Melilla is compact. The modernist quarter is in the lower town, a short walk or a very short taxi from the quay.
Melilla is a Spanish enclave on the North African coast. Bring your passport; the land border with Morocco is not a casual crossing on a port day.
Most ships also sell a coach excursion to
Melilla — Modernista. However you travel, being back aboard before all-aboard
is your own arrangement to make — we publish the journey, not your
sailing. Your guide plays either way, and it is yours to keep.
15–30 minCruise quay into the Ensanche, where the modernist buildings are concentrated around Plaza de España.
0.2–0.5 hours each way
Plan your return against your ship's all-aboard time, which is on your
daily programme. It is earlier than the departure time, and if you are
coming back by tender the last tender leaves earlier still.
Journey times are typical, not guaranteed, and nothing here is a schedule.
Your ship's all-aboard time is the only one that counts, it is not the same
as the departure time, and it is not something we can look up for you — it
varies by line and by port and it is printed on your daily programme.
If a connection slips, turn around.
We publish 2 self-guided audio tours reachable from Melilla: Melilla la Vieja, Melilla — Modernista (6 km from the port). Each downloads before you sail and plays offline, so it needs no signal ashore.
Which cruise lines call at Melilla?
2 lines appear in our itinerary data for Melilla, across 4 ships: Norwegian Cruise Line, Silversea.
