Friday, August 01, 2008

Cruise Grenada




Grenada is ready to set sail for a very busy 2007 cruise season welcoming over 170 cruise ship visits with over 230,000 passengers between October 2006 and April 2007.

With two downtown cruise terminals, and a modern duty free shopping mall, Grenada's Port of St. George's is poised to become a key port on your Caribbean itinerary. Click here to view the 2006/07 Winter Cruise Schedule.

Passengers disembarking at the Melville Street Cruise Terminal exit directly through the newly opened Esplanade Shopping Mall and out to downtown St. George's, while passengers disembarking at the Inner Harbour, exit onto the picturesque Carenage waterfront, with its traditional architecture, shops and restaurants.

Grenada offers good value to passengers sailing the Caribbean, with activities to suit all budgets and activity levels. Tour options include -

  • For the adventurous - Scuba diving, kayaking, biking and river tubing
  • For nature lovers - Rainforests, waterfalls and tropical gardens
  • For historical buffs - Forts and plantations

and Grenada's signature must see Spice Estate and Rum Distillery Tours.


Passengers can pre-book tours on board or arrange them through the National Taxi Association once landed in port. Water taxis are also available to take visitors to the nearby world famous Grand Anse Beach.

Tourism Information staff at the Cruise Welcome Centre will be happy to help passengers organise other forms of transportation including local mini-buses, self-drive cars, scooters or bicycle hire.

For non-English speaking visitors, many tour operators employ multilingual staff. Click here for more information about Grenada's Tours, Sites and Attractions.

All cruise visitors to Grenada can participate in Tropical Shipping's FreeStay Caribbean Program. Click here for more details on FreeStay Caribbean.

For more information about making Grenada part of your Caribbean itinerary contact the Grenada Board of Tourism or the Grenada Ports Authority.