Cruises from Warsaw

Warsaw holds a special place on this list: it is the only city where the road to a cruise truly starts at the airport, without a ground segment across a border and without connections in a neighboring country. If you live or are temporarily staying in Warsaw, there is no need to get to Poland first, since you are already here. The two Warsaw airports, Chopin and Modlin, offer direct flights to many Mediterranean destinations, and it is from here that it is easiest to reach Barcelona, Venice, Civitavecchia near Rome, Genoa, or Piraeus, where MSC, Royal Caribbean, Norwegian, Costa, and Celestyal liners wait for passengers. In essence, for people in Warsaw and Ukrainians who live in Poland, the cruise trip differs little from that of any European traveler: a direct road to the airport, a flight, the port, boarding the liner. This is especially pleasant to realize for those who remember how much longer and harder this road remains for relatives or friends who still live in Ukraine. Many choose a cruise as a shared vacation format for exactly this reason: it becomes possible to meet right at the port of embarkation with relatives flying a different route from Kyiv, Lviv, or any other city. Even with such simple logistics, it is worth checking document requirements in advance and not leaving ticket booking to the last week before the liner sets sail. We collected the overall picture of how this same route looks for Ukrainians from different cities in the article "How a Ukrainian can get on a cruise: the road to the port."