Which Med ports are tender ports?

[joejoe 59]

Hello we cruise the Med next year on Ncl Getaway,  I was wondering which ports do we tender into...

We cruise Kotor, Dubrovnik, Santorini,  Mykonos, Corfu, Naples & Livonia.

I have an itinerary but it doesn't show what ports are tender or not.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. 

[John Bull]

Hi Joe,

 

Dubrovnik has cruise berths for 2 - 3 ships, depending on their sizes.

From there it's about 2 miles to the walled city by ship's shuttlebus or taxi or local bus. Consider a taxi to the top of Mount Srd for a panoramic view over the city, then take the cable-car down to explore it. Taxis & buses back to the ship from the road a couple of hundred yards outside the Pile (Pila) Gate.

A few ships are tendered - the tenders take you to a jetty inside the walled city, so the delays which come with tendering are balanced by a very pleasant boat trip, convenient jetty, and pleasant view from on-board

 

Santorini all ships are tendered. Do check out Santorini threads, getting between tender jetty and town can be slow and over-crowded.

 

Mykonos the tender question is very similar to Dubrovnik - "it depends". Again, tendering is actually more convenient than berthing because tenders take you direct to the harbour, whereas the berths are a couple of miles away.  Because tendering or berthing depends on winds and tides and such, you may be told "berthed" and end up tendering - or vice-verse

 

I'm fairly certain that all ships berth at Corfu (10-minute local bus ride from port gate to town).

And I'm 100% certain that all ships berth in Naples and Livorno.

For Naples the cruise terminal (at least 2 ships) is right by the fast-ferries to  Sorrento and Capri, overflow berths are further away near the car ferries, you can walk in or out of port gates near both locations.

For Livorno almost all cruise ships berth deep in the port, no walking permitted in the port, there are various optionsfrom the quayside. Very small cruise ships berth close to a port gate, you can walk out - but it's some distance to city centre, rail station, etc

 

Hopefully I'll be able to tell you about Kotor some time in the future   

 

For more detail, esp Santorini and Livorno, use the "search" facility.

Go back to the "Greek Ports" forum and in the little "search" box type in "Santorini." 

In the drop-down that appears, select "this forum" (otherwise you'll end up with lots of irrelevant rubbish)

Then click on the spyglass alongside the search box.

This will bring up all threads which mention the place - I guarantee that most will include references to the tendering and jetty.

Same with Livorno in the Italy Ports forum, etc

 

JB 

Edited November 28, 2019 by John Bull

[dogs4fun]

As JB stated, all ships tender in Santorini. As for the "it depends", we tendered in Mykonos & Kotor.

Edited November 28, 2019 by dogs4fun

[John Bull]

1 hour ago, John Bull said:

Hi Joe,

 

Dubrovnik has cruise berths for 2 - 3 ships, depending on their sizes.

From there it's about 2 miles to the walled city by ship's shuttlebus or taxi or local bus. Consider a taxi to the top of Mount Srd for a panoramic view over the city, then take the cable-car down to explore it. Taxis & buses back to the ship from the road a couple of hundred yards outside the Pile (Pila) Gate.

A few ships are tendered - the tenders take you to a jetty inside the walled city, so the delays which come with tendering are balanced by a very pleasant boat trip, convenient jetty, and pleasant view from on-board

 

JB 

 

Just to clarify - the suggestion is to take a taxi from the cruise berth to the top of Mount Srd, then the cable-car down to the walled city (lower cablecar station is a five-minute downhill walk to the city gate

 

JB 

[Bobal]

Re Mykonos and Kotor - there is one berth, so you may possibly be berthed but most likely tendered. I have only seen smaller ships berthed in Kotor (eg Azamara, Silversea) so if you are on one of the larger ships you will probably be tendered. With Mykonos it seems to be first ship in gets the berth. And whilst it is more convenient to be tendered in Mykonos (as the tenders drop you in town) it's also possible that winds/seas could affect this port and you will be unable to tender in, as happened to us this year.

[joejoe 59]

Great info, thank's for your replys.

We are flying in from Australia & never cruised Europe before,  so any extra information helps.

We've  never tried to tender from a large ship before,  so it needs lot's of planning. 

😊

[Floridiana]

Kotor:

All 3 ships were tendering with additional local boats helping out. 

On the pier, lots of taxi drivers and small boat owners offer tours. We just walked in the small town early in the morning. When all ships had unloaded their passengers, it became crowded. At that point, we might have taken one of the offered tours, but we returned tot eh ship. Old age creeping up on us. 🙂

If you are healthy and fit, walking up to the church or the castle on top is a great option. I hope you are a cat lover, Kotor has many cats that are fed by the locals.

[Floridiana]

Naples:

 

We docked. There are shops in the terminal and we took the opportunity to buy chocolate covered lemons sticks and Limoncello liqueur in one of the shops. Now that we are home and have tasted everything, the Limoncello is more like sugar water with cheap alcohol and the low quality milk chocolate overpowers the lemons sticks. 

 

On the positive side, we loved Herculaneum. It is better preserved than Pompeji. Our guide recommended not visiting in summer because the ruined town is embedded in the ancient pyroclastic flow like in a pot which makes it extremely hot in summer.

 

Corfu:

 

We docked and loved the island. Same advice as above, don't buy the kumquat liqueur in the tourist shops. It tastes even less appealing than the Limoncello and we had tried it in the shop.

[cruisemom42]

2 hours ago, Floridiana said:

Naples:

 

On the positive side, we loved Herculaneum. It is better preserved than Pompeji. Our guide recommended not visiting in summer because the ruined town is embedded in the ancient pyroclastic flow like in a pot which makes it extremely hot in summer.

 

 

 

Herculaneum is not better preserved than Pompeii. They are preserved differently. I'm not sure what guides are telling people, but Pompeii has stunningly preserved frescoes and mosaics, and certainly has more of an abundance of them than Herculaneum. Both sites have also revealed many items of daily life from preserved foods and food remains to jewelry, coins, and even graffiti. 

 

Here are a couple of posts that explain more fully:

 

 

This one shows some examples of beautifully preserved frescoes at Pompeii: