Waterford Ireland
34
Cruises availables
At departure or passage at this port
Aurora Expeditions (2 Cruises)
Azamara Club Cruises (4 Cruises)
Crystal Cruises (2 Cruises)
Oceania Cruises (5 Cruises)
Regent Seven Seas Cruises (17 Cruises)
Seven Seas Mariner
8 Cruises
| 30 May | 102 days | One-way from Barcelona to IJmuiden |
| 30 May | 101 days | One-way from Barcelona to IJmuiden |
SeaDream Yacht Club (1 Cruises)
Silversea Cruises (3 Cruises)
Frequently Asked Questions
It depends on size. Smaller ships tie up at the city-centre quays, a few steps from the first shopping streets. Larger vessels use the Belview terminal, about 12 km downstream, or anchor off Dunmore East, from where shuttles reach the centre in about thirty minutes.
Because in 914, longships came up the Suir estuary and their crews established a fortified camp they called Vadrarfjord. Eleven centuries later, the historic quarter is still called the Viking Triangle.
A concentration of history within the old walls, bringing together three museums: Reginald's Tower with its Scandinavian collections, the Medieval Museum with a thirteenth-century vaulted hall preserved beneath its foundations, and the Bishop's Palace, a furnished Georgian house.
A squat round building at the quayside, reckoned the oldest civic structure in the country. It houses the collections of the Norse period, including jewellery and weapons excavated on site. In front of it, a full-scale replica longship recalls the original purpose of the place.
Yes. The current works, in the heart of the Viking Triangle, opens its workshops to visitors: you follow molten glass through to finished pieces, blown and then engraved in front of you. Places go quickly on call days, so book ahead.
Since 1783. The Waterford name shines on tables worldwide thanks to its cut crystal, and some of the craftspeople at the works have decades of experience. The adjoining shop displays chandeliers and trophies.
A soft, floury white roll that local bakers have shaped since the Huguenots arrived in the seventeenth century. The name is now protected by the European Union, like a fine wine appellation. It is the thing to taste before leaving.
A building rebuilt in the eighteenth century on the site where, six centuries earlier, the Norman leader Strongbow married the Irish princess Aoife — a marriage that sealed the Anglo-Irish destiny of the island. Barronstrand Street leads there naturally.
A 46-kilometre surfaced path laid on a former railway line, running from the quays towards Dungarvan through viaducts, tunnels and green valleys. You need not do all of it: bicycle hire operators offer loops timed to fit a port call.
The Viking Triangle and its three museums, then the crystal works: all walkable if you berth in the centre. Add a blaa along the way. The Greenway is a different day, and it rules out the museums.
