Ancient Empires: Istanbul to Athens

Overview

A 11-night voyage aboard Scenic Ikon, departing Istanbul on 12 Aug 2028 and arriving in Athens (Piraeus), Greece, calling at 10 destinations along the way.

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   Day 1 ·IstanbulEmbark

   12 Aug 2028
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   Day 2 ·Istanbul

   13 Aug 2028
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   Day 3 ·Canakkale

   14 Aug 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.
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   Day 4 ·At sea

   15 Aug 2028
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   Day 5 ·Dikili

   16 Aug 2028
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   Day 6 ·Kusadasi

   17 Aug 2028

   Kuşadası 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
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   Day 7 ·Naxos

   18 Aug 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.
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   Day 8 ·Santorini

   19 Aug 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.
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   Day 9 ·Heraklion

   20 Aug 2028
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    Day 10 ·Milos

    21 Aug 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.
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    Day 11 ·Hydra

    22 Aug 2028
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    Day 12 ·Piraeus (Athens)Disembark

    23 Aug 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.

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