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25 night mediterranean crossing spain and italy

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Length of cruise: 25 nights
Ship: Oosterdam (details)
Cruise line: Holland America Line

Departure port: Ft. Lauderdale
Ports of call: Tangier, Malaga, Costa Del Sol, Cartagena, Valencia, Barcelona, Villefranche, Livorno, Civitavecchia, Naples, Messina, Souda Bay, Santorini, Rhodes, Kusadasi (Ephesus)
Return port: Athens (Piraeus)

Day Location

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Ft. Lauderdale
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Ft. Lauderdale
3
Tangier
4
Malaga
5
Costa Del Sol
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Cartagena
7
Valencia
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Barcelona
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Villefranche
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Livorno
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Civitavecchia
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Naples
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Messina
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Souda Bay
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Santorini
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Rhodes
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Kusadasi (Ephesus)
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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.

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."

Santa Iglesia Catedral Basílica de la Encarnación in Málaga, Spain.

The Colosseum in Rome was long the largest amphitheater in the word, holding 50,000 to 80,000 spectators who watched gladiatorial contests and public spectacles. It was built between 70 AD and 80 AD.

Looking down on the Ponte Sant'Angelo and the Tiber River from the top of Castel Sant'Angelo, Campo Marzio, Rome.

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 province of Málaga, the birthplace of Malaga sweet wine, straddles the southern Mediterranean coast of Spain, in Andalusia.

Nerja is a scenic beach near Málaga, Spain, on Costa del Sol.

The white marble Arch of Septimius Severus at the northwest corner of the Roman Forum in Rome was dedicated in AD 203 following a military victory.

Inside the Vatican Museum Library.

A color-enhanced view of the Colosseum in Rome at dusk.

Cannons on the Old City wall in Cartagena, Colombia.

Cartagena, Colombia, is a popular port on the Caribbean, due east of Panama.

A shot of Palatine Hill in Rome. Legend says this is where Romulus killed his twin and founded Rome in 753 BC.

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

The Church of St. Peter Claver is right next to old fortifications in Cartagena, Colombia.

El Tajo, the historic bridge in Ronda in Spain's province of Málaga.

Sunset at the Spanish Steps (Scalinata della Trinità dei Monti) in Rome offers a perfect venue for people-watching. It's been a magnet for visitors since the 1700s.

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