Traverse the Mediterranean’s rich history with new expert-led cruise
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History buffs can travel back in time through the Mediterranean next spring thanks to a new cruise offering from Voyages to Antiquity.
The new 17-day A Voyage through the Middle Sea tour navigates Minoan settlements, Phoenician fortifications and Greek and Roman remains on its historical journey to Funchal.
To help bring the historic events of each port of call and the civilisations around them to life, guests will be joined by Lord John Julius Norwich. Acclaimed for writing several tomes on Venice, Sicily and the Byzantine Empire, the historian and travel writer’s compelling history of the UK’s favourite holiday destination, The Middle Sea, inspired the cruise specialist’s new itinerary.
Highlights of the cruise will include a tour of the newly reopened Minoan settlement of Akrotiri – one of the Aegean’s most important archaeological sites, a walking tour of Chania Old Town to see the Venetian, Roman and Ottoman architectural legacies, a visit to the atmospheric hill-top town of Erice, whose origins reach back to prehistory, plus a sightseeing tour of Winston Churchill’s favourite coastal retreat, Camara de Lobos.
The cruise departs Athens on 17 April 2017 calling at Santorini (Greece), Heraklion, Souda (Chania – Crete), Valletta (Malta), Catania, Palermo, Trapani (Sicily), Malaga, Cadiz (Spain) and Portimao (Portugal) before disembarking in Funchal (Madeira) on 3 May and returning to London.
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