Celebrity Cruises
Celebrity Cruises’ most luxurious ship to date, Millennium, offers three
itineraries – Western Mediterranean Cruise, Eastern Mediterranean Cruise
and Western Europe.
Mediterranean Cruise Lines
Celebrity Cruises
Crystal Cruises
Costa Cruises
Festival Cruises
Cunard
Fred Olson
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Mediterranean Cruise Highlights
What better way to explore the world’s most romantic sea than to cruise
across the entire length of it? This dazzling voyage takes you from Barcelona
to the antiquities of Athens, and from Monte Carlo to the charm of Malta
and the splendor of Santorini.
Island hideaways and jet-set resorts, ancient ruins and Renaissance
art, the grandeur of Greece and the glory of Rome - all enchantingly,
romantically yours. From the hallowed halls of the Vatican to the pleasure
island of Capri, you’ll fall under the Mediterranean’s magical
spell.
Mediterranean Cruise Ports
A Mediterranean cruise can include the area from Gibraltar to
the Middle East, North Africa, Red Sea, Black Sea and some eastern European
ports.
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A Western Mediterranean cruise will typically last
around 12 days with calls at Atlantic ports such as Cadiz in Spain
and Lisbon in
Portugal on the way there and back. Ports of call that might be visited
on a Mediterranean cruise are:
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Spanish mainland ports - Barcelona, Cadiz, Malaga
and Valencia.
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Balearic Islands - Ibiza, Majorca and Minorca.
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Canary Islands – Tenerife, Gran Canaria,
La Palma, La Gomera and El Hierro.
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French ports - Cannes, Nice, Monte Carlo, St Tropez
and Ajaccio (on Corsica).
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Italian ports - Genoa, Civitavecchia (for Rome),
Livorno (for Florence, Naples, Sorrento and Portofino), Venice, Sardinia,
Amalfi, Catania and Portoferraio (on Elba).
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Cyprus - Limassol, Paphos and Larnaca.
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Greece - Piraeus, Loutraki (for Athens) Corfu,
Rhodes, Heraklion (Crete), Santorini, Zante, Katakolon or Patras
(for Olympia), Mykonos, Skiathos, Volos, Cephalonia, Delos, Gythion
(for Sparta) Nafplion (for Epidaurus, Corinth and Mycenae) and Pylos
(for Methone).
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Turkey - Istanbul, Izmir or Kusadasi ( for Ephesus),
Bodrum, Dikili (for Pergamum), Canakkale (for Troy) and Antalya (for
Asepndos and Perge).
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A Mediterranean cruise visiting the Middle East might stop at: Israel
- Haifa and Ashdod (for Jerusalem) and Tel Aviv; Egypt - Alexandria and
Port
Said
(for
Cairo) and Safaga (for Luxor); and Syria - the port of Tartous for visits
to Damascus.
Combining your Mediterranean Cruise
Many people choose to combine a week afloat with a week ashore. The most
common cruise and stay areas are Majorca, Cyprus and the French Riviera.
Another
alternative way of combining land and sea is to take a short
cruise during your land-based holiday. Cruises of one, two and three
nights are available
from Cyprus.
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