14 nights, Miami to Miami

The itinerary, port by port

11 calls over 14 nights, round-trip from Miami. Open any port for my full day-ashore guide, what to see, when to go, and how the day actually runs.

Getting there: Flights to Miami (MIA) are already bookable for these dates. I watch the fare for booked clients so you book at the right moment. When to book your flights →

1. Embark
   Miami

   Miami is the busiest cruise port in the United States, set on Dodge Island in Biscayne Bay a mile or two off downtown. Port guide →

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   Providenciales

   Providenciales (Provo) is the tourism hub of the Turks and Caicos, and its reason for being on an itinerary is Grace Bay: a 12-mile run of white sand and turquoise shallows fronting a barrier reef,… Port guide →

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   St. John's (Antigua)

   St. Port guide →

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   Pointe-à-Pitre

   Pointe-à-Pitre is the commercial capital of Guadeloupe, a French overseas region, and the city wears that dual identity openly: Creole markets and a French colonial grid, euros and Caribbean spice. Port guide →

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   Bequia

   Bequia is the largest of the Grenadines, a seven-square-mile island in St Vincent and the Grenadines with a deep sailing and whaleboat-building heritage and a single small harbor town, Port Elizabeth, on… Port guide →

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   Bridgetown

   Barbados's capital is a UNESCO-listed Georgian port town wrapped around a careenage, with British colonial bones, a Parliament still in session, and a turtle-filled bay a short taxi away. Port guide →

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   St. George's (Grenada)

   St. Port guide →

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   Castries

   Castries is St. Port guide →

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   Fort-de-France

   Fort-de-France is the capital of Martinique, a French overseas department, which means euros, Parisian-influenced architecture, and Creole cooking in the same compact, walkable center.

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    Gustavia

    Gustavia is the harbor capital of St Barths, a small French island that has deliberately kept large cruise ships out, so only luxury lines anchor offshore and tender in. Port guide →

11. Disembark
    Spanish Town (Virgin Gorda)

    Spanish Town is the small main settlement on Virgin Gorda, but the reason the day exists is a few miles south of it: The Baths, a stretch of coast where house-size granite boulders pile into grottoes,… Port guide →