Europe Docking Locations

[john2003]

We are booked Venice to Istanbul on Oct 27. I am wondering if there is any source of more specific information about where the ship will likely be docked given the many ports of call. The Oceania website isn't very helpful and as we often prefer to make independent land arrangements it would help if I had a little more information. I suspect that a few of these are tenders and I seem to have missed where this might be clarified.

 

I have added a comment when I think I might have a sense.

 

The ports are:

Venice, Italy

Dubrovnik, Croatia (need bus or taxi to town)

Kotor, Montenegro (walking distance)

Taormina (Sicily), Italy

Amalfi/Positano, Italy (is it Amalfi or Positano or?)

Athens (Piraeus), Greece (been there, assume docked in the port)

Santorini, Greece (tender?)

Delos, Greece (tender?)

Mykonos, Greece (tender?)

Rhodes, Greece

Kusadasi, Turkey (expect to take an excursion so location less important)

Istanbul, Turkey

[jfb128]

We tendered in Amalfi, Taormina, Delos and Santorini. In Mykonos we took a bus into town after docking. Occasionally they do tender in Mykonos. In Rhodes old town is a very short walk. Needless to say Athens (Piraeus) is a very large port and we docked there. We also docked in Kusadasi. In Dubrovnik we took a taxi into the old walled city with another couple.

[sancarlos]

I recently wrote to Oceana concerning our March 31 trip and they sent me a list of all of the locations of where we would dock in the different ports, my try emailing them.

[brian_uk]

2005 We docked in the Port and took a taxi

 

2006 We tendered right to the Town Centre

 

So basically you never know.

 

Brian

[brian_uk]

2005 We docked in the Port and took a taxi

 

2006 We tendered right to the Town Centre

 

So basically you never know.

 

Brian

[jfb128]

Dubrovnik-

 

We were told that we were going to tender but the night before the captain said we would be docking instead of tendering. Cabs were plentiful and inexpensive.

[tom_uk]

On a Celebrity cruise last year Mykonos was advertised as a tender port. The previous day announcements were made that it was hoped the ship could dock, in which case there would be a shuttle bus from the dock into town - book your shuttlebus tickets now!

 

That evening everyone was aware of greater-than-normal vibration in the dining room, especially towards the stern, and several people suggested that the Captain must have the pedal hard down. Sure enough we arrived at Mykonos 90 minutes early (10:30 instead of noon) and were able to dock. So it can vary with each individual cruise.

 

Have you looked at, or do you know about, cruisecal? (http://www.cruisecal.com) Basically it's a website that will show all ships planned to dock at a particular port on given dates. So you can find out how many ships are planned to be at that port the day you are, their times of arrival, and therefore the likelihood of tendering or docking (in the relevant ports).

[john2003]

Thanks for the feedback and the link to cruisecal. I know I had a link that I have used in the past but I don't think it covered Europe so this is very helpful.