About Docks Guide
Docks Guide is an independent reference site for cruise and passenger ports worldwide. The goal is straightforward: a structured, browseable directory that helps cruise travelers spend their time ashore well, with practical information about facilities, attractions, and the patterns of typical shore excursions at each call.
What's on each port page
Every port profile follows the same outline: a geographic and historical introduction, a list of attractions and points of interest near the cruise terminal, an overview of port facilities, and a breakdown of common shore excursion templates seen at the destination. Where coordinates and reference links are available, they are listed in the quick-facts panel for cross-checking against navigation tools and external references.
Where the data comes from
Port reference data is drawn from open and openly-licensed sources, including the Wikidata structured knowledge base and the underlying Wikipedia articles on individual ports, cruise lines, and ships. Docks Guide normalizes this data into a consistent directory schema and supplements it with structured editorial content that describes the cruise call experience at each port. This approach lets us cover hundreds of ports without depending on cruise-line marketing materials or paid placements.
What Docks Guide is not
Docks Guide is not a booking engine, a cruise-line affiliate, or a live port tracker. We do not sell shore excursions, accept payment from cruise lines for editorial coverage, or rank ports based on commercial relationships. Where a port is genuinely a highlight of its region, the writing reflects that. Where the most interesting parts of a visit are quietly inland or off the standard tourist arteries, the writing reflects that too.
Editorial approach
Port pages are written to be useful both before a sailing, as part of itinerary research, and during a sailing, as a quick-read briefing the night before a port call. Information is structured so that you can either read the full profile or skim directly to the section you need: facilities, attractions, or excursion patterns. Practical considerations like accessibility, currency, language and ground transport are surfaced consistently across pages so they are easy to find.
Contact and corrections
Spot something out of date or wrong? Use the contact page to flag it. Cruise call patterns shift seasonally and ports occasionally reorganize their berths and facilities; structured corrections from on-the-ground travelers are welcome.