Seeking the Right Mediterranean Cruise
by Wendy Perrin
"I've been searching for a cruise focusing on the Southern/Eastern Mediterranean and Northern Africa," writes Inna Tarasula. "While some ships do make stops at the ports of Alexandria, Port Said, Casablanca, Tunis, Tangier, Tripoli, Banghazi, Valletta, Iraklion, and Limassol, usually the itineraries include only one of these fascinating places, mixed in with more conventional destinations. Is there a cruise that travels exclusively to the Southern Mediterranean?"
Good question. I too have found that most cruise ships sailing in the Med call at only one or two of these interesting ports at most, and it's a damn shame. Usually you need to look at the smaller ships with an educational-touring bent, such as Swan Hellenic (see this North African itinerary, for instance). Any of you cruise junkies out there have a suggestion for Inna? Thanks!
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Don't forget the European cruise lines. P&O covers some interesting ports on their November 9th sailing of the Aurora and the November 30th sailing of the Oriana.
Hapag-Lloyd is also one to check out.
Posted by: travelergwen | September 04, 2008 at 03:59 PM