Rare Stockjock Posted August 7, 2023 #1 Share Posted August 7, 2023 (edited) We booked Ascent for next year. They show to be docking in Portofino. We visited Portofino on MSC a few years ago and it docked in Genoa and offered tours to Portofino. But Ascent shows to be docking in Portofino. Usually, when they dock in another city, it will look something like this Florence/Pisa (La Spezia) or Rome (Civitavecchia), but in this case it only shows Portofino. What's throwing me off is that Portofino is a very small place, and it doesn't seem suited to having a large cruise ship dock there. Anyone know? Edited August 7, 2023 by Stockjock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Texed Posted August 7, 2023 #2 Share Posted August 7, 2023 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Stockjock said: We booked Ascent for next year. They show to be docking in Portofino. What's throwing me off is that Portofino is a very small place, and it doesn't seem suited to having a large cruise ship dock there. Anyone know? We just returned home from a B2B on Edge. We tendered into Portofino on both cruises. It is a pretty small place. But, they have a lot of excursions going other places. 😊 Edited August 7, 2023 by Texed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Stockjock Posted August 7, 2023 Author #3 Share Posted August 7, 2023 3 minutes ago, Texed said: We just returned home from a B2B on Edge. We tendered into Portofino on both cruises. It is a pretty small place. But, they have a lot of excursions going other places. 😊 I saw that, but Portofino, while small, is a cute place, in and of itself, just to hang out. And once you tender in, you're in the middle of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Jim_Iain Posted August 7, 2023 #4 Share Posted August 7, 2023 While I'm not positive, I believe the will be be going direct to Portofino. My belief is based on the fact that it is listed as a tender port. When I stopped in Genoa with Celebrity he ship docked and didn't tender. MSC may have stopped in Genoa because they have a terminal there. The second reason I believe it to be Portofino is that even on you posted itinerary both Florence/Pisa and Rome have the actual port in parentheses. That has been the protocol on Celebrity when not docking at the major city listed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Cruise Junky Posted August 7, 2023 #5 Share Posted August 7, 2023 I don’t think Portofino has a dock. You’ll tender if Portofino is on the itinerary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-Airbalancer Posted August 7, 2023 #6 Share Posted August 7, 2023 It a very nice small town expensive town Even Azamara tenders in Portofino Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cruisestitch Posted August 7, 2023 #7 Share Posted August 7, 2023 13 hours ago, Stockjock said: We booked Ascent for next year. They show to be docking in Portofino. We visited Portofino on MSC a few years ago and it docked in Genoa and offered tours to Portofino. But Ascent shows to be docking in Portofino. Usually, when they dock in another city, it will look something like this Florence/Pisa (La Spezia) or Rome (Civitavecchia), but in this case it only shows Portofino. What's throwing me off is that Portofino is a very small place, and it doesn't seem suited to having a large cruise ship dock there. Anyone know? It clearly says tendered not docked. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upwarduk Posted August 7, 2023 #8 Share Posted August 7, 2023 We had Genoa cancelled ‘due to Operational Reasons.’ We tendered into Santa Margarita instead and then went by ferry to Portofino. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Stockjock Posted August 7, 2023 Author #9 Share Posted August 7, 2023 For anyone who hasn't been to Portofino and cares, it's pretty and quaint, but tiny. Much smaller than what I had presumed it to be. We'll have a day there, as mentioned, and I'm trying to figure out whether to just spend some time in Portofino, or do a tour, perhaps getting us slightly out of town and back. Leaning towards hanging out there, but again, it's surprisingly tiny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestLakeGirl Posted August 7, 2023 #10 Share Posted August 7, 2023 Where did you get the idea that the ship is docking there? The screenshot you provided says it is a tender port. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Stockjock Posted August 8, 2023 Author #11 Share Posted August 8, 2023 4 hours ago, WestLakeGirl said: Where did you get the idea that the ship is docking there? The screenshot you provided says it is a tender port. Posted the question before I saw the screenshot. But...the dock area I visited seemed too small to accommodate a cruise ship's tender boats, so perhaps they tender at a different area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreestyleNovice Posted August 8, 2023 #12 Share Posted August 8, 2023 They use this spot to tender. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Stockjock Posted August 8, 2023 Author #13 Share Posted August 8, 2023 1 minute ago, FreestyleNovice said: They use this spot to tender. Still a tight area, but as long as it works, and obviously it must work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreestyleNovice Posted August 8, 2023 #14 Share Posted August 8, 2023 1 minute ago, Stockjock said: Still a tight area, but as long as it works, and obviously it must work. One tender at a time, it’s indeed a crowded place with expensive yachts docked (the mega yachts anchor outside) all around, it actually is a marina you sail into. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreestyleNovice Posted August 8, 2023 #15 Share Posted August 8, 2023 Taken quayside, facing the tender spot, to the left is the town: 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CeleryCruiser Posted August 8, 2023 #16 Share Posted August 8, 2023 Edge tendered in Portofino 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Jim_Iain Posted August 8, 2023 #17 Share Posted August 8, 2023 10 hours ago, FreestyleNovice said: Taken quayside, facing the tender spot, to the left is the town: A picture is worth a 1,000 words. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Stockjock Posted August 8, 2023 Author #18 Share Posted August 8, 2023 One nice thing about tendering outside of Portofino is that one would actually have some time to check out the place if they wished to, which once again, is quite tiny. When I did MSC's tour by boat from Genoa, I believe the boat ride to Portofino was approximately 3 hours roundtrip, if memory serves. That left very little time to explore Portofino. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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