The company Seadream Yacht Club has been visiting Roses and the destination for 14 years, and this year the season kicks off with the cruise ship Seadream I
The ports of Palamós and Roses anticipate 72 cruise calls, with about 70,000 passengers and an estimated economic impact of €6.6 M within the territory
The Port of Roses on the Costa Brava anticipates seven cruise calls and 2,700 passengers this season. One characteristic of this year is that all the cruise ships are high-end. The arrival of this type of cruise ship means that tourists with higher purchasing power will visit the area. Thus, visitors will be discovering unique and distinctive experiences in the region through cultural and food and wine activities.
Cruise ship activity in the port of Roses will last six months this year, from May to October. The season starts this May 10 and is expected to end the October 20.
A 70% of the cruise ships will visit during the low season, which will help to spread tourism throughout the year in the Alt Empordà region and the Costa Brava, thereby boosting employment and the economy in the municipality of Roses and its hinterland.
This season, six cruise companies will visit Roses: Azamara, Club Med, Crystal Cruises, Sea Cloud Cruises, Seadream Yacht Club and Windstar Cruises. The port will also welcome the inaugural call from the cruise ship Azamara Onward.
Seadream, 14 years of loyalty to Roses
The 2026 season started with the cruise ship Seadream I from the company Seadream Yacht Club. A company loyal to the Port of Roses and it’s tourist destination, since it has 14 years stopping over at the Port of Roses and visiting the city and the most emblematic points of the Costa Brava.
The ship arrived at 8:00 a.m from the port of Barcelona. and is expected to set sail at 9:00 p.m for the French port of Séte. The cruise ship carries 50 passengers, mainly North- Americans. The Seadream I has a length of 104.8 metres, a draft of 4 metres and a gross register of 4,333 tonnes.
72 calls and 70,000 passengers at the Costa Brava
This year, the ports of Roses and Palamós expect to receive a total of 72 cruise ship calls with 70,000 passengers, with an economic impact estimated around 6.7 million euros.
This figure of the economic impact was taken from the data of the cruise ship sector, which estimates that each passenger spends an average of 90 euros when they disembark at a port of call and visit the destination. In addition, 6 euros have been added per passenger in terms of ship-linked expenditure for port services.
Costa Brava Cruise Ports
Costa Brava Cruise Ports comes from the collaboration between different public entities who signed a 2012 agreement between Ports de la Generalitat, The Costa Brava Girona Tourism Board, the Chambers of Commerce of Girona and Palamós and the town halls of Roses and Palamós. This alliance between port authorities, local governments and the destinations simplifies communication with the cruise ship companies as well as with the travellers since it centralizes the information and speeds up the procedures. From the organization we work with all the key players to boost cruise tourism in the destination. Costa Brava Cruise Ports is a member of the Association of Mediterranean Cruise Ports (MedCruise) and the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), the two most important associations in the world within the cruise industry.
