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10 night visions of byzantium

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Length of cruise: 10 nights
Ship: Sirena (details)
Cruise line: Oceania Cruises

Departure port: Barcelona
Ports of call: Palermo, Siracusa, Argostoli, Gythion, Paros, Athens (Piraeus), Kusadasi (Ephesus), Bozcaada
Return port: Istanbul

Day Location

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Barcelona
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Barcelona
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Palermo
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Siracusa
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Argostoli
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Gythion
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Paros
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Athens (Piraeus)
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Kusadasi (Ephesus)
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Bozcaada
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Istanbul
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Istanbul

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.

Children play at sunset on the Temple of Apollo on the island of Naxos, where hundreds of visitors gather at sundown every night. The huge marble portal was begun in 522 B.C. on the orders of the tyrant Lygdamis but never completed.

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

Turkish coffee — hope you like your coffee strong!

The Gate of Salutation that leads to the Topaki Palace in Istanbul.

A decorative mosaic spotted on the grounds of the island of Delos near Mykonos. It's one of the most important mythological and historical sites in Greece.

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

The Basilica Cistern is the largest of several hundred ancient cisterns that lie beneath the city of Istanbul.

An interior view of the Sultanahmet Camii, or Blue Mosque, in Istanbul, Turkey.

A view of the interior cupola of Hagia Sophia, now a museum called Ayasofya Müzesi, in Istanbul, Turkey.

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.

The fortress Rumelihisarı in the Sarıyer district of Istanbul, Turkey.

The interior of Hagia Sophia, built in 360 AD. It's now a museum called Ayasofya Müzesi, in Istanbul, Turkey.

The Ortaköy Mosque at night in Istanbul.

An assortment of colorful, intricately designed lamps at the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul.

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

The old town of Corfu in Greece's pretty Ionia islands.

The iconic Sultanahmet Camii, or Blue Mosque, in Istanbul, Turkey.

Turkish pastries in Istanbul, Turkey.

A warrior statuette, marked Biblo Zirh, along one of the main walkways in Istanbul's Grand Bazaar.

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