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Be prepared to endure a little "weather" as a caveat to lower fares. Why: Early spring marks the very beginning of the main Mediterranean cruise season, and if you're looking to avoid the hordes, this is the time to cruise. Plus, while a few families can be expected to sail over school breaks, Mediterranean cruises don't draw the typical spring break crowd.
Viking Ocean Cruises begins to offer a number of solid Mediterranean itineraries this time of year, including a night Mediterranean Odyssey Barcelona to Venice with eight ports of call, including Dubrovnik and a seven-night Italian Sojourn cruise Venice to Rome. Temperature: Most of the Mediterranean stays cool this time of year, but warms up to the high 50s into the 60s during sunny afternoons.
It's a pleasant time of year to explore in port without overheating. Moving out of the winter months, a few rainy days are a possibility this time of year. Easter and Good Friday dates change by year are major holidays in countries like Italy, France, Spain and more; check with your cruise line if excursions will be affected or if there will be observances onboard.
Word of advice: Many feast days in the Med mean lots of shops, restaurants and other main attractions might be closed or operating on limited hours when you visit. Be sure to check if any of these holidays fall on dates during your cruise and plan accordingly.
Why: Experience the benefits of summer in the Mediterranean -- long days and plenty of sunshine -- without quite as many people as the midsummer months. In other destinations, late spring is a fabulous time to sneak in a Med cruise before the kids are out of school and summer is in full swing.
Pricing: A pitfall of sunny, beautiful weather and mild temperatures in the Mediterranean is rising cruise fares. Lines will begin to spike pricing as the months inch toward summer.
Temperature: The degrees begin to rise in May, making it a great time of year to head to Greece, especially; very little rainfall throughout the country is coupled with temperatures in the high 60s and 70s. Sea temperatures tend to match that of the air in the Mediterranean -- a dip could be a brisk 65 F.
However, in June, in Tel Aviv, water temperatures average a respectable 75 F. Festivals: The solstice on June 21 is celebrated different ways around the world, but various countries in the Mediterranean welcome summer with special observances each year.
The Festival of St. Joan is held annually in Menorca, Spain, around June 23 and 24, blending Christian and pagan rituals. La Festa di San Giovanni is celebrated by modern Italians in Rome, harkening back to a more ancient female-led ritual called Vestalia.
Word of advice: Even if you find a deal on your cruise, be sure to track airfare just as carefully. Plenty of college students and young adults still set out on the starry-eyed backpacking trip through Europe, and most will be taking off right after graduation read: this time of year.
Nailing the perfect nonstop flight for less might require a little creativity and booking finesse. Why: In the height of summer, with plenty of daylight and temperatures fit for Mediterranean beach days, July and August are the most popular months to travel -- by cruise or otherwise -- to the region. Families are free to travel as a unit, and the allure of gorgeous coastal cities basked in warmth is hard for many to pass up. Pricing: Cruise lines charge a premium to sail to the Med during the middle of the summer.
Temperature: Part of the appeal of the Med during the summer is the heat, but be wary of where in the region you are traveling. We had a inside cabin on deck 2 and really had no problems sleeping. However we later heard folks up on Deck 8 had problems with loose items rolling around on the floor.
There were people getting sick. Other than this one incident I would call the Mediterrean like glass. You will likely have relatively calm seas.
Only one time did we have some moderately rough seas and that only lasted a few hours. Oh my goodness! All outside decks were closed, the pool water was flying everywhere fun to watch , the DJ in the disco was throwing up in a trashcan and my sister was too. Even our waiter was getting sick. Always be prepared for rough seas, I too thought only calm seas in the Med.
Oh, and there was no storm just very very windy. Obviously the seas can be rough at any time. The seas were smooth as glass. We hit much heavier seas during our cruise along the western coast of Italy--Naples to Civitavecchia to Livorno and leaving Livorno. The ship motion was enough to make us a little queasy. I'm not the best sailor in rough waters so I appreciate the recommendations from those who posted responses.
Take Bonine meclazine sp? It works! I get queasy looking at water, and it has been a miracle for me. The active ingredient is the same as in Antivert used to treat vertigo. Just returned from Norwegian Jewel in western Med - hardly knew we were at sea. Our experience was that the Med was much calmer than the Caribbean.
Southern Europe is so hot and dry right now - maybe that influenced the sea conditions. One of our daughters had great luck with Bonine and Meclazine - very prone to motion sickness even with calm seas and both these drugs worked well. Plus they are very inexpensive. The first two nights were a bit heavy on the motion. I was just hoping it would be gone when I woke up the next morning.
Beig a first time cruiser to Europe, I thought When walking down the hallway you really at times had to hold on to the rail. When in the dining room I looked out the window and saw the horizon go toward the top of the window to the bottom.
Several people said it was a bit heavy. We had bought the wrist bands Sea bands and I think it did keep us from getting motion sickness. But you just have to grin and bear it. Those were the worst days, after that it was either great or not so bad. Just don't go on thinking it will be "smooth as glass". BUT I am not trying to scare anyone into thinking it's bad to take a cruise, a bit of motion to survive is well worth the experience.
Just be prepared that's all and enjoy. This video gives you an idea. There was nobody worrying about what to wear to formal night on that cruise! Does anybody recognize this ship, or know when this video was taken? Yikes, that looks horrible! I saw it posted as the "Voyager in the Mediteranean" but that info was still coming in third hand. Anyway, the Med, like any big body of water, even the Great Lakes sometimes like to wake up grouchy and show mankind just who is the boss.
The Med is normally a pretty calm and inviting place compared to the North Atlantic or any number of other nautical locations. You stand a better chance of getting boarded by pirates than coming across really heavy seas during most med cruise seasons. Although clear blue skies and warm temps the wind got up to gale force with a 12 metre swell and boy was it rough. People who live here know it can be dangerous but often holidaymakers think it is completely safe to swim in the Mediterranean.
Mediterranean sea is thought to be home for 47 shark species like:Angelshark,Blue shark,Great white shark,Kitefin shark,Longfin mako,Sandbar shark,Scalloped hammerhead,Great hammerhead,Shortnose spurdog,Thresher shark.
The most dangerous one is the Great White,however they are seen seldomly. The oceans have a mean depth of metres…. Forage fish. Dogger Bank and the Grand Banks of Newfoundland , are among the richest fishing grounds in the world. One study found there is only about one gram of gold for every million metric tons of ocean water in the Atlantic and north Pacific. The ocean, however, is deep, meaning that gold deposits are a mile or two underwater.
Unlike other extremely large bodies of water, the Mediterranean Sea has very limited tides. This is due to the area being almost entirely landlocked and only being connected to the Atlantic Ocean through the narrow Strait of Gibraltar.
The Mediterranean Sea is arguably among the most culturally diverse block basin sea regions in the world, with a unique combination of pleasant climate, beautiful coastline, rich history and various cultures.
Due to the high temperatures in the Mediterranean region, evaporation of the Mediterranean Sea occurs more rapidly than in other bodies of water, therefore more salt is left behind.
The warm, dense, salty water in the Mediterranean is replaced by less salty and dense Atlantic water in the Strait of Gibraltar. Sightings are extremely rare and, in general, shark attacks in the Mediterranean are also rarely reported. Given the vast number of people spending time in the warm and often shallow waters along the shores of Greece, encounters with sharks are few.
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