers don't know it's there.

The sea promenade is nice too.

[Gettingwarmer]

14 minutes ago, purplesea said:

And Villefranche on Ocean Village 2009

Villefranche has a lovely frontage and we always vist the pancake restaurant. Lovely place to walk around. 

[Esprit]

I completely forgot about this port of call, whilst looking for Venice pictures!

Villefranche-sur-Mar and Solstice.

[Gettingwarmer]

2 minutes ago, grapau27 said:

We like it too.

The long shopping street is at the top of the hill and about a mile from the ship so lots of first visit passengers don't know it's there.

The sea promenade is nice too.

I like Vigo too. Love all the quirky statues especially Jules Verne.

[shopaholic6]

These are my last pics as I have none for W, X, Y or Z 😤 (need to get out cruising more 😂😂)

 

Such a brilliant thread DamienG - thanks for starting it 🙂🙂🙂

 

V is for ...

 

Vigo x 2 (Anthem of the Seas)

Villefranche x 3 (Independence of the Seas) - I love when we tender - you get such an amazing perspective of the ship 💞

 

 

[Elderflower]

2 hours ago, Izzywiz said:

Some more pictures of Ushuaia....

 

Wonderful photos. Thank you

[Elderflower]

Back to the Us for this - Uruguay. Aurora plus one other.

 

[Elderflower]

I have a number of V ports so will start with Valencia - Oriana not in sight but we were there. Not a favourite port which is strange for me as I like anything in Spain.