Fresh guides for your next sailing
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All six Royal Caribbean ships in Europe for 2027 and the 2026 lineup, with homeports, routes, dated fares, Legend of the Seas port by port, Royal Beach Club Santorini, and the line’s rules on passports, dress and packing.
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The best Mediterranean cruises for 2026-27 picked by traveler type and by month, each with a dated sailing, a real fare, the reason it wins and the catch – plus the itineraries worth thinking twice about.
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Every line and ship sailing the Med from Southampton and other UK ports in 2026-27, what a no-fly fortnight really costs, how many sea days to expect, and the new rules for British passports.
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Euros ashore, dollars aboard: the currency in every Mediterranean cruise port, which lines bill in what, cash vs card, tipping on board and ashore, and how to avoid the phone bill at sea.
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Tall ships, gulets, crewed yachts and Croatian small ships compared: who sails the Med, what each really costs per night, how much actual sailing happens, and when the meltemi makes it rough.
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Mediterranean cruising in a wheelchair, port by port: which ports dock and which tender, the lines’ tender rules, accessible cabins, step-free access at the Acropolis, Colosseum and Pompeii, and a Rome day worked against the all-aboard clock.
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Which Mediterranean cruise lines and ships are genuinely adults-only for 2027, with every policy dated: Virgin, Viking, Oceania’s new rule, Saga, P&O’s Arcadia and Aurora and Marella Explorer 2, plus the months and tactics that keep children off your holiday.
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How much medical and evacuation cover a Mediterranean cruise really needs, what Medicare, the GHIC and Australian Medicare leave out, cruise line plans against third-party policies, CFAR, pre-existing conditions and twelve real Mediterranean scenarios.
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Which lines and ships suit which ages, what a family really pays, which ports work with a stroller, which sights let children in free, and a realistic week of port days with kids.
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Every Turkish, Cypriot and Egyptian cruise port compared: where ships dock, how far each sight really is, who still calls Alexandria and Haifa, and the all-aboard math for Istanbul and Cairo.