Mediterranean Cruise Ports

The Mediterranean holds 81 cruise ports, 14% of the 573 in Europe. 18 of them are departure ports. The most visited cruise port in the Mediterranean sub-region is also its busiest departure port: Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy, appearing in 7,898 upcoming itineraries.

By port count it ranks 4th of 5 sub-regions in Europe, behind Western Europe at 241. Its ports span 7 countries, most of them in Italy, Greece and Malta.

This is the Italian side of the Mediterranean. Civitavecchia is the port for Rome and the busiest homeport in Europe. Livorno and Naples stand in for Florence and the Amalfi coast the same way, which is why a port day here usually involves a long transfer before the sightseeing starts. Genoa and Palermo add turnaround capacity for the lines that base ships in Italy year round.