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Crossroads & ionian grandeur

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Length of cruise: 10 nights
Ship: Seven Seas Grandeur (details)
Ship rating:
Cruise line: Regent Seven Seas Cruises

Departure port: Venice (Fusina)
Ports of call: Urbino (Ancona), Kotor, Igoumenitsa, Santorini, Izmir, Istanbul, Mytilini (Lesbos)
Return port: Athens (Piraeus)

Day Location

1
Venice (Fusina)
2
Urbino (Ancona)
3
Kotor
4
Igoumenitsa
5
Cruising The Ionian Sea
6
Santorini
7
Izmir
8
Istanbul
9
Istanbul
10
Mytilini (Lesbos)
11
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.

Embark on a Seven Seas Mariner cruise and explore the blissful Greek islands. Here's a view from Fira, the capital of Santorini.

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.

Visit the charming centuries-old town of Perast in the Bay of Kotor, Montenegro.

Seven Seas Voyager sails through the flooded caldera that rings the glamorous 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.

National Archaeological Museum in Athens, Greece.

Behold dramatic cliffs and the glimmering Aegean Sea from the hilltop capital of Fira during a cruise to Santorini and other Greek islands aboard Seven Seas Mariner.

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."

Agia Eirini church in Athens, Greece.

Seven Seas Mariner sails past the dramatic cliffs and pristine whitewashed buildings of Santorini.

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