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MEDITERRANEAN, AEGEAN, ADRIATIC & BLACK SEA
THE LIGHT OF GREECE
SICILY IS THE KEY TO EVERYTHING
POMPEII IS SOMETHING SO WONDERFUL
GOD CREATED THE KORNATI ISLANDS
THE SHORES OF THE MEDITERRANEAN
THOSE WHO SEEK PARADISE SHOULD SEE DUBROVNIK
VENICE - MY DREAM BECAME MY ADDRESS
... ALL THESE BEGIN WITH GREEKS
THE ISLES OF GREECE
O' THE WILD CHARGE THEY MADE
THE HOLY CITY OF BYZANTIUM
THE CRUSADES: THE WEST MUST MARCH
"I Have Sailed the Seas and Come to the Holy City of Byzantium"
WB YEATS
Istanbul to Venice
Although he reigned only between 324
and 337, the Emperor Constantine made two
decisions that place him at the center of
western civilization. The first was to decree
Christianity to be the official religion of the
Roman Empire and the second was to found
a new imperial capital on the site of the old
Greek city of Byzantium on the shores of the
Bosphorus. “These two decisions and their
consequences,” writes John Julius Norwich in
A History of Byzantium, “have given him a
serious claim to be considered – excepting
only Jesus Christ, the Buddha and the Prophet
Mohammed – the most influential man in
all history.”
Includes 2 nights pre-cruise stay in Istanbul
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- BOOK BY DEC. 31, 2010
for FREE AIR FROM over 70
N. AMERICAN gateways
Departure dates:
Jul 20, 2011
| date | port | Arrive | Depart |
|---|---|---|---|
| Day 1 |
DEPARTURE Depart North America |
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| Day 2 |
ISTANBUL, Turkey Arrive and transfer to hotel |
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| Day 3 |
ISTANBUL, Turkey Morning tour including HAGIA SOFIA, TOPKAPI PALACE, BLUE MOSQUE |
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| Day 4 |
ISTANBUL, Turkey Morning tour of CHORA and SÜLEYMANIYE MOSQUE, Afternoon transfer to port to board the Aegean Odyssey |
embark | 10.00pm |
| Day 5 |
MOUNT ATHOS, Greece Cruising the DARDANELLES and past the monasteries of MOUNT ATHOS |
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| Day 6 |
THESSALONIKI, Greece Morning sightseeing including Basilica Agios Dimitrios, Rotonda and Museum, Afternoon at leisure |
7.00am | 8.00pm |
| Day 7 |
VOLOS, Greece Visit the Byzantine monasteries at METEORA |
7.00am | 7.00pm |
| Day 8 |
PATMOS, Greece Afternoon tour to Holy Cave of the Apocalypse and Monastery of St John, Evening at leisure |
1.00pm | 7.00pm |
| Day 9 |
PIRAEUS, Greece Morning sightseeing of Byzantine Athens, Free afternoon |
8.00am | midnight |
| Day 10 |
CORINTH, Greece Transit the CORINTH CANAL |
12.00am | |
| Day 10 |
ITEA, Greece Visit the monastery of Osios Loukas, or DELPHI |
1.00pm | 8.00pm |
| Day 11 |
PREVEZA, Greece Morning tour to fortress and Byzantine churches |
7.00am | 1.00pm |
| Day 11 |
CORFU, Greece Evening in Corfu |
6.00pm | overnight |
| Day 12 |
CORFU, Greece Morning sightseeing including Byzantine Museum, Esplanade |
1.00pm | |
| Day 12 |
SARANDE, Albania Afternoon sail to Sarande and a trip to BUTRINT |
2.00pm | 7.00pm |
| Day 13 |
DUBROVNIK, Croatia Sightseeing walk of Old City, including Church of St Blaise, Cathedral, Rector's Palace |
9.00am | 3.00pm |
| Day 13 |
KORCULA, Croatia Cruising the PAKLENI islands, passing by KORCULA and HVAR |
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| Day 14 |
RAVENNA, Italy Visit the church of S. VITALE, Baptisteries and MAUSOLEUM. Evening at leisure |
1.00pm | midnight |
| Day 15 |
VENICE, Italy Morning tour including DOGE's PALACE. Afternoon at leisure |
7.00am | overnight |
| Day 16 |
VENICE, Italy Disembark and transfer to airport for the flight home |
disembark | |
