Package Duration: 7 nights
Cruise Starts: 6th July 2023 – from Athens
Cruise Ends: 13th July2023 – into Istanbul
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TREASURES OF MEDITERRANEAN CRUISE DEAL
Description:
In partnership with the Palace La Mamounia and with the exceptional presence of Pierre Hermé, famous French pastry chef and chocolate maker and Rachid Agouray, Deputy Executive Head of La Mamounia.
Kid Explorers Club in partnership with MAUD FONTENOY FOUNDATION.
Fall under the spell of the Mediterranean’s key sites during an 8-day cruise offered by PONANT. With Athens as the departure point, board Le Lyrial for an unforgettable sailing experience discovering exceptional islands and cities.
Your cruise will begin with the exploration of two of Greece’s major sites, from Napflion: the Mycenae ruins and the Epidaurus theatre, both UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
Le Lyrial will then head towards Paros. Nested in the heart of the Cyclades archipelago, this island reputed for its sublime white marble and offers a genuine concentration of Greek beauty, from olive groves to ancient monuments.
You will discover Delos, a minuscule island in the Cyclades archipelago. According to mythology, Apollo was born here. Like an open-air museum, Delos offers unique testimony of the civilisations that followed one another in the Aegean world.
A little further north, you will arrive on Mykonos, with its iconic windmills, beaches, countless churches and whitewashed houses.
Following a stop on the island of Patmos, Le Lyrial will leave Greece to reach Kusadasi in Turkey. An old fishing village with history going back 5,000 years, not far from the Ephesus site, the town is now one of the country’s most famous seaside resorts.
You will discover the volcanic island of Limnos, near the Dardanelles Strait. Protected during Antiquity by Hephaestus, the god of fire, this green and lush island has now become one of Greece’s major seaside resorts.
Then you will reach Istanbul, a rich historical UNESCO listed site, at the end of a magnificent cruise.
Itinerary:
Day 1: Athens
Thu 6 Jul 2023 | Depart 6:00 PM
Day 2: Nafplion
Fri 7 Jul 2023 | 11:00 AM To 6:30 PM
Day 3: Paros
Sat 8 Jul 2023 | 8:00 AM To 9:00 PM
Day 4: Delos
Sun 9 Jul 2023 | 7:00 AM To 12:00 PM
Day 4: Mykonos
Sun 9 Jul 2023 | 2:00 PM To 11:30 PM
Day 5: Patmos
Mon 10 Jul 2023 | 7:30 AM To 8:00 PM
Day 6: Kusadasi
Tue 11 Jul 2023 | 6:00 AM To 12:00 PM
Day 7: Limnos Island
Wed 12 Jul 2023 | 7:00 AM To 12:30 PM
Day 7: Sailing in the Dardanelles
Wed 12 Jul 2023
Day 8: Istanbul
Thu 13 Jul 2023 | Arrive 8:00 AM
Your Ship:
First introduced in 2015 and the fourth ship in the Sister ships series, Le Lyrial is the very embodiment of this new generation of intimately sized cruise ships. Its exterior and interior lines, all sober understatement and refinement, make it a yacht of a rare and innovative kind. For the interior decoration, Cruise took inspiration from the tones and colors of the destinations and used a palette made up of blues, from the soft, luminous grey-like tones of the polar ice to the vivid notes and turquoises of Mediterranean inlets and coves.