Cruise Ship After the Camino

JRSUZ · Jul 12, 2023

If wanted to catch a Cruise Ship to go to Greece where would the closest Port be to board? Also, any recommendations on Cruise liners to use? Thanks in advance

trecile · Jul 12, 2023

This question is really beyond the scope of the forum, and best answered by a travel agent or on a travel/cruise forum.

You could start here

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Saint Mike II · Jul 12, 2023

Barcelona is probably the best bet, but please do your own research first. Cheers

Vacajoe · Jul 13, 2023

Please read the threads from those who regret traveling or returning to work immediately following their Camino (current one is “hard landing”) without taking time to process the experience.

Pathfinder075 · Jul 13, 2023

Barcelona or maybe Malaga (from a quick search on DDG).

Corned Beef · Jul 13, 2023

Athens or Venice

dick bird · Jul 13, 2023

This may sound a little brutal, so be it. This is a forum about being on the Camino, not what you do after it. If you wish to go on a sea cruise, that is your affair. I hope you enjoy it.

Pafayac · Jul 13, 2023

The only ship which can be allowed after the Camino is a stone boat, like the one which is said to have brought the relics of St James in Galicia...

mike mcbroom · Jul 13, 2023

JRSUZ said:
If wanted to catch a Cruise Ship to go to Greece where would the closest Port be to board? Also, any recommendations on Cruise liners to use? Thanks in advance

We have done this very thing last year. We took a Norweigen Cruise for 12 days from Barcelona to Rome which included Greece. 12 day cruise which cost less than staying in Barcelona. It was fantastic!. But you have to take a ferry from back to Barcelona for the trip home. In our case, a transatlantic to Port Canaveral in Florida, again very inexpensive

Sandra Heinzman · Jul 13, 2023

Vacajoe said:
Please read the threads from those who regret traveling or returning to work immediately following their Camino (current one is “hard landing”) without taking time to process the experience.

A cruise afterwards sounds like a great way, to me, to process a Camino. So relaxing!

702Jenn · Jul 13, 2023

JRSUZ said:
If wanted to catch a Cruise Ship to go to Greece where would the closest Port be to board? Also, any recommendations on Cruise liners to use? Thanks in advance

I actually just did this...finished the Camino in June, stayed 2 days in Santiago, took trains to Barcelona, stayed 2 days there, then caught an NCL cruise from Barc. You can also fly to Barcelona from SDC. Greece was not on our cruise itinerary but I'm sure it is on some. It was an amazing journey all around, I wouldn't change a thing.

mike mcbroom · Jul 13, 2023

702Jenn said:
I actually just did this...finished the Camino in June, stayed 2 days in Santiago, took trains to Barcelona, stayed 2 days there, then caught an NCL cruise from Barc. You can also fly to Barcelona from SDC. Greece was not on our cruise itinerary but I'm sure it is on some. It was an amazing journey all around, I wouldn't change a thing.

I agree. Well worth the time and Money

kmrice · Jul 13, 2023

We've cruised out of Barcelona (crossing back to the US) after caminos twice and enjoyed it both times. Barcelona is a pretty big cruise port so there are lots of ships and lots of choices.

Not sure why there is some resistance to discussing this on the forum; how you decompress after a camino is certainly discussed a lot. For us, a cruise was a great way to relax and contemplate our caminos.

Steven Dwyer · Jul 13, 2023

I am returning to the U.S. by cruise ship after my Camino in October.

WayWalker · Jul 13, 2023

JRSUZ said:
If wanted to catch a Cruise Ship to go to Greece where would the closest Port be to board? Also, any recommendations on Cruise liners to use? Thanks in advance

Barcelona, Lisbon, Rome. All easy to get to from Santiago.

kmrice · Jul 16, 2023

One issue is dress/appearance. We don’t want to subject non-pilgrim passengers to our pilgrim rather unkempt appearance (and, at least in my case, odor). Fortunately it is easy to find a cheap shirt, jacket and tie in Barcelona, my wife always has a little (nearly weightless) black dress in her pack, and the ship had a barber and hair dresser. Here are pictures of us coming on board and then headed to dinner that night.

Camino Chrissy · Jul 16, 2023

I have taken a med cruise out of Barcelona.
Also, a past forum member recently took a train to Ravenna, Italy to take a cruise from there to Greece and beyond when her Camino in Italy was cut short from a debilitating knee injury.

mike mcbroom · Jul 16, 2023

kmrice said:
One issue is dress/appearance. We don’t want to subject non-pilgrim passengers to our pilgrim rather unkempt appearance (and, at least in my case, odor). Fortunately it is easy to find a cheap shirt, jacket and tie in Barcelona, my wife always has a little (nearly weightless) black dress in her pack, and the ship had a barber and hair dresser. Here are pictures of us coming on board and then headed to dinner that night.

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hecate105 · Jul 18, 2023

And its better than flying....!

Camino Chrissy · Jul 18, 2023

hecate105 said:
And its better than flying....!

Well, there's a lot more to sea/see, that's for sure!

Friend from Barquinha · Jul 18, 2023

JRSUZ said:
If wanted to catch a Cruise Ship to go to Greece where would the closest Port be to board? Also, any recommendations on Cruise liners to use? Thanks in advance

Very quick answer: some ships stop in A Coruna and/or Vigo. However, they're mostly round-Iberia cruises and you'd somehow have to transfer, to get to Greece.

We jumped ship in Vigo, at the end of a cruise like this, to go on into Portugal. But complicated.

As noted, probably best to ask a travel agent.

WayWalker · Jul 22, 2023

We are thinking seriously about a transatlantic after walking the Le Puy route this fall. There are lot's of interesting cruises right around the time we will finish. And yes plan to buy a few things to wear like I do anyway. A month and a half in the same two outfits and variations thereof always gets tiring. Santiago has some great stores.

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