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Castro Urdiales, as a Bilbao, Spain Port Stop
If you have been to Bilbao, Spain and you are looking for alternate places to visit, consider Castro Urdiales. A former 1st century...
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Reykjavik as a Port Stop - The Golden Circle
Hey, let’s go to Iceland for a girl’s weekend! I first heard those words about five years ago when inexpensive flights started to depart...
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Port Stops – Cruise Ship Organized Tours or Self Arranged
Trying to decide whether to book a ship organized shore excursion or do it yourself? Advice on the benefits and pitfall of shore excursions
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Cagliari as a Port Stop
When I told my husband we were making a port stop in Cagliari and that I had arranged for us to visit a nuraghi, he looked at me with...
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​​Dubrovnik as a Port Stop
Dubrovnik is one port stop that I always enjoy. Contributing to my love affair with this city is the fact that the weather has always...
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Akureyri as a Port Stop
Last year my husband and I decided that a visit to Iceland was in order and we found a cruise that stopped in Reykjavik for two days and...
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Hvar as a Port Stop
Over the past 20 years, Croatia has been one of my favourite places to visit. I was originally supposed to visit Zagreb in the early...
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Venice as a Port Stop
I have been to Venice a number of times and enjoyed great, good and terrible weather. Which in turn means I have experienced Venice at...
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Cádiz, Spain as a Port Stop
I have visited a number of places in Spain and spent a lot of time in both Madrid and Barcelona however this was my first visit to Cádiz....
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