Europe Cruise Ports

Europe holds 573 cruise ports, 36% of the 1,572 we track. 69 of them are departure ports. The most visited cruise port in Europe region is also its busiest departure port: Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy, appearing in 7,898 upcoming itineraries.

Ports here are grouped into 5 sub-regions: Western Europe is the largest with 241 ports, Polar Regions the smallest with 20. Its ports span 35 countries, most of them in Norway, Italy and Greece.

Europe is the largest region we track, and it is really several cruising seasons stacked together. The Mediterranean runs from spring into late autumn out of Barcelona, Civitavecchia and Marseille, and that is where most of the volume sits. Northern Europe and the Baltic have a shorter window, roughly May to September, worked from Copenhagen, Hamburg and Southampton. Ships reposition between the two as the season turns, which is why a single vessel can appear at both ends of the continent within a year.