October 19, 2026 – October 29, 2026 · 10 nights · 10 stops
Explora's name for it: A Journey Through Greece’s Icons to Italy’s Hidden Coastlines
The itinerary, port by port
10 calls over 10 nights, Piraeus (Athens) to Fusina (Venice). Open any port for my full day-ashore guide, what to see, when to go, and how the day actually runs.
Getting there: Flights to Piraeus (Athens) (ATH) are already bookable for these dates. I watch the fare for booked clients so you book at the right moment. When to book your flights →
Syros is the administrative capital of the Cyclades, and its main town Ermoupoli is a working neoclassical city rather than a whitewashed resort village. Port guide →
Mykonos is a Cycladic island whose main town, Chora, is a whitewashed labyrinth of cube houses, blue domes, and bougainvillea pressed against the Aegean. Port guide →
Santorini is the rim of a flooded volcanic caldera, and ships anchor inside that drowned crater with the whitewashed towns of Fira and Oia stacked along the cliff edge above. Port guide →
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Pylos
Pylos is a small amphitheatrical town on the southwest Peloponnese, wrapped around the sheltered Navarino Bay where the 1827 Battle of Navarino effectively secured Greek independence.
Kotor is a fortified medieval town wedged at the head of the Bay of Kotor, with stone lanes, Venetian churches, and a mountain wall climbing the cliff behind it. Port guide →
Gallipoli is a fortified old town on its own small island in the Ionian Sea, tied to the modern town and the Salento mainland by a short bridge in the province of Lecce. Port guide →
Hvar is a Dalmatian island town of white-stone Venetian buildings rising from a yacht harbor toward a hilltop fortress, sheltered to the south by the wooded Pakleni Islands. Port guide →
Rijeka is Croatia's third city and its working port, an Austro-Hungarian harbor town that skipped the tourist polish of the Dalmatian coast and kept its own grain: grand maritime palaces, a broad pedestrian… Port guide →
Fusina is a cruise terminal on the mainland edge of the Venetian Lagoon, about three miles west of Venice across the water, opened in fall 2024 as ships moved out of the historic city. Port guide →
The ship and your suite
This sailing is aboard EXPLORA II, all-suite,
every suite with a private ocean-front terrace. Suites run from the entry Ocean Terrace to the Owner's
Residence; the right tier depends on how you travel.
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Send me the dates and the suite tier you have in mind and I'll come back with a confirmed live number and my read on the sailing within two hours. Best available price, and I make it worth more.