Sea cruise: cruise liner near Croatia's coast

Sea cruises

Nowadays sea cruises and ocean cruises are available in almost all seas and oceans of the world. Whether it's a sea cruise in Europe, or cruise along the coast of Africa, traditional tourist cruise in the Mediterranean Sea or luxurious sailboat cruise in the Caribbean - each of these destinations has a common denominator. It's their duration. Cruises are offered mostly for the period not less than a week. In addition, often during traditional sea cruises are visited ports of several countries. These cruises differ from other forms of water travels such as, for example, mini-cruises.

Transcontinental cruises are the "kings" of the water tourism industry. They can often be found on the front pages of the tourist agencies’ and cruise companies’ catalogues. Ships that serve the transcontinental lines are completely self-contained mini-cities, where there are almost all the modern tourism industry developments that are common for the usual resort: swimming pools, entertainment centers, casinos, restaurants, shopping areas, theaters and playgrounds. The main distinguishing feature of such cruises is minimal port visits. As a rule, during the cruise you can visit only two ports: the departure and arrival ports. So, passengers spend most of the time on the decks of their ships.

Similar features have such extreme forms of sea cruises as Arctic cruises. Here, due to the harsh conditions, most of the time tourists also spend on the ship.

Sea cruises are largely presented in almost all cruise companies. Tourists always have a choice: to use the services big cruise companies, such as Royal Caribbean, or try something more budget, such as cruises on the Baltic Sea, which are organized by several smaller cruise companies. Either way, cruises give a chance to see the most famous cruise ships of the planet and get the maximum level of comfort, which can only be imagined in the modern tourist cruise industry. 

Photo: Dago Wiedamann