Beyondships Cruise Destinations
  • Cruise Destinations and Ports
  • Cruise Ship Profiles
  • Cruise Travel News
  • Beyondships Cruise FAQs
  • What's New
  • Cruise Articles
  • Cruise Interviews
  • Cruise Links
  • Cruise Home Page
  • Canada New England Cruise Destinations
  • Caribbean Cruise Destinations
  • Cruise Ship Tours
  • Notices
  • Beyondships Art
  • Privacy Policy
  • Althorp
  • Blenheim Palace
  • Broadlands
  • Stratfield Saye
  • Hever Castle
  • Hatfield House
  • The Vyne
  • Osterley Park
  • Chatsworth
  • Highclere Castle
  • Beyond Downton Abby
  • Chiswick House
  • Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
  • Kew Palace
Tortola Overview
Tortola Cruise Port
Tortola Scenic Views
Tortola Beaches
Tortola Botanical Gardens
The Baths, Virgin Gorda
Jost Van Dyke
Tortola Links
St. Thomas
St. Croix
St. John
CRUISING TO THE VIRGIN ISLANDS:



TORTOLA

CRUISE PORT
Cruise ships Norwegian Escape and AIDAvita at the cruise pier in Tortola.
Norwegian Escape and AIDAvita at the Tortola Cruise Pier
PictureCelebrity Galaxy (now Mein Schiff 2)
Most cruise ships calling at Tortola dock at the Cruise Pier in Road Town.  The pier is big enough to handle two large cruise ships simultaneously.  It was expanded in 2015 to enable it to accommodate ships up to 180,000 gross tons, which means that it can host every current cruise ship except an Oasis class ship. 

A new cruise complex is being constructed at the foot of the pier called Tortola Pier Park.  It is 80,000 square feet and in addition to an administration building there will be 50 shops and restaurants.  There is also a place for land-tours to assemble and a separate pier for boat tours.  Much of the complex is already open.

The Cruise Pier attaches to an area of land reclaimed from the sea.  As a result, it is not in the center of the Road Town business district.  However, the area surrounding the Cruise Pier has become more and more developed with government buildings and shops.  Furthermore, the center of the Road Town business district is within  (long) walking distance from the Cruise Pier.

Road Town sits at the end of a U-shaped bay called Baughers Bay.  Ships with drafts too deep to navigate the bay anchor offshore and ferry passengers to and from the island by tender. 

The tenders arrive and depart from the Road Town Jetty. This facility is closer to the center of town than the Cruise Pier.  It is primarily used by local ferries. 

Roadtown, Tortola
Above: The Roadtown jetty.
Below: P&O Cruises' Ventura docked at the cruise park. 
Picture
Above: Tortola Pier Park.
Below: The cruise terminal building.
Cruise terminal at Tortola Pier Park
Picture
Above: The cruise park includes a pier for shore excursions involving tour boats.
Below: Taxis and safari vehicles waiting by the cruise park.
  
Picture
Cruise ship Noordam in Tortola, British Virgin Islands
Above: Noordam arriving in Tortola.
Below: Norwegian Jewel docked in Tortola.
Norwegian Jewel cruise ship in Tortola, British Virgin Islands
Cruise ship Vision of the Seas in Tortola, British Virgin Islands
Above: Vision of the Seas in Tortola. 
Below: Queen Mary 2 tendering off of Tortola.

Queen Mary 2 off Tortola, British Virgin Islands
AIDAluna in Tortola, British Virgin Islands
Picture
Above left: AIDAluna at the cruise ship pier in Road Town, Tortola.
​Above right: AIDAmar and Norwegian Breakaway.
Below left: Serenissima.
​Below right: Norwegian Gem.

Serenissima cruise ship
Cruise ship Norwegian Gem
For more about cruising to Tortola and the Virgin Islands:

Click here for our Tortola overview page
Click here for our page on Tortola Scenic Views
Click here for our page on Tortola Beaches
Click here for our Tortola Links page
Click here for our section on St. Thomas
Click here for our profile of St. Croix
Click here for our profile of St. John

Cruise destination - Tortola, British Virgin Islands - Tortola Cruise Port
Beyondships Cruise Ship Profiles
​
(Information about cruise ships)
BeyondshipsArt.com
(Museum profiles, Art reviews, and Original art)
Beyondships LLC
Notices
Privacy Policy
Beyondships Cruise Ship Pictorials and Reviews
(Photos, videos and reviews of cruise ships)