Cruises from Riga
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Riga has the largest airport among the three Baltic capitals, and it is exactly this wide network of flights that makes the city a convenient starting point for a cruise in both directions. In summer it is possible to fly from Riga to Copenhagen and join the Baltic season, when liners sail northern waters, and for the rest of the year the Mediterranean direction is open, in particular flights to Barcelona or Rome, from where MSC, Royal Caribbean, Norwegian, Costa, and Celestyal depart. Such a dual choice is rare even among European capitals: not every city offers convenient direct flights to both cruise regions at once. It is advantageous for airlines to support both directions from Riga in parallel, since the dual profile of the airport attracts passengers north and south at the same time, not just one way. For residents of Riga, including the Ukrainian community, the road to a cruise always comes down to a single flight, without a ground segment, border, or transit through a neighboring country. When choosing between the Baltic and Mediterranean direction, focus primarily on the specific cruise and season, not on the convenience of the flight itself: both options are equally accessible from Riga airport. Still, the number of direct flights on the Baltic direction is smaller and strongly depends on the season, so book tickets in advance for summer. Also check document requirements for the chosen port of embarkation, especially if you are planning a first cruise and have not dealt with this procedure yet. Specific dates and directions are convenient to check directly in the cruise catalog on the site.
Cruises
Sydney, Nova Scotia, Melbourne, Australia, Adelaide, AU, Margaret River (Busselton), Perth (Fremantle), Australia, Geraldton, Exmouth, WesternAustralia, Broome, Yasawa Islands, Darwin, Bali (Benoa), Bali (Celukan Bawang), Surabaya, Indonesia, Semarang, Indonesia, Singapore, Kuala Terengganu (Tanjung Gelang), Koh Samui, Bangkok (Laem Chabang), Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Hong Kong, China, Taipei (Keelung), Taiwan, China, Shanghai, China, Beijing (Tianjin), Seoul (Incheon), Korea, Republic of (South), Yeosu, South Korea, Busan, Kitakyushu, Japan, Hiroshima, Japan, Kochi (Japan), Osaka, JP, Nagoya, Shimizu, Japan, Tokyo, Japan, Oarai, Miyako (Iwate), Kodiak, US, Seward, United States, Valdez, United States, Juneau, Alaska, Icy Strait Point, Alaska, Ketchikan (Ward Cove), Nanaimo, British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Seattle, Washington, Victoria (BC), Astoria, United States, San Francisco, California, Catalina Island (Avalon), San Diego, California, Puerto Vallarta, MX, Manzanillo, MX, Puerto Quetzal, Guatamala, Puntarenas, Costa Rica, Cartagena (Colombia), Miami, Florida, New York, New York, Halifax, CA, St. John's (Newfoundland), Canada, Cobh (Cork), Fowey, Cornwell, United Kingdom, Honfleur, London (Tilbury), Bruges (Zeebrugge), Amsterdam, Kiel Canal, Warnemunde (Rostock), Ronne (Bornholm), Gdansk, Visby, SE, Stockholm, Sweden, Tallinn, Estonia, Helsinki, Finland, Riga, Latvia, Klaipeda, Lithuania, Karlskrona, Copenhagen, Denmark
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San Diego, California, Honolulu, Hawai, Kailua-Kona, Maui (Kahului), Hilo, HI, Huahine, French Polynesia, Moorea, French Polynesia, Papeete, Tahiti French Poly, Moorea, French Polynesia, Papeete, Tahiti French Poly, Bora Bora, French Polynesia, Raiatea, Pago Pago, American Samoa, Apia, Samoa, Savusavu, Fiji, Suva, Lautoka, Port Vila, Aneityum, Vanuatu, Noumea, Isle of Pines, Norfolk Island, Bay of Islands (Russell), Whangarei, New Zealand, Auckland, NZ, Tauranga, NZ, Napier, New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand, Picton, New Zealand, Christchurch (Lyttelton), Timaru, Dunedin, New Zealand, Milford Sound, New Zealand, Hobart, Tasmania, Port Arthur (Tasmania), Sydney, Nova Scotia, Melbourne, Australia, Adelaide, AU, Margaret River (Busselton), Perth (Fremantle), Australia, Geraldton, Exmouth, WesternAustralia, Broome, Yasawa Islands, Darwin, Bali (Benoa), Bali (Celukan Bawang), Surabaya, Indonesia, Semarang, Indonesia, Singapore, Kuala Terengganu (Tanjung Gelang), Koh Samui, Bangkok (Laem Chabang), Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Hong Kong, China, Taipei (Keelung), Taiwan, China, Shanghai, China, Beijing (Tianjin), Seoul (Incheon), Korea, Republic of (South), Yeosu, South Korea, Busan, Kitakyushu, Japan, Hiroshima, Japan, Kochi (Japan), Osaka, JP, Nagoya, Shimizu, Japan, Tokyo, Japan, Oarai, Miyako (Iwate), Kodiak, US, Seward, United States, Valdez, United States, Juneau, Alaska, Icy Strait Point, Alaska, Ketchikan (Ward Cove), Nanaimo, British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Seattle, Washington, Victoria (BC), Astoria, United States, San Francisco, California, Catalina Island (Avalon), San Diego, California, Puerto Vallarta, MX, Manzanillo, MX, Puerto Quetzal, Guatamala, Puntarenas, Costa Rica, Cartagena (Colombia), Miami, Florida, New York, New York, Halifax, CA, St. John's (Newfoundland), Canada, Cobh (Cork), Fowey, Cornwell, United Kingdom, Honfleur, London (Tilbury)
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San Diego, California, Honolulu, Hawai, Kailua-Kona, Maui (Kahului), Hilo, HI, Huahine, French Polynesia, Moorea, French Polynesia, Papeete, Tahiti French Poly, Moorea, French Polynesia, Papeete, Tahiti French Poly, Bora Bora, French Polynesia, Raiatea, Pago Pago, American Samoa, Apia, Samoa, Savusavu, Fiji, Suva, Lautoka, Port Vila, Aneityum, Vanuatu, Noumea, Isle of Pines, Norfolk Island, Bay of Islands (Russell), Whangarei, New Zealand, Auckland, NZ, Tauranga, NZ, Napier, New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand, Picton, New Zealand, Christchurch (Lyttelton), Timaru, Dunedin, New Zealand, Milford Sound, New Zealand, Hobart, Tasmania, Port Arthur (Tasmania), Sydney, Nova Scotia, Melbourne, Australia, Adelaide, AU, Margaret River (Busselton), Perth (Fremantle), Australia, Geraldton, Exmouth, WesternAustralia, Broome, Yasawa Islands, Darwin, Bali (Benoa), Bali (Celukan Bawang), Surabaya, Indonesia, Semarang, Indonesia, Singapore, Kuala Terengganu (Tanjung Gelang), Koh Samui, Bangkok (Laem Chabang), Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Hong Kong, China, Taipei (Keelung), Taiwan, China, Shanghai, China, Beijing (Tianjin), Seoul (Incheon), Korea, Republic of (South), Yeosu, South Korea, Busan, Kitakyushu, Japan, Hiroshima, Japan, Kochi (Japan), Osaka, JP, Nagoya, Shimizu, Japan, Tokyo, Japan, Oarai, Miyako (Iwate), Kodiak, US, Seward, United States, Valdez, United States, Juneau, Alaska, Icy Strait Point, Alaska, Ketchikan (Ward Cove), Nanaimo, British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Seattle, Washington, Victoria (BC), Astoria, United States, San Francisco, California, Catalina Island (Avalon), San Diego, California, Puerto Vallarta, MX, Manzanillo, MX, Puerto Quetzal, Guatamala, Puntarenas, Costa Rica, Cartagena (Colombia), Miami, Florida, New York, New York, Halifax, CA, St. John's (Newfoundland), Canada, Cobh (Cork), Fowey, Cornwell, United Kingdom, Honfleur, London (Tilbury), Bruges (Zeebrugge), Amsterdam, Kiel Canal, Warnemunde (Rostock), Ronne (Bornholm), Gdansk, Visby, SE, Stockholm, Sweden, Tallinn, Estonia, Helsinki, Finland, Riga, Latvia, Klaipeda, Lithuania, Karlskrona, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Miami, Florida, Oranjestad (Aruba), Willemstad (Curacao), Cartagena (Colombia), Colon, Fuerte Amador, Panama, Manta, Lima, (Callao) Peru, Easter Island (Hanga Roa), Pitcairn Islands (Adamstown), Fakarava, Moorea, French Polynesia, Papeete, Tahiti French Poly, Moorea, French Polynesia, Papeete, Tahiti French Poly, Bora Bora, French Polynesia, Bay of Islands (Russell), Auckland, NZ, Tauranga, NZ, Napier, New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand, Picton, New Zealand, Christchurch (Lyttelton), Dunedin, New Zealand, Milford Sound, New Zealand, Hobart, Tasmania, Eden, AU, Sydney, Nova Scotia, Newcastle (Australia), Mooloolaba, Queensland, Aust, Airlie Beach (Whitsundays), Cairns, Australia, Darwin, Komodo Island, Bali (Benoa), Bali (Celukan Bawang), Sandakan (Sabah), Puerto Princesa (Palawan), Coron (Palawan), Manila, Hong Kong, China, Hue (Da Nang), Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Bangkok (Laem Chabang), Koh Samui, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur (Port Klang), Sabang, Hambantota, Sri Lanka, Colombo, Sri Lanka, Kochi (India), Male, Port Louis, Mauritius, Pointe des Galets (Reunion), Fort Dauphin (Taolagnaro), Richards Bay, Durban, Port Elizabeth (Gqeberha), Cape Town, South Africa, Luderitz, Namibia, Walvis Bay, Namibia, Saint Helena (Jamestown), Praia, Cape Verde, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Agadir, Morocco, Casablanca, Morocco, Cadiz, Malaga, Spain, Barcelona, Spain, Provence (Marseille), Nice (Villefranche), France, Portovenere, Italy, Florence/Pisa (Livorno), Porto Santo Stefano, Italy, Civitavecchia, Italy, Sorrento, Italy, Amalfi, Italy, Siracusa (Sicily), Valletta, MT, Kotor, Montenegro, Sibenik, Croatia, Piran, SI, Venice, Italy, Rovinj, Croatia, Dubrovnik, Croatia, Corfu, Greece, Argostoli (Kefalonia), Monemvasia, Santorini, Greece, Rhodes, Greece, Bodrum, Turkiye, Syros, Greece, Athens (Piraeus), Greece
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Budapest, HU, Budapest, HU, Bratislava, Slovakia, Vienna (Wien), AT, Melk, Austria, Passau, DE, Regensburg, DE, Nuremberg (Nürnberg), DE
Shangai (Baoshan), China, Seoul (Incheon), South Korea, Shangai (Baoshan), China
Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Seville (Cadiz), Spain, Barcelona, Spain, Marseille, Provence, France, Genoa, Italy
Baltra (Galapagos), Gardner Bay (Espanola), Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, Cormorant Point (Floreana), Bahia Post Office (Floreana), Punta Moreno (Isabela), Urvina Bay (Isabela), Punta Espinoza (Fernandina), Punta Vicente Roca (Isabela), South Plaza (Santa Cruz), Daphne Island (Galapagos), Dragon Hill (Santa Cruz), Puerto Ayora (Santa Cruz), Baltra (Galapagos)
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Nassau, Bahamas, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Nuremberg (Nürnberg), DE, Bamberg, Germany, Wurzburg, Germany, Miltenberg, Germany, Koblenz, Germany, Cologne, Germany, Amsterdam (Rotterdam), Holland
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Frequently asked questions
Why is Riga a convenient starting point for a cruise?
Riga has the largest airport among the three Baltic capitals, with flights toward both the Baltic and Mediterranean directions, depending on the season.
How do I get from Riga to the Baltic cruise season?
In summer, flights from Riga go to Copenhagen, from where liners depart in Baltic waters. The number of direct flights is smaller than on the Mediterranean direction, so book in advance.
How do I get from Riga to a Mediterranean cruise?
For most of the year, flights are available to Barcelona or Rome, from where MSC, Royal Caribbean, Norwegian, Costa, and Celestyal depart.
Do residents of Riga need to cross a border for a cruise trip?
No, the road comes down to a single flight from Riga airport, without a ground segment, border, or transit through a neighboring country.
What documents are needed for a cruise trip from Latvia?
Requirements depend on citizenship, residence status in Latvia, and the chosen port of embarkation. Check them on the site of the cruise line and the consulate of the destination country in advance.