24 nights, Barcelona to Miami

The itinerary, port by port

11 calls over 24 nights, Barcelona to 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 Barcelona (BCN) 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
   Barcelona

   Barcelona packs Gaudí's modernisme, a 2,000-year-old Roman and medieval core, and a working Mediterranean waterfront into a single dense, walkable city. Port guide →

2. 2
   Cadiz

   Cádiz sits on a narrow Atlantic peninsula in Andalusia and is among the oldest continuously inhabited cities in Western Europe, a compact old town ringed by sea on three sides. Port guide →

3. 3
   Funchal (Madeira)

   Funchal is the capital of Madeira, a Portuguese volcanic island in the Atlantic, and the port sits a short walk from a working city built up a steep amphitheater of hills. Port guide →

4. 4
   St. John's (Antigua)

   St. Port guide →

5. 5
   Road Bay

   Road Bay is Anguilla's main harbor, sheltering the small fishing village of Sandy Ground on a wide curve of pale sand. Port guide →

6. 6
   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 →

7. 7
   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 →

8. 8
   Progreso (Merida)

   Progreso is a working Gulf-coast beach town that exists mainly as Yucatan's deep-water gateway, and the day earns its place because of what sits inland: colonial Merida 45 minutes away and the Maya world…

9. 9
   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 →

10. 10
    Belize City

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

11. Disembark
    Ocean Cay

    Ocean Cay is MSC's private Bahamian island, a former industrial sand-dredging site rebuilt as a marine reserve about 65 miles from Miami and 20 miles south of Bimini. Port guide →