Princess Cruises

Mediterranean cruises are unique in that three continents edge this fabled sea. The area is bordered by 21 nations, including Spain, Monaco, France, Greece, Israel, Egypt and Morocco. The sea offers cruise passengers on Princess, Costa, Windstar and other cruise lines an opportunity to visit a wealth of different cultures, all clustered around this ancient trade route.

Explore the Mediterranean on a Luxury Ship

Celebrity is one of the cruise lines that tours the Mediterranean, and Princess does a magnificent, 33-day repositioning cruise through the Mediterranean that alights at several famous cities. Ports of call can include Naples, Livorna, Rhodes and Venice. Celebrity Mediterranean cruises vary in length from 10 to 17 days and offer a choice of eastern and western Mediterranean destinations.

One of the advantages of cruising the Mediterranean on a Princess or other ship is that the ports of call are all within an easy distance of each other. If you love to go ashore and explore foreign cities, you can enjoy near-constant disembarkation with a Mediterranean cruise. Unlike Hawaii cruises, complete days at sea are rare, making cruising an optimal way to see the most of the Mediterranean nations.

A good cruise discounter will make it easy to peruse eastern Mediterranean cruises as well as those sailing to western ports. In addition to cruising the Mediterranean, you can affordably explore South Pacific destinations such as Bora Bora, Papeete and Auckland, the Mexican ports of Acapulco and Mazatlan, the fjords of Alaska and Norway, and hundreds of other destinations. BestCruiseRates.com lists deeply discounted cruises from the top cruise lines.