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Eastern mediterranean marvels

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Length of cruise: 14 nights
Ship: Seven Seas Voyager (details)
Cruise line: Regent Seven Seas Cruises

Departure port: Athens (Piraeus)
Ports of call: Dikili, Istanbul, Kusadasi, Mykonos, Santorini, Aghios Nikolaos (Crete), At Sea, Corfu, Kotor, Dubrovnik, Cruising The Strait Of Messina, Messina (Sicily)
Return port: Valletta

Day Location

1
Athens (Piraeus)
2
Dikili
3
Istanbul
4
Istanbul
5
Kusadasi
6
Mykonos
7
Santorini
8
Aghios Nikolaos (Crete)
9
At Sea
10
Corfu
11
Kotor
12
Dubrovnik
13
Cruising The Strait Of Messina
14
Messina (Sicily)
15
Valletta

Pipe organ in a cathedral in Dubrovnik, Croatia.

A building at the Palace of Knossos in Crete. The archaeological site dates to the Bronze Age and is considered Europe's oldest city.

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.

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 remains of a Venetian fort in Chania, Crete, dating from the Venetian occupation of the 13th to 16th centuries.

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 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.

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

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.

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

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