Star Clippers presents an intimate and distinctive method to discover the Greek islands. With its small, 166-passenger clipper ships, Star Clippers can entry secluded ports and harbors that bigger cruise ships can not attain, permitting passengers to expertise the genuine appeal of smaller islands like Patmos and Skiathos. These trendy crusing vessels mix the romance of tall ships with modern comforts, providing quite a lot of seven-day itineraries in Greece and Turkey beginning at $2,300 per particular person.
The seven-night Northern Cyclades itinerary takes friends to Amorgos, the place the cliffside monastery boasts one of the vital spectacular areas in all of Greece, and to Patmos, the location of St. John’s apocalyptic revelations and residential to gorgeous seashores. Different ports of name embrace Mykonos, Spetses and Kusadasi, Turkey. On the seven-night Southern Cyclades crusing, friends can go to historical Rhodes, widespread Santorini with its iconic views, Hydra and Bodrum, Turkey, website of King Mausolu’s Tomb, one of many seven surprise of the traditional world.
With a nod to Greece’s cinematic historical past, the seven-night Sporades Highlights itinerary visits a number of of the islands the place Mamma Mia was filmed, together with Skopelos, house to the tiny chapel the place Sophie was to be married, and Skiathos, the place the charming Outdated Port was the setting for the scene the place the three fathers meet. Limnos, Poros and Dikili, Turkey are additionally on the itinerary.
All Greece itineraries sail spherical journey from Athens, making it straightforward so as to add time to discover the traditional metropolis and its ruins earlier than or after a crusing. And to make a as soon as in a lifetime crusing by means of Greece much more tempting, Star Clippers is extending their Decide Your Perk provide, which permits friends to decide on between receiving $300 in onboard credit and two complimentary shore excursions per cabin, or $400 in air credit and a complimentary Wi-Fi bundle per cabin, on quite a lot of 2025 Greece itineraries. Bookings should be made by August 31, 2024 to qualify. Gives is legitimate for residents of North, South and Central America solely.
A Star Clippers crusing consists of most every little thing underneath one payment—your cabin, three scrumptious meals a day, leisure, the help of educated cruise director, and transportation to and from the ports by way of tender boats—making it straightforward to stay to a finances. It additionally affords the posh of unpacking your suitcase simply as soon as, no lugging it throughout cobblestone streets or worrying about misplacing it, whereas waking up in a distinct vacation spot every day. And along with saving your finances, a Star Clippers crusing additionally helps to avoid wasting one thing much more valuable—your time. As an alternative of speeding from practice station to lodge and again once more, friends on Star Clippers’ tall ships can chill out and benefit from the thrill of crusing into every port taking it in from the ocean earlier than stepping on land.
For greater than 25 years, Star Clippers has been introducing vacationers to the joys of contemporary tall ship crusing to distant ports within the Caribbean, Mediterranean and Central America. The corporate operates three of the world’s largest and tallest crusing vessels: Star Clipper and Star Flyer are conventional clipper ships with trendy facilities carrying 166 friends, whereas the 227-guest Royal Clipper holds the Guinness World Report for being the biggest and solely five-masted, full-rigged crusing ship in service right now. All three ships have expansive teak decks, swimming swimming pools, casual eating, convivial tropical bars on deck and piano lounges.
For extra data, relevant restrictions and to make a reserving, contact your journey agent, or name 800-442-0551 or go to www.starclippers.com.