Kusadasi
The primary attraction in Kusadasi is a trip to Ephesus. We saw Ephesus on our trip to Turkey the year before, so we chose to walk over to Pigeon Island also known as Güvercinada, to see birds and the old fort.
Read More…Crete
The ship arrived at 7:30 am and docked in Heraklion. We saw a number of tour groups headed to Knossos right away, so we decided to head to the Archeological museum first.
Read More…Mykonos
We had booked a tour to Delos from the ship for today. Delos is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Read More…Santorini
The ship arrived at 9 am, and Santorini is a tender port. Santorini was once known as Ancient Thera. We were not able to book the ship’s tour of Akrotiri, because those tours filled up before we booked the cruise. But we figured out how to do it on our own.
Read More…Dubrovnik
We docked in Dubrovnik at 8 am and took a shuttle bus over to the old city UNESCO World Heritage Site. We bought tickets to tour the old city Dubrovnik walls on our own.
Read More…Split
We have a busy day today starting with a tour from the ship in the morning that goes to Salona and the UNESCO World Heritage Site Trogir.
Read More…Ravenna
We had a 9 am transfer from Vienna to Ravenna. When we arrived at 8:30 am at the transfer pickup point, we found that our names were not on the transfer list, along with a number of others. They also couldn’t fill a bus with people as the luggage area would fill before the seats did. Our bus had 18 empty seats, and we got pulled out of line to get on because we had small luggage that would still fit below.
It’s a three-hour bus ride to the ship, so they needed to call additional busses to get everyone to the ship.
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