Lines 300 and 27 from the cruise quay in Santa Cruz de La Palma to Puerto de Tazacorte: €8.20 return, under an hour each way, black sand and a sheltered beach.
A 5.35 km waymarked loop in the pine forest above Santa Cruz de Tenerife: 40–50 minutes from the pier, two hours on foot, and what the 2023 fire left behind.
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Santa Cruz de La Palma Cruise Port: Is the Green North Worth the Tour?
by Jan Madeusby Jan MadeusThe ship’s coach tour to La Palma’s green north costs 49 € for about 4.5 hours. What it actually visits — including the forest the brochure names wrongly — what a hire …
- ReisezieleEuropaMadeira
Porto Santo auf eigene Faust: Sehenswürdigkeiten zu Fuß
by Jan Madeusby Jan MadeusPorto Santo ist ein Tenderhafen: etwa 15 Minuten zum Jachthafen, dann ein Kilometer zu Fuß nach Vila Baleira. Was zwei Stunden schaffen, was fünf schaffen — Stand Oktober 2026.
Porto Santo is a tender port: about 15 minutes to the marina, then a kilometre on foot into Vila Baleira. What two hours covers, what five hours covers, and costs for October …
- EuropeDestinationsEngland
Chichester from Portsmouth: Cathedral, Walls and the Train
by Jan Madeusby Jan MadeusThe 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.
- EuropeDestinationsPortugal
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.