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The jewels of the Aegean

Antalya - Athens

Dates:
8/4/2025
to  16/4/2025

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9
days
8
nights on board
Starting from*
AU$7,400
per person
30% Ponant Bonus

Sail the Greek and Turkish shores during an exceptional journey, an 9-day cruise aboard Le Lapérouse, during which you will fall under the spell of these island jewels and secular cities, featuring ancient ruins and splendid scenery, which people the Eastern Mediterranean.

Throughout your journey, you will benefit from an excursion included per person per port of call, to choose from a selection offered by PONANT. During this cruise, visit the archaeological site of Ephesus from Kusadasi, discover the monastery of Saint John and the Cave of the Apocalypse where the last book of the New Testament was revealed to John the Apostle,from Patmos, or admire the sumptuous archaeological sites, from the Temples of Zeus, Apollo and Athena to the Terrace of the Lions, from Delos. The diversity of experiences on offer promises you intense and varied moments (to discover the full range of excursions, go to the itinerary tab). The diversity of experiences on offer promises you intense and varied moments (to discover the full range of excursions, go to the itinerary tab).

From Antalya, a former Roman port with picturesque alleyways and fine Ottoman residences, Le Lapérouse will sail south for the Dodecanese archipelago. On the mythical island of Rhodes, let yourself be swept away by the charm of this medieval city with its gothic architecture, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Then, the island of Patmos, known as “the Jerusalem of the Aegean Sea”, reveals itself to offer you a moment suspended between unique landscapes of white-sand beaches and rocky bays.

Le Lapérouse 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.

In the south-eastern Aegean Sea, the Cyclades archipelago invites you to enjoy the wild and appealing beauty of its islands. Delos, a veritable open-air museum, offers a unique testimony of the succession of different civilisations during the Aegean period. Puis, Paros, réputée pour son sublime marbre blanc offre un véritable concentré de beautés grecques, entre oliveraies et monuments anciens. Santorini, one of the pearls of the archipelago, awaits you for an enchanted interlude, unfurling the grandiose crater of its caldera.

You will then sail west for the charming Monemvasia. A romantic haven for the Athenians, this magnificent peninsula conserves treasures of Venetian and Byzantine architecture in the small vaulted streets of its fortified medieval village, which feature thousands of shades of ochre.

Further north, you will arrive in Nafplio, the departure point for discovering the Ancient Theatre ofEpidaurus and the Mycenae archaeological site, both UNESCO World Heritage sites. Athens, the mythical city dominated by the Acropolis and its monuments, which form the most extraordinary architectural and artistic ensemble bequeathed to the world by Ancient Greece, will mark the end of this exceptional odyssey.


Ref : ER080425


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Your itinerary - The jewels of the Aegean

A cruise to discover the finest ancient sites of Greece, with one port of call in Turkey. UNESCO World Heritage Sites: the Mycenae ruins and the Epidaurus theatre from Napflion, the sacred island of Delos, the...


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Deluxe Stateroom
 

(19 m²)

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Prestige Stateroom Deck 4
 

(19 m²)

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Prestige Stateroom Deck 5
 

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Prestige Stateroom Deck 6
 

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Deluxe Suite Deck 3
 

(27 m²)

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Deluxe Suite Deck 4
 

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Deluxe Suite Deck 5
 

(27 m²)

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Deluxe Suite Deck 6
 

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Prestige Suite Deck 5
 

(38 m²)

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Prestige Suite Deck 6
 

(38 m²)

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Privilege Suite Deck 5
 

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Privilege Suite Deck 6
 

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Grand Deluxe Suite Deck 6
 

(45 m²)

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Owner's Suite Deck 5
 

(45 m²)

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Complete your trip

Shore Excursions, Overlands & Pre/Post Programmes
To complete your voyage, PONANT can organise a range of shore excursions, pre & post cruise activities and packages, plus transfers.


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