Cruise reviews site Cruise Critic has announced 2018’s best cruise destinations in the world, based entirely on consumer ratings and reviews.According to the third annual Cruisers’ Choice Destination Awards, Dubrovnik (Croatia) and Villefranche (France) have been chosen the best cruise destinations in Eastern and Western Mediterranean regions, respectively.
This is Dubrovnik‘s third trophy in a row. This fantastic Croatian medieval city – a key filming location for Game of Thrones – remains a major stop on almost all Eastern Mediterranean cruise itineraries. Kotor, another emerging mass tourism destination in Croatia, came second leaving behind everlasting hotspots like Venice, Santorini, Rhodes. Villefranche on the French Riviera and Spanish ports Barcelona and Malaga took the top three spots in the Western Mediterranean region.
Here are the results for 18 cruising regions in the world:
- Top-Rated Port in the Eastern Mediterranean: Dubrovnik
- Top-Rated European River Port: Arles
- Top-Rated Port in the Western Mediterranean: Villefranche
- Top-Rated Port in Alaska: Glacier Bay
- Top-Rated Port in Asia: Singapore
- Top-Rated Port in Australia & New Zealand: Sydney
- Top-Rated Port in the Baltic & Scandinavia: St. Petersburg
- Top-Rated Port in the Eastern Caribbean, Bahamas & Bermuda: King’s Wharf
- Top-Rated Port in the Southern Caribbean: Curacao
- Top-Rated Port in the Western Caribbean & Riviera Maya: Havana
- Top-Rated Port in the British Isles & Western Europe: Edinburgh
- Top-Rated Port in Hawaii: Kauai
- Top-Rated Port in the Mexican Riviera: Huatulco
- Top-Rated Port in the Panama Canal & Central America: Puerto Quetzal
- Top-Rated Port in South America & Antarctica: Buenos Aires
- Top-Rated Port in the South Pacific: Mystery Island
- Top-Rated Port in the U.S. & Canada: Quebec City
- Top-Rated Cruise Line Private Island: Disney Cruise Line’s Castaway Cay