Know exactly when to head back to the ship.

Pick your port and your all-aboard time. You get the time to leave each part of town, worked out from guides we check against official sources. Free, and no account needed.

107 ports checked in October 2026. Every fact in a guide links to where it came from.

Port dayTransport needed
All aboard
17:30

Leave Old Town (Pile Gate) by

15:45

Bus 1A/1B, 15–20 min; full buses pass

  • Lokrum islandBoat 15 min to old harbour, then bus15:30
  • Old harbour (if tendering)Tender, a few minutes, plus queue16:00
Open my Dubrovnik day plan

Each time leaves room to get back on board. Your ship’s own times always win.

The ship doesn’t wait for you.

Cruise lines hold the ship for guests on their own tours. Royal Caribbean says plainly that it won’t do the same for guests exploring on their own.

That’s why so many people book the coach tour. Not because they want it, but because nobody tells them when to start back. Every port is different. A single rule like “two hours before” is too much in Split and nowhere near enough for Florence.

  • Rome

    The city is about 70 km from Civitavecchia. To be safe you need to be on a train out of Rome three hours before all-aboard.

  • Santorini

    Most ships tender and everyone queues for the cable car at once. Be at the top station two and a half hours before all-aboard.

  • Kotor

    The Old Town is a few minutes’ walk, but the tender queue in the last two hours can pass 30 minutes. Aim for 90 minutes.

PortTrip is built by Elke, in Maastricht. I started it after watching cruise passengers pay for a coach tour to a city they could have reached on a €3 bus — and after seeing how stressful the return to the ship is when you're doing it alone. PortTrip plans the day around your all-aboard time so you can go on your own with a clear plan. If something in a guide is wrong, email hello@porttrip.com and I'll fix it.

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A cruise has several port days, each with different rules. Pro plans every one of them around your ship’s times, so each morning you know where you’re going and exactly when you need to turn round.

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  • Leave-by times for every checked port
  • The full guide: getting to town, costs, mistakes to avoid
  • A simple day plan with a map for any checked port

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  • A timed plan for every port on every cruise you take this year
  • A leave-by time on every stop, and a Plan B if you’re running late
  • Your whole cruise from the ship’s name: no typing in ports
  • Audio briefings, PDF and offline access for when there’s no signal
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$129/yr (≈$10.75/mo)

billed yearly · cancel anytime

  • Full timed plan for every port, on every cruise you take
  • Leave-by time on every stop and a running-late Plan B
  • Cruise Radar: whole-cruise plans from your ship name
  • AI day optimiser, audio briefings, PDF and offline access

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Never miss the ship

€203.88/yr (≈$19.92/mo)

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  • Everything in Pro
  • Crowd Clock: passengers ashore hour by hour, and your calmest 90 minutes in every port
  • Port Day Live: a leave-by countdown from where you are, with alerts at 30, 15 and 0 minutes
  • Schedule Watch: an email the moment your ship's times or port days change
  • Return-now mode, all-ports cruise hub, savings tracker, calendar export

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Frequently asked questions

107 cruise port guides, checked against official sources

Each guide gives the leave-by time for every part of the port, how to get to town, what it costs and where people go wrong. Every fact links to its source.

North Africa

See how all 107 ports rank in the Cruise Port Index · Port fees, taxes and visitor caps for 2026–27

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