Favorite Port

[richbum]

What is your favorite Port and Why? Least favorite and why? 

[dogs4fun]

Favorite? Hands down, Rome! Love ancient Roman history and Rome is jammed packed with things pertaining to my interests.

Least favorite? Hmmm ... would have to think about that.

 

[richbum]

I loved San Juan, Ocho Rios, Grand Cayman, St Thomas, and Cozumel. Probably least favorite so far is Labadee....

 

[swaddy]

Haifa for biblical sites in Israel, least favourite, Kristianstrand, Norway, on a Sunday in March as it was shut. 

[mom says]

Favorite- a Thai between Phuket and Bangkok.

Least favorite : Nassau: boooooooring.

[George C]

Favorite many after over 60 cruises

st marteen - beautiful beach’s nice restaurants 

kotor - amazing harbor , beautiful walled city with. Friendly people

Florence - great museums, David, wine

least favorite

san juan and Nassau 

[cruzky]

Favorites: Santorini, Venice and St Petersburg

 

Least favorite: Caracas and Grenada

[cruisemom42]

While Rome is my favorite city EVER, it's not ideally suited to a cruise ship stop (it's an hour from the port and you need more than 6-7 hours to see it), so....  I'll have to say Istanbul. Fantastic sights, great food, decent Archaeological Museum and easy to get around on your own.

 

Least favorite? It would probably be a tie between Nassau and Ocho Rios

 

[screwsmcernst]

Favorite Ports would be St. Maarten, Aruba, and Curacao.  Beautiful beaches,  and very nice  city-skapes.

 

Least favorite ports would be Nassau, and Ocho Rios. "Braid your hair pretty lady!"  uck!  Don't care if I ever go back.

[Bizmark'sMom]

My favorite standard port is Amsterdam. I absolutely love that city.

[lenquixote66]

Favorite is Bermuda

 

Least favorite would be none

[OCruisers]

Our favorite totally depends on where we are cruising ... 

[navybankerteacher]

8 hours ago, dogs4fun said:

Favorite? Hands down, Rome! Love ancient Roman history and Rome is jammed packed with things pertaining to my interests.

Least favorite? Hmmm ... would have to think about that.

 

Rome is simply not a decent cruise port - you need a couple of hours each way from CV, giving you just a tantalizing taste of my favorite city - for ancient, renaissance and modern flavors - same as Florence.  For a port call, San Juan,  Funchal, St. Maarten all compete.

 

Worst are Falmouth, Ocho Rios, Nassau, and Freeport.

[Heidi13]

Favourite port is the arrival or evening departure at Sydney. Spectacular harbour.

 

Least favourite - anywhere in the Caribbean

[leaveitallbehind]

18 hours ago, lenquixote66 said:

Favorite is Bermuda

 

Least favorite would be none

 

Agree with Bermuda as first.  Love it and have been there many times as a result (both by cruise and land vacations).  Followed by the ABC's and Barbados. (Obviously several favorites after Bermuda).

 

Least favorite - Falmouth, Jamaica.

[Bookish Angel]

Favorite is the Chilean base on Antarctica tied with Bartolome Island, Galapagos.

 

My least favorite is Amsterdam.

Edited April 12, 2019 by Bookish Angel

[puppycanducruise]

So far, my favourite port is Venice.

 

[zencruisers]

Favorite-  Roatan, Honduras

 

 

[marco]

Favorite port?......Hard to answer.  We've been on many, many cruises all over the world.  We do LOVE Bermuda, and have cruised there well over 20 times over the past 35 or so years, but you can't compare Bermuda with, say,  Amsterdam, Venice, Santorini, or St Petersberg,  All so different from each other and all hold some kind of uniqueness that can't be replicated in a different port.  It's like comparing apples to oranges.  Honestly, there's no port we really didn't like, but there might be a couple that if we don't go to again, that would be fine with us!

[lenquixote66]

2 hours ago, marco said:

Favorite port?......Hard to answer.  We've been on many, many cruises all over the world.  We do LOVE Bermuda, and have cruised there well over 20 times over the past 35 or so years, but you can't compare Bermuda with, say,  Amsterdam, Venice, Santorini, or St Petersberg,  All so different from each other and all hold some kind of uniqueness that can't be replicated in a different port.  It's like comparing apples to oranges.  Honestly, there's no port we really didn't like, but there might be a couple that if we don't go to again, that would be fine with us!

I have been to Europe many times but never to Europe,therefore for me who has only cruised to Us ports,South America and Canada there is no comparison to Bermuda.

[MicCanberra]

On ‎4‎/‎12‎/‎2019 at 1:43 AM, richbum said:

What is your favorite Port and Why? Least favorite and why? 

Penfolds Grandfather port, it is 12 years old and so smooth, just delicious.

Oh sorry, wrong type of port,

Sydney the harbour has it all.

[GUT2407]

19 minutes ago, MicCanberra said:

Penfolds Grandfather port, it is 12 years old and so smooth, just delicious.

Oh sorry, wrong type of port,

Sydney the harbour has it all.

But have you tried Drayton’s.

 

Love Port Arthur.

[MicCanberra]

1 hour ago, GUT2407 said:

But have you tried Drayton’s.

 

Love Port Arthur.

No, Port Stanley is nice as well.

[GUT2407]

McWilliams Tawny isn't a bad drop either, from memory.

[paul929207]

My favorite is Naples. Not so much for the city itself as the access in provides to Pompeii, Herculaneum, Capri, Amalfi,  Sorrento, etc.