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Barcelona cruise port is the busiest in the Mediterranean, handling millions of passengers a year across multiple terminals. The city behind it earns that traffic.

Alicante is a mid-sized Spanish city of about 330,000 people on the Costa Blanca in southeastern Spain. It's a working Mediterranean city that happens to have a beautiful waterfront, a hilltop castle, and some of the best weather in Europe.

Funchal is the capital of Madeira, a Portuguese island in the Atlantic Ocean about 600 miles southwest of Lisbon and 400 miles north of the Canary Islands. The island is volcanic, mountainous, and green, with a subtropical climate that keeps temperatures mild year-round.

St. Maarten cruise port is one of the busiest in the Caribbean, with ships docking at the A.C.

Most cruise passengers arriving at La Romana are headed somewhere else - Casa de Campo, the Caribbean's most exclusive resort complex, or Altos de Chavon, a replica Mediterranean village perched on a cliff above the Chavon River. Cruise ships dock at the Central Romana port, about a 10-minute drive from the Casa de Campo resort area.

Falmouth's historic port was purpose-built for mega-ships and sits in a town known for its well-preserved Georgian colonial architecture. Popular excursions include Dunn's River Falls, bamboo rafting on the Martha Brae River, and Montego Bay beaches.