In October 2022 we stopped in Cherbourg for the first time on a cruise, sailing on P&O Ventura. Prior to the cruise we booked a P&O shore excursion - The Saire Valley (duration 4 hours). On the day of our trip we found our way off the ship to where the shore excursion coaches were waiting and made our way to the coach designated for our excursion (sign displayed in the coach window). We have got better at tackling P&O shore excursions, having previously experienced a much mor

We have called at Cherbourg, France on two occasions on P&O Ventura cruises. Cherbourg is well known to the British as a ferry port, but it has much more to offer. It has history as a French naval port and links to transatlantic cruise ships, famously the Titanic. The first notable thing about Cherbourg is the impressive terminal building. Having done little research prior to our first visit we were amazed as we saw and walked through the terminal building - the transatlan