Ultimate Mediterranean Delights: Athens to Bordeaux Cruise

Day 1 - Athens

Arrive: Sun 28 June 2026 / Depart: Sun 28 June 2026

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 2 - Mykonos

Arrive: Mon 29 June 2026 / Depart: Mon 29 June 2026

Mykonos is an island in the Cyclades group in the Aegean Sea. It's popularly known for its summer party atmosphere. Beaches such as Paradise and Super Paradise have bars that blare thumping music. Massive dance clubs attract world-renowned DJs and typically stay open well past dawn. Iconic landmarks include a row of 16th-century windmills, which sit on a hill above Mykonos town.

Day 3 - Santorini

Arrive: Tue 30 June 2026 / Depart: Tue 30 June 2026

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 4 - Chania, Crete

Arrive: Wed 01 July 2026 / Depart: Wed 01 July 2026

Chania is a city on the northwest coast of the Greek island of Crete. It’s known for its 14th-century Venetian harbor, narrow streets and waterfront restaurants. At the harbor entrance is a 16th-century lighthouse with Venetian, Egyptian and Ottoman influences. Opposite, the Nautical Museum has model ships, naval objects and photographs. The former monastery of St. Francis houses the Archaeological Museum of Chania.

Day 5 - At sea

Day 6 - Giardini Naxos, Sicily

Arrive: Fri 03 July 2026 / Depart: Fri 03 July 2026

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 7 - Liparische Inseln, Italien

Arrive: Sat 04 July 2026 / Depart: Sat 04 July 2026

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 8 - Porto Cervo

Arrive: Sun 05 July 2026 / Depart: Sun 05 July 2026

Day 9 - Mahon, Spain

Arrive: Mon 06 July 2026 / Depart: Mon 06 July 2026

Day 10 - Ibiza

Arrive: Tue 07 July 2026 / Depart: Tue 07 July 2026

Day 11 - Cartagena, Spain

Arrive: Wed 08 July 2026 / Depart: Wed 08 July 2026

Cartagena is a port city and naval base in the Murcia region of southeast Spain. Founded by the Carthaginians around 220 B.C., the city boomed during the Roman period. Among its many Roman ruins are a 1st-century B.C. theater and Casa de la Fortuna, a villa with murals and mosaics. The Muralla Púnica (Punic Wall) interpretation center houses the remains of a 3rd-century B.C. defensive wall.

Day 12 - Malaga

Arrive: Thu 09 July 2026 / Depart: Thu 09 July 2026

Málaga is a port city on southern Spain’s Costa del Sol, known for its high-rise hotels and resorts jutting up from yellow-sand beaches. Looming over that modern skyline are the city’s 2 massive hilltop citadels, the Alcazaba and ruined Gibralfaro, remnants of Moorish rule. The city's soaring Renaissance cathedral is nicknamed La Manquita ("one-armed lady") because one of its towers was curiously left unbuilt.

Day 13 - Tangier, Morocco

Arrive: Fri 10 July 2026 / Depart: Fri 10 July 2026

Tangier, a Moroccan port on the Strait of Gibraltar, has been a strategic gateway between Africa and Europe since Phoenician times. Its whitewashed hillside medina is home to the Dar el Makhzen, a palace of the sultans that's now a museum of Moroccan artifacts. The American Legation Museum, also in the medina, documents early diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Morocco in an 1821 Moorish-style former consulate

Day 14 - Seville

Arrive: Sat 11 July 2026

Seville is the capital of southern Spain’s Andalusia region. It's famous for flamenco dancing, particularly in its Triana neighborhood. Major landmarks include the ornate Alcázar castle complex, built during the Moorish Almohad dynasty, and the 18th-century Plaza de Toros de la Maestranza bullring. The Gothic Seville Cathedral is the site of Christopher Columbus’s tomb and a minaret turned bell tower, the Giralda.

Day 15 - Seville

Depart: Sun 12 July 2026

Seville is the capital of southern Spain’s Andalusia region. It's famous for flamenco dancing, particularly in its Triana neighborhood. Major landmarks include the ornate Alcázar castle complex, built during the Moorish Almohad dynasty, and the 18th-century Plaza de Toros de la Maestranza bullring. The Gothic Seville Cathedral is the site of Christopher Columbus’s tomb and a minaret turned bell tower, the Giralda.

Day 16 - Portimao

Arrive: Mon 13 July 2026 / Depart: Mon 13 July 2026

Portimão is a port city in the Algarve region of southern Portugal. It’s known for its old quarter, busy marina and proximity to many beaches. Museu de Portimão is housed in a restored 19th-century cannery, with displays on local history. The Gothic-style Nossa Senhora da Conceição church has azulejo tiles. To the south are Rocha Beach, backed by ochre cliffs, and the medieval Fort of Santa Catarina de Ribamar.

Day 17 - Lisbon

Arrive: Tue 14 July 2026 / Depart: Tue 14 July 2026

Lisbon is Portugal’s hilly, coastal capital city. From imposing São Jorge Castle, the view encompasses the old city’s pastel-colored buildings, Tagus Estuary and Ponte 25 de Abril suspension bridge. Nearby, the National Azulejo Museum displays 5 centuries of decorative ceramic tiles. Just outside Lisbon is a string of Atlantic beaches, from Cascais to Estoril.

Day 18 - Leixoes, Portugal

Arrive: Wed 15 July 2026 / Depart: Wed 15 July 2026

The Port of Leixões is one of Portugal's major seaports, located 4 km north of the mouth of the Douro River, in Matosinhos municipality, near the city of Porto. Leixões Sport Club, commonly known simply as Leixões, is Matosinhos' sports club.

Day 19 - Ferrol

Arrive: Thu 16 July 2026 / Depart: Thu 16 July 2026

Day 20 - Aviles, Spanien

Arrive: Fri 17 July 2026 / Depart: Fri 17 July 2026

Day 21 - Bilbao

Arrive: Sat 18 July 2026 / Depart: Sat 18 July 2026

Day 22 - Bordeaux

Arrive: Sun 19 July 2026

Day 23 - Bordeaux

Depart: Mon 20 July 2026