7 nights, San Juan to Miami

The itinerary, port by port

7 calls over 7 nights, San Juan 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 San Juan (SJU) 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
   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 →

2. 2
   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 →

3. 3
   St. John's (Antigua)

   St. Port guide →

4. 4
   Frederiksted (Saint Croix)

   Frederiksted is the quieter, west-end town of St Croix and the island's only deep-water cruise call, a low-rise grid of Danish colonial and Victorian buildings facing the Caribbean. Port guide →

5. 5
   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 →

6. 6
   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 →

7. Disembark
   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 →