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Greek Islands Explorer

Athens Return
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Trip Code: EUTCCSAA8F
  • Travelmarvel by APT
  • Trip Highlights
  • Map & Itinerary
  • Travel & Accommodation

Your Vacation Includes

  • Return scheduled flights from the UK*
  • Seven nights on the MS Caledonian Sky
  • 20 meals - 7 breakfasts, 6 lunches and 7 dinners
  • Explore seven towns, villages and cities
  • Services of a Travelmarvel Cruise Director and local guides
  • Beer, wine and soft drink with lunch and dinner, plus tea, coffee and onboard water stations
  • Transfers, port charges and tipping
  • Visit a local olive oil press to learn about the production of this essential ingredient

Map & Itinerary

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Athens Return

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INSIDER EXPERIENCE

Enjoy a range of included special or unique excursions and events

Fly from the UK and arrive in Athens, transfer to your ship. This evening, get to know your Cruise Director and fellow travellers at a Welcome Reception.

Stay: Seven nights, MS Caledonian Sky

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  • Dinner

Awake in Syros, located in the spectacular Cyclades. The day has been set aside for you to explore at your leisure. Perhaps take an optional tour of the island and discover an array of colour and architecture. This evening, join your fellow travellers for a Gala Welcome Dinner.

Daily :
  • Breakfast
  • Lunch
  • Dinner
Ano Syros, Greece

INSIDER EXPERIENCE

Visit a local olive oil press to learn about the production of this essential ingredient. Savour a tasting of the local produce and relish the unique flavour composition.


Arrive in the beautiful island of Amorgos, known for its ancient ruins and quaint villages. Set out on a guided tour, followed by an Insider Experience. Your ship will stay docked in port until late evening, so you may wish to disembark and enjoy dinner at your leisure at a local restaurant.

Daily :
  • Breakfast
  • Lunch
  • Dinner

Today takes you to the volcanic island of Nisyros, where you will enjoy free time to explore. In the port of Mandraki, you may like to wander through its whitewashed streets and visit the cliffside monastery of Panagia Spiliani or perhaps visit the archaeological museum. Alternatively, join an optional tour to the Polyvotis volcano. Learn about the Greek legend surrounding this landmark and walk into the volcano’s caldera.

Later, continue to the island of Symi to discover an old-world glamour and neoclassical architecture, a legacy of Italian rule almost a century ago. With the afternoon at leisure, you may wish to join an optional guided tour, including Gialos Harbour with its pastel shaded houses, ancient monastery and Customs House.

Daily :
  • Breakfast
  • Lunch
  • Dinner

INSIDER EXPERIENCE

Drive to the nearby ancient city of Ephesus, one of the best-preserved classical cities of the Eastern Mediterranean. Step back in time today as you immerse yourself in ancient Roman life and imagine the city’s former splendour. Broad streets are lined with impressive buildings, including the Library of Celsus which was built in memory of Celsus Polemeanus, a Roman senator and reportedly a lover of great books.


This morning you will dock in Kusadasi, located on Turkiye’s Anatolian coast.

Daily :
  • Breakfast
  • Lunch
  • Dinner
Library of Celsus, Ephesus, Turkiye

Land on the dazzling Greek isle of Mykonos, where you’ll have the day at leisure to explore. Perhaps join an optional walking tour through the main town of Chora. Stroll through the maze of tiny lanes, take in the whitewashed buildings with iconic blue shutters and see the majestic, blue-domed churches. Admire the old port and famous windmills so often featured on postcards. Your ship will stay docked in port until late evening, so you may wish to disembark and enjoy dinner at your leisure at a local restaurant.

Daily :
  • Breakfast
  • Lunch
  • Dinner

Known for its most celebrated export, the iconic Venus de Milo, volcanic Milos arches around a central caldera and is ringed with dramatic coastal landscapes of colourful and surreal rock formations. Disembark your ship and enjoy a tour of the island which includes Plaka, the island’s capital, the beach of Sarakiniko and the small fishing village of Pollonia. With the afternoon at leisure, you may wish to enjoy a relaxing morning at one of the island’s most picturesque beaches, Paleochori. This evening, join your fellow travellers for a Captain’s Farewell Dinner.

Daily :
  • Breakfast
  • Lunch
  • Dinner
Sarakiniko Beach, Milos, Greece

This morning after breakfast, your journey draws to an end. Disembark your ship and transfer to the airport for your onward flight.

Daily :
  • Breakfast

It has been a privilege to welcome so many guests aboard APT’s award-winning journeys, and a joy to see those guests fall in love with each new experience the world presents.