Barcelona’s cruise terminal is conveniently located right in the city. While cruises are a year-round affair here, it’s busier in the summer.
Mediterranean sailings are available in various lengths and one-way cruises are a regular feature in this area. Open-jaw flights (where the endpoint of the outbound is different from the origin of the return) are rarely much more expensive than traditional roundtrips from the US or Canada and are worth considering.
When cruises aren’t roundtrip Barcelona, they most commonly end in Civitavecchia (Rome’s port city), the Venice area (including Trieste), or Athens. Typical Med cruises are 7 to 14 nights, with the most common being 7 nights long.
Cruises that visit the Canary Islands are winter sailings and most commonly run from 10 to 12 nights.
As a major cruise port, Trans-Atlantic repositionings and world cruise segments are semi-regular options too. With few exceptions, these are 14+ nights.