Arrival points

Airport to cruise port and airport to airport transfers compared

Some trips never touch the centre: the flight that lands on embarkation day, the change of airport, the train that connects to a plane. Each page compares every way to do that trip, with the margin you should leave.

At a glance

Arrival pointCheapestFastestTaxi
Fiumicino Airport to Ciampino AirportRome€15Coach via Termini · 2 h 25 min55 minOfficial taxi, fixed fare · €55€5555 min
Fiumicino Airport to Civitavecchia cruise portRome€11FL1 and regional train · 2 h 45 min70 minOfficial taxi, fixed fare · €130€13070 min
Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport to Orly AirportParis€14RER B and metro 14 · 1 h 35 min55 minTaxi Parisien · €80–€105€80–€10555 min
Paris Gare du Nord to Charles de Gaulle AirportParis€2.05Noctilien night bus · 85 min45 minTaxi Parisien · €56€5645 min
Heathrow Airport to Gatwick AirportLondon£14.90National Express coach · 1 h 30 min65 minTaxi · £140–£190£140–£19065 min
Heathrow Airport to Southampton cruise terminalsLondon£17.40National Express 032 to Southampton · 2 h 30 min1 h 45 minTaxi · £190–£260£190–£2601 h 45 min
St Pancras International to Heathrow AirportLondon£5.90Piccadilly line direct · 75 min60 minThameslink to Farringdon, then Elizabeth line · £15.50£56–£10560 min
Barcelona Airport to Barcelona cruise portBarcelona€9.30Train + metro + Cruise Bus · 1 h 40 min35 minTaxi at the fixed airport-port fare · €46€4635 min
Lisbon Airport to Lisbon cruise terminalLisbon€2.40Metro Red line + Blue line · 55 min25 minTaxi · €11–€19€11–€1925 min
Athens Airport to Piraeus cruise portAthens€5.50Express bus X96 · 1 h 45 min75 minTaxi · €55–€70€55–€7075 min
Venice Marco Polo Airport to Venice cruise port (Marittima)Venice€11.50ACTV bus 5 or ATVO coach, then People Mover · 70 min30 minLand taxi, fixed fare to Marittima · €45€4530 min
Pisa Airport to Livorno cruise portFlorence€11.50PisaMover, train and city bus · 1 h 35 min40 minTaxi from the airport · €40–€60€40–€6040 min
Naples Airport to Naples cruise portNaples€5Alibus direct to the port · 50 min35 minOfficial taxi, fixed fare · €24€2435 min
Schiphol Airport to Amsterdam cruise terminalAmsterdam€5.50NS train to Centraal, then walk · 55 min30 minTaxi from the Schiphol rank · €40–€60€40–€6030 min
Marseille Provence Airport to Marseille cruise portMarseille€16.70Airport shuttle, metro M2 and bus 35 · 1 h 30 min35 minTaxi · €50–€60€50–€6035 min
Copenhagen Airport (CPH) to Copenhagen cruise port (Oceankaj)CopenhagenDKK 30Metro M2 and M4, then bus 25 or 164 · 55 min35 minTaxi from the airport rank · DKK 425–DKK 520DKK 425–DKK 52035 min