The ship’s coach costs €79; the train runs direct from Portsmouth Harbour in half an hour. The cathedral, the Chagall window, the Market Cross and the Roman wall, with October 2026 prices.
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Leixões Cruise Port on Your Own: Porto by Metro (2026)
by Jan Madeusby Jan MadeusThe terminal sits 9 km from Porto’s old town. Metro, bus 500, taxi and the ship’s shuttle compared, with October 2026 prices and how long Porto really needs.
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St Ives from Falmouth: Two Hours Ashore in Cornwall
by Jan Madeusby Jan MadeusAn hour by coach from Falmouth and two hours in the town: Tate, the drying harbour and the Downalong lanes — with October 2026 prices and a route that fits.
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Falmouth Cruise Port on Your Own: A Full Day on Foot in Cornwall
by Jan Madeusby Jan MadeusThe shuttle is free, but the town is only a kilometre away. What a day ashore in Falmouth gives you on foot — prices, opening times and the autumn catch at Pendennis …
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Portsmouth Cruise Port on Your Own: How Far You Get Without a Ticket
by Jan Madeusby Jan MadeusA transit call at Portsmouth International Port: free shuttle, free Historic Quarter Pass, HMS Victory under scaffolding, and what the £36 ticket actually adds.
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No cruise terminal, 20 km out to the Pilpasuo nature reserve, two hours on snowshoes — what a winter call at Oulu actually allows, and what you can do alone.
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Funchal old town after dark: 20–25 minutes on foot from the berth, two hillside viewpoints, real menu prices from October 2026 — and whether Rua de Santa Maria is a tourist trap.
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The ship’s coach to Santiago costs €49 and boards at 07:00. The train is €4. And the town itself — pazo, convent, almond cakes — is a 2 km walk.