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Insight: Easy Pace Turkey and Greece AA Class (2012/13) (I952)
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12 Days
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Insight Brochure Priced From $2,796.00 (not including air)
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Brochure: IVEUUS12E,IVEUUS12P, - Easy Pace Tour
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A unique itinerary which transcends the normal packaged holiday by book-ending two fascinating city-stays around a leisurely Aegean cruise. Tour Pace: Being Easy Pace this tour is easy going, as you would expect. First explore exotic Istanbul, filled with magnificent mosques, monuments, museums and palaces. Then ply the sparkling waters of the Aegean, while enjoying fantastic on-board hospitality. Your tour culminates in Athens, ‘City of the Gods’. Hotels: The two hotels in Istanbul are both modern, clean, welcoming and superbly located. Whereas the Divani Caravel is a luxury Athens hotel ideally situated in the heart of Athens - a member of The Leading Hotels of the World.
Insight Tours: Dining Highlights
- Greek evening dinner with entertainment while cruising (HD)
- 10 Buffet Breakfasts (BB), 4 lunches (L), 5 Suppers (S) and 4 three-course table d’hôte Dinners, or Buffets, plus tea or coffee (D)
Insight Tours: First Class Services
- 5 nights aboard your mid-size cruise ship featuring outdoor pool, fitness centre, beauty salon, casino, bars & restaurants
- Air-conditioned cabins with private facilities
- Insight hotels include all service charges, taxes and porterage
- Cruises include all port taxes and crew gratuities
- Sightseeing by air-conditioned coach with on-board toilet
- Services of a Cruise Director while cruising
- Locally hosted in Istanbul and Athens
- Headsets for all guided visits and walking tours in Istanbul and Athens
- Insight Traveller Welcome pack
- Arrival and departure transfers between the airports and your Insight tour hotels
Insight Tours: Highlights
- Istanbul: Visit the Blue Mosque, and Hagia Sophia, once the greatest church in Christendom, later a mosque, and now a museum. See the Hippodrome, and enjoy a complete guide on how to haggle in the Grand Bazaar!
- Cruising: Visit the Greek Islands of Mykonos, Patmos, Rhodes, Crete & Santorini. Visit the Turkish port of Izmir.
Insight Tour: Itinerary
| Day: 1 | DEPART USA
| | | Board your overnight flight (not included). | | Day: 2 | ISTANBUL
| | | Welcome to Istanbul – a glorious city uniquely located spanning the continents of Europe and Asia! On arrival at Istanbul Airport, you are met and transferred to your tour hotel. Relax and settle in or begin exploring your new surroundings. This evening, get to know your fellow guests over a welcome drink. | | Day: 3 | ISTANBUL SIGHTSEEING
| | | Commence your sightseeing with a visit to the famous Blue Mosque. Then it’s on to the museum of Hagia Sophia. See the Hippodrome, site of the old city’s chariot races and round off your tour at the Grand Bazaar. How much do you pay? Don’t worry, your guide will provide a full explanation of the time-honoured ritual of bargaining! This afternoon is at leisure.(Buffet Breakfast) | | Day: 4 | ISTANBUL AT LEISURE
| | | A full day to explore! Sightseeing suggestions include a cruise along the Bosphorus past elegant palaces and picturesque fishing villages, or sip mint tea with stall holders as you bargain in the bazaar for goods laid out before you?(Buffet Breakfast) | | Day: 5 | ISTANBUL - CRUISING
| | | This morning, perhaps devote some time to the opulent Dolmabahce Palace? Later, board your cruise and set sail on the Sea of Marmara and along the Dardanelles.(Buffet Breakfast / Dinner / Supper) | | Day: 6 | CRUISING - IZMIR
| | | After a pleasant morning’s cruising, arrive at the Turkish port of Izmir - where a visit to ancient Ephesus is a must!(Buffet Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner / Supper) | | Day: 7 | CRUISING - PATMOS - MYKONOS
| | | Arrive early at the island of Patmos, where St. John the Divine received his vision of the Apocalypse. Later, dock at the pretty island of Mykonos, with its white washed windmills overlooking the harbour. Explore the maze of walkways, tavernas and shops, before setting sail again late evening. Tonight enjoy a Greek Evening and Dinner.(Buffet Breakfast / Lunch / Highlight Dinner / Supper) | | Day: 8 | CRUISING - RHODES
| | | A whole day to explore Rhodes, founded by the Ancient Greeks and then chosen by the Crusaders for their fortified headquarters. Enjoy a day on the golden beaches or hunt for bargains in the medieval city. Tonight, meet the Captain at dinner.(Buffet Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner / Supper) | | Day: 9 | CRUISING - CRETE - SANTORINI
| | | This morning sail to Crete, Homer’s ‘island of the gods’. Drop anchor at the capital of Heraklion. Mingle with the friendly locals, shop, or maybe visit the ruins of King Minos’ Palace of Knossos? Later, your ship anchors beneath the cliffs of Santorini, one of the most spectacular islands of the Mediterranean. Check out the capital of Thira, with it’s cliff top restaurants and cafes, breathtaking views and amazing sunsets.(Buffet Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner / Supper) | | Day: 10 | ATHENS SIGHTSEEING
| | | Disembark and transfer to central Athens for a walking tour of the Acropolis and Parthenon, built to the honour of the goddess Athena. See the Agora, where Socrates taught, the Royal Palace, Temple of Zeus, Hadrian’s Arch, and the 1896 stadium built for the first modern Olympics. The remainder of the day is at leisure. This evening, why not opt for an evening out in the famous Plaka District?(Buffet Breakfast) | | Day: 11 | ATHENS AT LEISURE
| | | Today is entirely free for you to relax, shop, bargain in the Flea Market, or do some further sightseeing. Suggestions include an optional excursion to Cape Sounion, where the temple of Poseidon rises from the cliffs above the Aegean Sea.(Buffet Breakfast) | | Day: 12 | RETURN TO USA
| | | There are transfers to the airport for your onward flights.(Buffet Breakfast) |
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