13 nights, Piraeus (Athens) to Piraeus (Athens)

The itinerary, port by port

12 calls over 13 nights, round-trip from Piraeus (Athens). 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) open around October 2026, about 11 months before you sail. I track that window for booked clients and flag it the moment it is worth booking. When to book your flights →

1. Embark
   Piraeus (Athens)

   Piraeus is the port of Athens, and the day belongs to the ancient city about 10 km inland. Port guide →

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   Paros

   Paros sits in the heart of the Cyclades, and ships call at Parikia, its main town. Port guide →

3. 3
   Rhodes

   Rhodes is the largest of the Dodecanese islands, and its medieval Old Town is the largest inhabited fortified town in Europe, built by the Knights of St John in the 14th and 15th centuries and protected as… Port guide →

4. 4
   Corfu

   Corfu is the greenest of the Ionian islands, and its UNESCO-listed Old Town carries four centuries of Venetian, French, and British rule in its arcaded streets and twin sea fortresses. Port guide →

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   Dubrovnik

   Dubrovnik is a walled stone city on the Adriatic whose intact medieval ramparts and marble main street make it one of the most complete fortified ports in Europe. Port guide →

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   Hvar

   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 →

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   Fusina (Venice)

   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 →

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   Koper

   Koper is Slovenia's port town on a short stretch of Adriatic coast, a former Venetian island settlement whose medieval core sits steps from the cruise quay. Port guide →

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   Split

   Split is built inside and around the walls of Diocletian's Palace, a Roman emperor's seafront retirement complex from around 300 AD that never became a ruin because people simply kept living in it. Port guide →

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    Kotor

    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 →

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    Mykonos

    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 →

12. Disembark
    Milos

    Milos is a volcanic Cycladic island whose colored rock and more than 70 beaches come from its mining past, and where the Venus de Milo was unearthed in 1820. Port guide →