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29 night istanbul and mediterranean highlights

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Length of cruise: 29 nights
Ship: Queen Victoria (details)
Cruise line: Cunard Line

Departure port: Southampton
Ports of call: Cadiz, Malaga, Palma De Mallorca, Civitavecchia, Cruising The Strait Of Messina, Rhodes, Kusadasi, Cruising The Dardanelles, Istanbul, Santorini, Athens, Katakolon, Kefalonia, Corfu, K
Return port: Trieste

Day Location

1
Southampton
2
Southampton
3
Cadiz
4
Malaga
5
Palma De Mallorca
6
Civitavecchia
7
Cruising The Strait Of Messina
8
Rhodes
9
Kusadasi
10
Cruising The Dardanelles
11
Istanbul
12
Cruising The Dardanelles
13
Santorini
14
Athens
15
Katakolon
16
Civitavecchia
17
Kefalonia
18
Corfu
19
K
20
Trieste
21
Trieste

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.

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

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 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.

Turkish pastries in Istanbul, Turkey.

National Archaeological Museum in Athens, Greece.

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

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

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

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