October 11, 2027 – October 18, 2027 · 6 nights · 7 stops
Explora's name for it: A Journey of Ancient Echoes & Island Grace
The itinerary, port by port
7 calls over 6 nights, Istanbul to 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 Istanbul (IST) open around November 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 →
Istanbul straddles the Bosphorus across two continents, a city layered from Byzantine Constantinople through the Ottoman Empire to the modern Turkish metropolis. Port guide →
Bodrum is a whitewashed resort town on Turkey's southern Aegean coast, built over the ancient Greek city of Halicarnassus on a double bay split by a castle headland. 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 →
Patmos is the small Dodecanese island where, by tradition, Saint John received the visions of the Book of Revelation, and that history sits compactly above the harbor town of Skala. Port guide →
Agios Nikolaos is a compact harbor town on the Gulf of Mirabello in eastern Crete, built around a small deep lake that connects to the sea by a short canal. 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 →
Piraeus is the port of Athens, and the day belongs to the ancient city about 10 km inland. Port guide →
Fares on this departure, decoded
Reading the fare fine print is the job. Here's what this sailing currently carries:
Invitation to Discover More
Explora's discovery fare, available across most of the calendar. Onboard credit where the offer applies.
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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