Why do you cruise to Venice and Rome as opposed to staying in a hotel?

I have done both. I like the cruise because the hotel travels with you. You can unpack your suitcase, hang your closes the closet and forget about repacking for a couple of weeks. Plus meals and entertainment are included in the price of the cruise. Another plus is that you get to travel to more cities that might have been skipped if you were just staying in a hotel and traveling by train or bus.

The downside is that your time is limited to the time the ship is in port. If the city is the beginning or end of the cruise, you can book additional time at a hotel by arriving early or staying after the end of the cruise. I did that both in Barcelona and Venice. Early to the first one and stay over at the other one.

When I was younger, I would travel by train and bus. I would stay at a pension or bed and breakfast. As I got older, the bus and then the train became less attractive, although I did enjoy train travel in Europe. When I got into my late 60s and 70s, almost all of my travel was by cruise ship. I really liked being at sea. I would sometimes book a transatlantic cruise just to be able to relax on the sea days. Now that I am in my late 80s, I have given up travel all together.

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