15 nights, Miami to Miami

The itinerary, port by port

13 calls over 15 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 →

2. 2
   Puerto Plata

   Puerto Plata is the Dominican Republic's north-coast amber capital, a town of faded Victorian gingerbread houses sitting under the green wall of Mount Isabel de Torres. Port guide →

3. 3
   Catalina Island

   Catalina is a low-key island an hour off the Southern California coast, where the small port town of Avalon ends at clear, kelp-forested water that draws snorkelers and glass-bottom boats. Port guide →

4. 4
   Cruz Bay (Saint John)

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

5. 5
   At Sea - Fireworks
6. 6
   Jost Van Dyke

   Jost Van Dyke is a four-mile sliver of the British Virgin Islands with roughly 300 residents, no traffic lights, and a beach-bar culture that built the BVI's reputation. Port guide →

7. 7
   Basseterre

   Basseterre is the Georgian-era capital of St Kitts, a small twin-island Caribbean nation where the cruise pier puts you a five-minute walk from a colonial town center built around a circular junction… Port guide →

8. 8
   Charlotte Amalie (Saint Thomas)

   Charlotte Amalie is the capital of the U.S. Port guide →

9. 9
   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 →

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. 11
    St. John's (Antigua)

    St. Port guide →

12. 12
    Little Bay

    Little Bay is the emerging capital district on the north coast of Montserrat, the British territory whose southern half, including the original capital Plymouth, was buried by the Soufriere Hills volcano… Port guide →

13. Disembark
    Road Town (Tortola)

    Road Town is the capital of the British Virgin Islands, and your ship lands you at its doorstep on the south coast of Tortola. Port guide →