15 nights, Miami to San Juan

The itinerary, port by port

11 calls over 15 nights, Miami to San Juan. 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 →

2. 2
   Cozumel

   Cozumel is an island off Mexico's Yucatan coast and one of the Caribbean's premier reef destinations, sitting on the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef with visibility that regularly tops 100 feet. Port guide →

3. 3
   Costa Maya

   Costa Maya is a purpose-built cruise port on Mexico's quiet southern Caribbean coast, fronting the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef and backed by inland Maya sites. Port guide →

4. 4
   Santo Tomás de Castilla

   Santo Tomas de Castilla is Guatemala's Caribbean cargo port, and the appeal here is entirely what lies inland: the Mayan stelae of Quirigua, the jungle canyon of the Rio Dulce, and the Garifuna town of… Port guide →

5. 5
   Belize City

   Belize City is the jumping-off point, not the destination. Port guide →

6. 6
   Roatán

   Roatán is the largest of Honduras's Bay Islands, a long ridge of green hills fringed by the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef, the second-largest reef system in the world. Port guide →

7. 7
   Cruz Bay (Saint John)

   Saint John is the quietest of the U.S. Port guide →

8. 8
   St. John's (Antigua)

   St. Port guide →

9. 9
   Terre-de-Haut (Îles des Saintes)

   Terre-de-Haut is the main inhabited island of the Saintes, a small archipelago off Guadeloupe's south coast, settled by Breton and Norman fishing families whose descendants still run the place. Port guide →

10. 10
    Philipsburg

    Philipsburg is the Dutch-side capital of Sint Maarten, a narrow strip of town wedged between Great Bay and a salt pond. Port guide →

11. Disembark
    San Juan

    San Juan's old quarter is a walled Spanish colonial town on a headland, founded in the early 1500s, with two stone forts run by the U.S. Port guide →