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23 night greece turkey and egypt featuring alexandria

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Length of cruise: 23 nights
Ship: Silver Dawn (details)
Cruise line: Silversea

Departure port: Athens (Piraeus)
Ports of call: Naxos, Syros, Santorini, Aghios Nikolaos, Rhodes, Mykonos, Volos, Thessaloniki, Istanbul, Kusadasi (Ephesus), Cesme, Alexandria, Heraklion
Return port: Athens (Piraeus)

Day Location

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Athens (Piraeus)
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Athens (Piraeus)
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Naxos
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Syros
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Santorini
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Aghios Nikolaos
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Rhodes
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Mykonos
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Volos
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Thessaloniki
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Istanbul
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Kusadasi (Ephesus)
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Cesme
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Mykonos
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Rhodes
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Alexandria
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Heraklion
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Nafplion
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Naxos
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Athens (Piraeus)
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Athens (Piraeus)

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 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.

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

Turkish pastries in Istanbul, Turkey.

A chapel on Mykonos, one of the Greek isles on a Tere Moana cruise to the eastern Mediterranean.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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