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

Day Location

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Athens
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Athens
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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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Athens
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Athens

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.

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."

The Plaka, the most desired area of Athens, shows off its neoclassical side at sunset on the north slope of the Acropolis.

Red beach on the island of Santorini, Greece.

Nightime dining in the Plaka, Athens, Greece.

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.

National Archaeological Museum in Athens, Greece.

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

Madrasah, an example of Islamic architecture, in the Roman Agora, Athens, Greece.

The Temple of Hephaestus in Athens, Greece, was begun in 449 BC, just two years before the Parthenon.

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

Agia Eirini church in Athens, Greece.

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

The iconic Parthenon in the Acropolis, Athens, Greece. Construction began in 447 BC when the Athenian Empire was at its height.

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

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

View of the iconic Acropolis set atop a hilltop in Athens, Greece.

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

The Plaka, the neoclassical region clustered around the northern and eastern slopes of the Acropolis in Athens, Greece.

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

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