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Length of cruise: 13 nights
Ship: Azamara Onward (details)
Cruise line: Azamara Club Cruises

Departure port: Istanbul
Ports of call: Kepez, Kavalla, Thessaloniki, Athens, Santorini, Chania, Katakolon, Corfu
Return port: Fusina Port

Day Location

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Istanbul
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Istanbul
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Kepez
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Kavalla
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Thessaloniki
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Athens
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Santorini
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Chania
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Katakolon
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Corfu
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Fusina Port
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Fusina Port

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

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

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

Agia Eirini church in 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.

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

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

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 Sultan Ahmed Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, dates to 1616. It's popularly known as the Blue Mosque for the blue tiles decorating its inside walls. Visit it as part of a Mediterranean itinerary aboard Tere Moana.

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

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

The Ortaköy Mosque at night in Istanbul.

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

The cupola of the Blue Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, built from 1609 to 1616.

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.

Turkish pastries in Istanbul, Turkey.

National Archaeological Museum in Athens, Greece.

Tere Moana anchored off Parga along the northwestern coast of Greece.

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