Ultimate Voyage: Ancient Empires, Adriatic & Amalfi Coast Cruise

Day 1 - Istanbul

Arrive: Sat 12 August 2028

Day 2 - Istanbul

Depart: Sun 13 August 2028

Day 3 - Canakkale, Turkey

Arrive: Mon 14 August 2028 / Depart: Mon 14 August 2028

Çanakkale is a city in northwestern Turkey in the Marmara region, on the Dardanelles Strait. It’s a gateway to the Gallipoli WWI battlefields, north of the narrow strait. On the grounds of the 15th-century Çimenlik Castle, Çanakkale Naval Museum Command contains historical artillery. The archaeological site at Troy, including an ancient theater, is southwest of the city.

Day 4 - At sea

Day 5 - Dikili

Arrive: Wed 16 August 2028 / Depart: Wed 16 August 2028

Day 6 - Kusadasi

Arrive: Thu 17 August 2028 / Depart: Thu 17 August 2028

Ku?adas? is a beach resort town on Turkey’s western Aegean coast. A jumping-off point for visiting the classical ruins at nearby Ephesus (or Efes), it’s also a major cruise ship destination. Its seafront promenade, marina, and harbor are lined with hotels and restaurants. Just offshore on Pigeon Island is a walled Byzantine castle that once guarded the town, connected to the mainland via causeway

Day 7 - Naxos, Cyclades

Arrive: Fri 18 August 2028 / Depart: Fri 18 August 2028

Naxos is a Greek island in the South Aegean, the largest of the Cyclades island group. Its fertile landscape spans mountain villages, ancient ruins and long stretches of beach. The namesake capital (also called Hora or Chora) is a port town filled with whitewashed, cube-shaped houses and medieval Venetian mansions. Kastro, a hilltop castle dating to the 13th century, houses an archaeological museum.

Day 8 - Santorini

Arrive: Sat 19 August 2028 / Depart: Sat 19 August 2028

Santorini is one of the Cyclades islands in the Aegean Sea. It was devastated by a volcanic eruption in the 16th century BC, forever shaping its rugged landscape. The whitewashed, cubiform houses of its 2 principal towns, Fira and Oia, cling to cliffs above an underwater caldera (crater). They overlook the sea, small islands to the west and beaches made up of black, red and white lava pebbles.

Day 9 - Heraklion

Arrive: Sun 20 August 2028 / Depart: Sun 20 August 2028

Day 10 - Milos, Greece

Arrive: Mon 21 August 2028 / Depart: Mon 21 August 2028

Milos or Melos is a volcanic Greek island in the Aegean Sea, just north of the Sea of Crete. Milos is the southwesternmost island in the Cyclades group. The Venus de Milo and the Asclepius of Milos were both found on the island, as were a Poseidon and an archaic Apollo now in Athens.

Day 11 - Hydra

Arrive: Tue 22 August 2028 / Depart: Tue 22 August 2028

Day 12 - Athens

Arrive: Wed 23 August 2028 / Depart: Wed 23 August 2028

Piraeus, is a port city within the Athens urban area, in the Attica region of Greece. It is located in the Athens Riviera, 8 kilometres southwest of Athens’ city centre, along the east coast of the Saronic Gulf.

Day 13 - Nafplion

Arrive: Thu 24 August 2028 / Depart: Thu 24 August 2028

Day 14 - At sea

Day 15 - Corfu

Arrive: Sat 26 August 2028 / Depart: Sat 26 August 2028

Day 16 - Monopoli

Arrive: Sun 27 August 2028 / Depart: Sun 27 August 2028

Day 17 - Kotor

Arrive: Mon 28 August 2028 / Depart: Mon 28 August 2028

The Bay of Kotor also known as the Boka, is the winding bay of the Adriatic Sea in southwestern Montenegro and the region of Montenegro concentrated around the bay. It is also the southernmost part of the historical region of Dalmatia. The bay has been inhabited since antiquity.

Day 18 - Dubrovnik

Arrive: Tue 29 August 2028 / Depart: Tue 29 August 2028

Dubrovnik is a city in southern Croatia fronting the Adriatic Sea. It's known for its distinctive Old Town, encircled with massive stone walls completed in the 16th century. Its well-preserved buildings range from baroque St. Blaise Church to Renaissance Sponza Palace and Gothic Rector’s Palace, now a history museum. Paved with limestone, the pedestrianized Stradun (or Placa) is lined with shops and restaurants.

Day 19 - Korcula

Arrive: Wed 30 August 2028 / Depart: Wed 30 August 2028

Kor?ula is a Croatian island in the Adriatic Sea. It has an area of 279 km²; 46.8 km long and on average 7.8 km wide — and lies just off the Dalmatian coast.

Day 20 - Sibenik

Arrive: Thu 31 August 2028 / Depart: Thu 31 August 2028

Day 21 - Piran

Arrive: Fri 01 September 2028 / Depart: Fri 01 September 2028

Day 22 - Venice, Italy

Arrive: Sat 02 September 2028 / Depart: Sat 02 September 2028

Venice, the capital of northern Italy’s Veneto region, is built on more than 100 small islands in a lagoon in the Adriatic Sea. It has no roads, just canals – including the Grand Canal thoroughfare – lined with Renaissance and Gothic palaces. The central square, Piazza San Marco, contains St. Mark’s Basilica, which is tiled with Byzantine mosaics, and the Campanile bell tower offering views of the city’s red roofs.

Day 23 - Rovinj, Croatia

Arrive: Sun 03 September 2028 / Depart: Sun 03 September 2028

Rovinj is a Croatian fishing port on the west coast of the Istrian peninsula. The old town stands on a headland, with houses tightly crowded down to the seafront. A tangle of cobbled streets leads to the hilltop church of St. Euphemia, whose towering steeple dominates the skyline. South of the old town is Lone Bay, one of the area’s pebble beaches. The Rovinj archipelago’s 14 islands lie immediately off the mainland.

Day 24 - Zadar, Croatia

Arrive: Mon 04 September 2028 / Depart: Mon 04 September 2028

Zadar, a city on Croatia’s Dalmatian coast, is known for the Roman and Venetian ruins of its peninsular Old Town. There are several Venetian gates in the city walls. Surrounding the Roman-era Forum is 11th-century St. Mary’s Convent, with religious art dating to the 8th century. There’s also the grand, 12th-century St. Anastasia’s Cathedral and the round, 9th-century pre-Romanesque Church of St. Donatus.

Day 25 - Hvar

Arrive: Tue 05 September 2028 / Depart: Tue 05 September 2028

Hvar, a Croatian island in the Adriatic Sea, is best known as a summer resort. Highlights of the port town Hvar include its 13th-century walls, a hilltop fortress and a main square anchored by the Renaissance-era Hvar Cathedral. The island also features beaches such as Dubovica and inland lavender fields. Boat excursions serve the nearby Pakleni Islands, which have secluded beaches and coves

Day 26 - At sea

Day 27 - Syracuse, Italy

Arrive: Thu 07 September 2028 / Depart: Thu 07 September 2028

Day 28 - Giardini Naxos, Sicily

Arrive: Fri 08 September 2028 / Depart: Fri 08 September 2028

Giardini Naxos (Sicilian: Giaddini) is a comune in the Metropolitan City of Messina on the island of Sicily in southern Italy. It is situated on the coast of the Ionian Sea on a bay which lies between Cape Taormina and Cape Schisò.

Day 29 - Palermo

Arrive: Sat 09 September 2028 / Depart: Sat 09 September 2028

Day 30 - Lipari Islands

Arrive: Sun 10 September 2028 / Depart: Sun 10 September 2028

Lipari is the largest of the Aeolian Islands in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the northern coast of Sicily, southern Italy; it is also the name of the island's main town and comune, which is administratively part of the Metropolitan City of Messina.

Day 31 - Amalfi, Italy

Arrive: Mon 11 September 2028 / Depart: Mon 11 September 2028

Amalfi is a town in a dramatic natural setting below steep cliffs on Italy’s southwest coast. Between the 9th and 11th centuries, it was the seat of a powerful maritime republic. The Arab-Norman Sant'Andrea cathedral at the heart of town, with its striped Byzantine facade, survives from this era. The Museo Arsenale Amalfi is a medieval shipyard-turned-exhibition space.

Day 32 - Capri

Arrive: Tue 12 September 2028 / Depart: Tue 12 September 2028

Capri, an island in Italy’s Bay of Naples, is famed for its rugged landscape, upscale hotels and shopping, from designer fashions to limoncello and handmade leather sandals. One of its best-known natural sites is the Blue Grotto, a dark cavern where the sea glows electric blue, the result of sunlight passing through an underwater cave. In summer, Capri's dramatic, cove-studded coastline draws many yachts.

Day 33 - Rome

Arrive: Wed 13 September 2028 / Depart: Wed 13 September 2028

Your gateway to the Eternal City, Civitavecchia has served as Rome's seaport since the 13th century. The port has a long and venerable history. The emperor Trajan built a pleasure villa near the modern city, while Bernini and Michelangelo designed the harbor fortifications. Yet the Eternal City eternally beckons. The ancient capital of the Western World and the center of Christianity for nearly 2,000 years, Rome provides an inexhaustible feast. Visit the ruins of the Forum, view the splendors of the Sistine Chapel, or climb the Spanish Steps, once the heart of Rome's Bohemian Quarter. Rome has been a magnet luring the world's greatest artists, architects, and philosophers since the days of the Caesars.