Cruise excursions - Bermuda, St. Maarten, San Juan

[jenn248]

We're going on a Royal Caribbean cruise late next week, and will be visiting Bermuda, St. Maarten, and San Juan (as well as Labadee, but we've been there before). Any recommendations for worthwhile excursions in any of these ports? TIA!

[protozoa]

In St Maarten, the 12 Metre Challenge is really fun. So is the Rhino Riders excursion, but the snorkeling in SXM is not great.

[cricketwife]

You can swim with the dolphins in Bermuda. It's out in Somerset.

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We took Bernard's tour in St. Maarten and had a fabulous time. You get to see all of the major spots with some downtime. It's a great deal and not through the cruiseline.

[NitaX]

In san Juan, I really enjoyed the Old/New San Juan walking tour and the Cristobal fortress.

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Jun 13, 2012 11:06:02 GMT -5 NitaX said:

In san Juan, I really enjoyed the Old/New San Juan walking tour and the Cristobal fortress.

I also enjoyed these sites in San Juan, but no tour is necessary. You can just walk yourselves or take the trolley/bus.

[jenn248]

Thanks for the suggestions, everyone, I appreciate it!

[basilosaurus]

I dove in St Maarten, so that's probably no help.

Old San Juan is a great city to walk around. Great food, architecture, a fort. There's no need to do an official tour. A lot of the cruise ships dock at a distance close enough to cab it. We had them drop us off at la bombonera to start our day with mallorcas and cafe, and then we walked everything from there.

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In Bermuda Horse Shoe Bay beach is an absolute must. It is one of the most beautiful beaches in the world!

[jenn248]

Thanks again, everyone! I think we're going to do the Rhino Rider in St. Maarten and walk around the old city on our own in San Juan. Still trying to decide on Bermuda, but Horseshoe Bay sounds very nice (re. the dolphin swim suggestion, we did a dolphin swim with 300+ wild dolphins in New Zealand, so I think that will be hard to top - but thank you!).