Tours & Cruises

Abundant with possibilities, New York presents cruise passengers with unlimited options for a shore-side day trip.  (Carolyn Cole / LAT)

Seattle’s Pike Place Market, a carnival of restaurants and retail, sets the tone for a cruise passenger’s quick tour of the city.  (Kevin P. Casey / For The Times)

Adjacent to the waterfront, the Seattle Art Museum’s “Hammering Man” celebrates the city’s industrial past.  (Kevin P. Casey / For The Times)

The Galveston trolley takes riders back to an era of great mansions in the Texas coastal city.  (Patty Wood /For The Times)

Open to visitors as a museum, the Moody Mansion is exemplary of Galveston’s so-called “Broadway Beauties.”  (Patty Wood / For The Times)

The Queen Mary 2 sets sail amid smaller craft plying the waters off San Francisco.  (Eric Risberg / AP)

Hotel Nash, a signature Art Deco property in Miami, signifies South Beach chic.  (Beverly Beyette / LAT)

The pool’s cool at the Pillars at New River Sound in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and so is the boutique hotel’s library, parlor and private dock.  (Beverly Beyette / LAT)

Easy Cruise ship in Nice Harbor as it takes a break from cruising the Mediterranean along the French Coast.  (Susan Spano / LAT)