September 30, 2028 – October 16, 2028 · 15 nights · 14 stops
Explora's name for it: A Grand Journey of Greek Monuments, Walled Cities & Egyptian Marvels
The itinerary, port by port
14 calls over 15 nights, Fusina (Venice) to Jeddah. 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 Fusina (Venice) (VCE) open around November 2027, 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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
Monemvasia is a Byzantine fortress town built into the flank of a sea-cliff off the southeast Peloponnese, hidden from the water so completely that you do not see the houses until you pass through the… Port guide →
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 →
Heraklion is Crete's working capital, a Venetian-walled port city that holds the keys to the Minoan world: the restored palace of Knossos 5 km inland and the artifacts pulled from it. Port guide →
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 →
Port Said sits at the Mediterranean mouth of the Suez Canal, a planned 19th-century canal town laid out by French and Italian engineers and still lined with timber-balconied apartment blocks and arcaded… Port guide →
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Crossing the Suez Canal
A sea-level cut between the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, opened in 1869, that lets your ship skip the long haul around Africa.
Sharm El-Sheikh sits at the southern tip of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, where desert meets the Red Sea over some of the richest coral reefs on earth. Port guide →
Aqaba is Jordan's only seaport, a Red Sea resort town that exists on the cruise map for one reason: it is the closest harbor to Petra, the Nabataean rock city carved into rose-colored sandstone. Port guide →
Jeddah is the Red Sea's historic gateway to Mecca, and its draw is Al-Balad, the UNESCO-listed old town of coral-stone merchant houses with carved wooden lattice balconies. Port guide →
Fares on this departure, decoded
Reading the fare fine print is the job. Here's what this sailing currently carries:
Founders Fare
A founding-era fare on a selected set of sailings. Onboard credit where the offer applies.
Invitation to Discover More
Explora's discovery fare, available across most of the calendar. Onboard credit where the offer applies.
Early Booking Benefit
A fare for booking far enough ahead of departure. Onboard credit where the offer applies.
The ship and your suite
This sailing is aboard EXPLORA I, 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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