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10 night crossroads of the ancient world exploring greece and turkey

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Length of cruise: 10 nights
Ship: National Geographic Orion (details)
Cruise line: Lindblad Expeditions

Departure port: Lavrion
Ports of call: Delos, Patmos, Chios, Kusadasi, Ephesus, Didim, Bodrum, Leros, Nea Kameni, Santorini, Naxos
Return port: Lavrion

Day Location

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Lavrion
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Lavrion
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Delos
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Patmos
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Chios
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Kusadasi
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Ephesus
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Kusadasi
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Didim
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Bodrum
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Leros
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Nea Kameni
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Santorini
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Naxos
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Paros
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Lavrion
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Lavrion

Walk on the narrow paths ringing the caldera of Santorini and you'll come across outcroppings of pumice — light and porous volcanic rock — that betrays the island's eruptive past.

The library of Celsus is an ancient Roman building in Ephesus, now part of Selçuk, Turkey. It was built in honor of the Roman senator Tiberius Julius Celsus Polemaeanus.

Oia, on the Greek island of Santorini, offers one of the most scenic lookouts in the world.

Octopus sun-drying out of the restaurant Mama Thira in the Firostefani neighborhood of Santorini, Greece.

Lunch at To Psaraki restaurant by the Vlychada beach, Santorini.

The caldera of Santorini with a view of the whitewashed houses of Fira perched atop sheer cliffs that plunge a thousand feet to the sea. An ocean-filled volcanic ring was left behind by a titanic eruption 3,500 years ago that devastated the region. It's one of the most stunning views in the world.

Ölüdeniz is a beachfront village in Muğla Province on the Turquoise Coast of southwestern Turkey.

The town of Oia sports classic Mediterranean colors on the island of Santorini, Greece.

The scenic cityscape of Fira (or Thira) on Santorini, Greece.

The famous donkeys of Santorini carry visitors from the small port up the steep path to the town of Fira.

The sugar cube houses of Oia perch atop red rock cliffs that loom over the Aegean Sea on the magical island of Santorini.

JD Lasica: "I still fondly recall the best lunch I ever had, from several years ago: fresh hand-picked grilled fish, horta, Greek salad and spectacularly awful homemade wine prepared by two lovely sister-owners of a taverna on the southeast side of Santorini who spoke not a word of English."

Red beach on the island of Santorini, Greece.

Inside the Catholic church in Fira on the island of Santorini.

The caved-in church "Agios Nikolaos" at the caldera in Megalochori, Santorini.

The Greek goddess Nike at Ephesus, Turkey.

Overlooking the sugarcube houses and shimmering bay in Oia on the Greek island of Santorini.

The gorgeous sugarcube village of Oia juts into the hillside of Santorini, Greece.

The Red Beach near Akrotiri on the Greek island of Santorini.

Dusk falls on Oia, Santorini in the Greek isles.

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