Is there a website where I can check on which dates cruise ships are expected in ports along the Med, specifically along the Cote d'Azur and the French Riviera? I would like to avoid visiting places like Saint-Tropez on an unlucky day, when a ship is in port. Knowing when the cruise ships where expected in port was very helpful on other trips...
Posted by
Myrtle Beach, USA
12313 posts
I use vacationstogo.com. They have an easily searchable listing of cruises. You can check each place by searching Med. cruises with, for example, St. Tropez, as a stop. I think you will find there are multiple cruises going constantly; on any given day there are probably five, or more, ships in any given port. I'd be surprised to find ships in port on only certain days but, since I've never tried it, who knows?
Posted by
OP
Ottawa
1446 posts
Thanks Brad, I'll keep that site in mind to check better known cruise ports. As for the Med, French ports in particular, I had a good chuckle: Avignon is listed as a "cruise port", Saint-Tropez or Antibes (Azamara cruise ports) are not...
Posted by
Napa, CA
3580 posts
Well, Avignon does have a river and a bridge--who knows?
Posted by
OP
Ottawa
1446 posts
You're right Swan... Avignon can be a stop for a river cruise.