Norwegian Breakaway - Bermuda & Halifax from Boston

Where this cruise calls, day by day

6 ports and 2 sea days over 7 Nights.

1. Day 1

   Boston, MA

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   Flynn Cruiseport sits on Black Falcon Avenue in South Boston's Seaport, and its selling point is Logan: about four miles away through the Ted Williams Tunnel, often fifteen minutes. Boston works both as a homeport for Canada/New England and Bermuda runs and as a port call where you can walk off the ship and immediately be somewhere worth being.

   • The Freedom Trail - follow the red line from Boston Common to Bunker Hill, about three hours end to end
   • Faneuil Hall and Quincy Market, touristy but efficient
   • The Institute of Contemporary Art, a 15-minute Harborwalk stroll from the terminal
   • The North End for dinner, which is the real argument for coming in a day early

   Getting ashore

   Flynn Cruiseport Boston uses the Black Falcon Terminal in the Seaport District; Logan is about 4 miles by the Ted Williams Tunnel, usually 15-20 minutes.

   Best months

   May-Oct (Sep-Oct for the foliage sailings north)

2. Day 2 · At sea

3. Day 3

   Royal Naval Dockyard

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   Bermuda is not the Caribbean and does not behave like it — this is a mid-Atlantic call, usually two or three nights alongside, and ships berth at the old Royal Navy dockyard on the far western tip because they cannot fit into Hamilton or St. George's. The dockyard is a restored fortress complex of limestone warehouses turned into shops. Everything else is a ferry or bus away; there are no rental cars on the island.

   • National Museum of Bermuda inside the Keep
   • Horseshoe Bay and the pink-sand south shore beaches
   • Fast ferry across to Hamilton
   • St. George's, the UNESCO-listed old town at the far east end

   Getting ashore

   Docked at King's Wharf or Heritage Wharf with shops at the gate; Hamilton is about 20 minutes by fast ferry and Horseshoe Bay roughly 25 minutes by bus or taxi.

   Best months

   Apr-Oct — this is a summer-season port; the water is cold and much of the island winds down Nov-Mar

4. Day 4

   Royal Naval Dockyard

   BermudaPort

   Bermuda is not the Caribbean and does not behave like it — this is a mid-Atlantic call, usually two or three nights alongside, and ships berth at the old Royal Navy dockyard on the far western tip because they cannot fit into Hamilton or St. George's. The dockyard is a restored fortress complex of limestone warehouses turned into shops. Everything else is a ferry or bus away; there are no rental cars on the island.

   • National Museum of Bermuda inside the Keep
   • Horseshoe Bay and the pink-sand south shore beaches
   • Fast ferry across to Hamilton
   • St. George's, the UNESCO-listed old town at the far east end

   Getting ashore

   Docked at King's Wharf or Heritage Wharf with shops at the gate; Hamilton is about 20 minutes by fast ferry and Horseshoe Bay roughly 25 minutes by bus or taxi.

   Best months

   Apr-Oct — this is a summer-season port; the water is cold and much of the island winds down Nov-Mar

5. Day 5

   Royal Naval Dockyard

   BermudaPort

   Bermuda is not the Caribbean and does not behave like it — this is a mid-Atlantic call, usually two or three nights alongside, and ships berth at the old Royal Navy dockyard on the far western tip because they cannot fit into Hamilton or St. George's. The dockyard is a restored fortress complex of limestone warehouses turned into shops. Everything else is a ferry or bus away; there are no rental cars on the island.

   • National Museum of Bermuda inside the Keep
   • Horseshoe Bay and the pink-sand south shore beaches
   • Fast ferry across to Hamilton
   • St. George's, the UNESCO-listed old town at the far east end

   Getting ashore

   Docked at King's Wharf or Heritage Wharf with shops at the gate; Hamilton is about 20 minutes by fast ferry and Horseshoe Bay roughly 25 minutes by bus or taxi.

   Best months

   Apr-Oct — this is a summer-season port; the water is cold and much of the island winds down Nov-Mar

6. Day 6 · At sea

7. Day 7

   Halifax

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   Halifax was the port that recovered the Titanic dead, and it has never entirely let go of them - 121 graves in Fairview Lawn, an unclaimed deckchair in the Maritime Museum. Ships tie up at the Seaport piers at the south end of a long boardwalk that walks you into downtown past Pier 21, where a million immigrants first set foot in Canada. It is an easy, self-guided port.

   • The Titanic graves at Fairview Lawn Cemetery, laid out in the curve of a hull
   • Maritime Museum of the Atlantic for the Titanic and Halifax Explosion galleries
   • Halifax Citadel National Historic Site and the noon gun
   • Peggy's Cove lighthouse and the granite barrens, about 45 minutes out

   Getting ashore

   Docked at the Halifax Seaport piers; the boardwalk runs from the gangway into downtown in 10-15 minutes.

   Best months

   Jun-Oct; late Sep-mid Oct for fall colour

8. Day 8

   Boston, MA

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   Flynn Cruiseport sits on Black Falcon Avenue in South Boston's Seaport, and its selling point is Logan: about four miles away through the Ted Williams Tunnel, often fifteen minutes. Boston works both as a homeport for Canada/New England and Bermuda runs and as a port call where you can walk off the ship and immediately be somewhere worth being.

   • The Freedom Trail - follow the red line from Boston Common to Bunker Hill, about three hours end to end
   • Faneuil Hall and Quincy Market, touristy but efficient
   • The Institute of Contemporary Art, a 15-minute Harborwalk stroll from the terminal
   • The North End for dinner, which is the real argument for coming in a day early

   Getting ashore

   Flynn Cruiseport Boston uses the Black Falcon Terminal in the Seaport District; Logan is about 4 miles by the Ted Williams Tunnel, usually 15-20 minutes.

   Best months

   May-Oct (Sep-Oct for the foliage sailings north)