9-Night Europe Cruise from Trieste

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     Trieste

     Depart 18:00

     A port city in northeast Italy near the Slovenian border, long the seaward gateway of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Grand Habsburg-era squares open onto the Adriatic, with the seafront Piazza Unità d'Italia and the white Miramare Castle on the bay.

     • Piazza Unità d'Italia
     • Miramare Castle
     • Viennese cafés
2. Day

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     Split

     Arrive 08:00 · Depart 18:00

     A Croatian port on the Dalmatian coast, built quite literally inside the walls of a Roman emperor's retirement palace. Diocletian's Palace still forms the living old town, its cellars and courtyards woven through with cafes, shops and the cathedral.

     • Diocletian's Palace
     • Riva promenade
     • Marjan Hill
3. Day

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   At sea
4. Day

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     Piraeus

     Arrive 07:30 · Depart 16:30

     The ancient harbour of Athens and Greece's principal cruise port. Ferries fan out to the Aegean islands from its quays, while the Acropolis, the Plaka district and the National Archaeological Museum sit a short metro ride inland.

     • Gateway to Athens
     • Acropolis
     • Aegean ferries
5. Day

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     Kusadasi

     Arrive 08:00 · Depart 18:00

     A resort town on Turkey's Aegean coast that serves as the cruise gateway to ancient Ephesus, one of the best-preserved classical cities in the Mediterranean. Pigeon Island guards the harbour, and the marble Library of Celsus lies a short drive inland.

     • Ephesus ruins
     • Library of Celsus
     • Pigeon Island
6. Day

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     Heraklion (Iraklion), Crete

     Arrive 08:00 · Depart 18:00

     The largest city on Crete and the island's main port, in Greece. A Venetian harbour and fortress front the town, while the Bronze Age palace of Knossos and the Heraklion Archaeological Museum's Minoan treasures lie close by.

     • Palace of Knossos
     • Venetian harbour
     • Archaeological Museum
7. Day

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     Katakolon

     Arrive 10:00 · Depart 17:00

     A small port on Greece's western Peloponnese coast, best known as the gateway to ancient Olympia. The sanctuary where the original Olympic Games were held lies a short drive inland, among ruined temples and the old stadium.

     • Ancient Olympia
     • Olympic stadium
     • Temple of Zeus
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   At sea
9. Day

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     Naples

     Arrive 07:00 · Depart 13:00

     A southern Italian port on its namesake bay, in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius. Ships dock near the historic centre, the gateway to Pompeii, the cliffs of the Amalfi Coast and the island of Capri, in a city that claims to have invented pizza.

     • Mount Vesuvius
     • Pompeii
     • Gateway to Capri
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      Genoa

      Arrive 09:00

      Italy's great maritime city, stacked up the Ligurian hills above one of the Mediterranean's busiest harbours. Its old town is a maze of tall, narrow caruggi, and it claims pesto and focaccia as local inventions; the Aquarium and Renaissance palaces of Via Garibaldi sit close to the port.

      • Old-town caruggi
      • Genoa Aquarium
      • Via Garibaldi palaces

• 6 Nov 2027

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