The cruise ship MSC Fantasia, with 3,500 passengers aboard, docked in Split this morning, marking the start of the cruise season The ship is 333 metres long and is the largest ever to arrive in Split. Like most big cruise ships it had to dock in the straights and ferry guests in using smaller boats.

Photo by Justin Ennis from Ridgecrest, US (MSC FantasiaUploaded by Navigans) [CC-BY-2.0], via Wikimedia Commons