Italian Sojourn Ports

[Trippster5]

hi,

March will be our first Viking Ocean Cruise, we have been on the Viking Rhine and Danube river cruises though.

On the Italian Sojourn from Venice to Rome, I was wondering if you have to go through customs at every single port as you get off the ship? I assume you need then to show your passport everyday on the cruise?

[Peregrina651]

hi,

March will be our first Viking Ocean Cruise, we have been on the Viking Rhine and Danube river cruises though.

On the Italian Sojourn from Venice to Rome, I was wondering if you have to go through customs at every single port as you get off the ship? I assume you need then to show your passport everyday on the cruise?

 

As long as the countries you are visiting are signators of the Schengen Convention, allowing open borders between signatory countries, there are no border formalities. You just get off the ship. It is one of the benefits of the European Union and Schengen extends the open borders to countries that are not EU members. Unless told otherwise, you don't even need to carry your passport with you on shore. There are some countries that require you have them on your person and Viking will let you in the dailies if you need to carry them.