EU Mediterranean

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AU $3,200Save 30% - Malta, Balearics & Spain Cruise - Star Flyer
Cruise 9 nights from Malaga to Malta aboard the stunning tall ship, Star Flyer.
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AU $3,972Save 20% - Suez Canal Cruise - Star Clipper
Cruise 10 nights from Safaga to Athens aboard the tall ship, Star Clipper, on a journey through the Suez Canal.
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AU $2,598Save 30% earlybird - Cruise Malaga to Rome - Royal Clipper
Cruise 7 nights aboard the beautiful Royal Clipper from Malaga to Rome.
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AU $2,123Save 30% - Eastern Mediterranean Cruise - Star Flyer
Cruise aboard the tall ship Star Flyer on a 6 night cruise from Malta to Athens.
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AU $2,914Save 20% - Amalfi & Sicilian Coastal Cruise - Royal Clipper
Cruise 7 nights aboard the tall ship, Royal Clipper, on a journey from Rome to the wonders of Italy.
The Mediterranean is so enthralling, so absolutely seductive that, like the mythical siren's song, its spell is impossible to break. It is both a haven for nature's glory and a veritable treasure trove of history. Once you experience it and behold all its treasures, you will never be the same. See it once and the memories forever embrace your soul. See it a thousand times and you still yearn for more.
A cruise holiday in the Mediterranean, the world's largest inland sea, gives you the opportunity to experience the variety the area has to offer; from the cosmopolitan cities of Spain and France in the Western Mediterranean to Italy, Sardinia, Greece, and Egypt in the Central and Eastern Med.
An extended Mediterranean cruise is simply a cruise vacation that combines ports from both the Western Mediterranean and the Eastern Mediterranean.
Cruise types
The Mediterranean has cruises from every major cruise line and quite a few of the specialty operators too.
While there are many cruise types and cruise lengths to choose from the major distinction is whether a cruise is an Eastern or Western Mediterranean cruise or an extended cruise.
The Eastern Mediterranean is the area that covers Italy, Greece, Turkey and the Adriatic Enjoy the culture and history of Italy, especially Venice which is simply stunning and completely unique.See the whitewashed splendor of the Greek Isles and discover the antiquity of Classical Greece. Wonder at the sheer beauty of the Dalmatian coast and be amazed by Istanbul who’s history dates from Byzantium to Constantinople to its place at the head of the Ottoman Empire.
The Western Mediterranean is the area from the west coast of Italy and covers France, Spain and North Africa including the Atlantic coast of Morocco and the Canary Islands. Enjoy the history and culture of Florence, the excitement of Monte Carlo, the architecture of Barcelona and the Arabic heritage of Morocco.
Extended Mediterranean cruises are more than just a combination of east or western Mediterranean cruises. The size of the Med and the range of major ports allows cruise lines to offer a huge range of 10 to 14 day (and longer) itineraries.
Cruise seasons
While cruises are available year round the main season is from March to October to take advantage of the longer days and warmer weather.
Main Ports
Cruises depart from most of the major ports but the key embark ports include Barcelona, Monte Carlo, Rome (Civitavecchia), Venice, Athens and Istanbul. Many cruises also start and finish in the UK with Southampton being the major port.
Weather
Weather during the cruise season is warm to hot and the days are long and generally sunny. Most rain in the region falls in the winter months.
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Ports of Interest
- Adabiya
- Adana, Turkey
- Aegina, Greece
- Aeolian Islands, Italy
- Aghios Nikolaos, Greece
- Agrigento, Sicily
- Agropoli, Italy
- Ajaccio, Corsica. FR
- Al Khums, Libya
- Alanya, Turkey
- Alcudia, Majorca SP
- Alexandretta, Turkey
- Alexandropouli, Greece
- Algeciras, Spain
- Alghero, Sardinia. IT
- Alicante, Spain
- Alken, Germany
- Almeria, Spain
- Alonnisos, Greece
- Altea, Spain
- Amalfi, Italy
- Amasra, Turkey
- Amorgos, Greece
- Anamur Limani
- Ancona, Italy
- Andros, Greece
- Ankara, Turkey
- Annaba, Algeria
- Antalya, Turkey
- Antibes
- ANZAC Cove Gallipoli Turkey
- Argostoli, Greece
- Arki Island, Greece
- Astipalea ,Greece
- Athens (Marina Zea), Greece
- Athens (Piraeus) Greece
- Bandol, France
- Bar, Montenegro
- Barcelona, Spain
- Bari, Italy
- Bartin, Turkey
- Bastia, Corsica. FR
- Batumi, Georgia
- Bay Of Roses, Turkey
- Beirut, Lebanon
- Bejaia, Algeria
- Belle Ile, France
- Benidorm, Spain
- Biarritz, France
- Bigovo, Montenegro
- Bilbao, Spain
- Bodrum, Turkey
- Bol, Brac Island, Croatia
- Bonifacio, Corsica. FR
- Bosphorus, Turkey
- Bourgas, Bulgaria
- Bozburun, Turkey
- Bozcaada (Tenedos), Turkey
- Bozukkale, Turkey
- Brijuni, Croatia
- Brindisi, Italy
- Budva, Montenegro
- Butrint, Albania
- Cadaques, Spain
- Cadiz, Spain
- Cagliari, Sardinia. IT
- Calvi, Corsica
- Camlimani, Turkey
- Canakkale (Kepez), Turkey
- Cannes, France
- Cape Sounio, Greece
- Capri, Italy
- Cargese, Corsica
- Carloforte, San Pietro
- Carrara, Italy
- Cartagena, Spain
- Cassis, France
- Castellammare
- Castellon de la Plana, Spain
- Catania, Sicily. IT
- Caunos, Turkey
- Cavalaire-sur-Mer
- Cavtat, Croatia
- Cefalu, Sicily
- Cephalonia, Greece
- Cesme, Turkey
- Chania, Crete
- Chios, Greece
- Ciudadela, Spain
- Collioure, France
- Comino, Malta
- Corfu, Greece
- Corigliano Calabro
- Corinth Canal, Greece
- Corinth, Greece
- Costa Smeralda, Italy
- Cres Island, Croatia
- Crete Island, Greece
- Crotone, Italy
- Cyprus
- Dalyan River, Turkey
- Dardanelles, Turkey
- Darnah (Derna), Libya
- Datca, Turkey
- Delos, Greece
- Delphi, Greece
- Demre (Myra), Turkey
- Denia, Spain
- Diafani, Greece
- Didim, Turkey
- Dieppe, France
- Dikili, Turkey
- Dubrovnik, Croatia
- Durres, Albania.
- Egadi Islands
- Ekincik, Turkey
- El Puerto de Santa Maria, Spain
- Elafonisos, Greece
- Elba, Italy
- Ermoupolis, Greece
- Faial Island, Portugal
- Famagusta, Cyprus
- Fethiye, Turkey
- Figuera da Foz, Portugal
- Finike, Turkey
- Fiskardho, Greece
- Florence, Italy
- Folegandros
- Fontvieille, Monaco
- Formentera, Spain
- Fourni, Greece
- Frejus, France
- Gaeta, Italy
- Galaxidhi, Greece
- Gallipoli, Turkey
- Gallipolis, Italy
- Gemlik, Turkey
- Genoa, Italy
- Getxo, Spain
- Giannutri, Italy
- Giglio, Italy
- Girolata, (Corsica), France
- Gocek, Turkey
- Golfe de Porto, Corte
- Golfo Stella, Italy
- Gozo Island, Malta
- Granada, Spain
- Gulluk, Turkey
- Gythion, Greece
- Haifa, Israel
- Halki, Greece
- Hammamet, Tunisia
- Hendaye, France
- Heraklion, Greece
- Herceg Novi, Montenegro
- Hoedic, France
- Huelva, Spain
- Hvar, Croatia
- Hydra, Greece
- Hyeres, France
- Ibiza, Spain
- Icaria, Greece
- Igumenitsa, Greece
- Ile d'Aix, France
- Ile de Glenan, Glenan Islands
- Ilovik, Croatia
- Imperia, Italy
- Ios, Greece
- Iraklion, Crete, Gr
- Ischia, Italy
- Iskenderun, Turkey
- Isla Cies (Spain)
- Islas Cies, Spain
- Istanbul, Turkey
- Istria, Croatia
- Itea, Greece
- Ithaca, Greece
- Izmir, Turkey
- Juan Les Pins, France
- Kalamata, Greece
- Kalkan, Turkey
- Kalymnos, Greece
- Karpathos, Greece
- Kas, Turkey
- Kastelorizo, Greece
- Katakolon, Greece
- Kavala, Greece
- Kea Island, Greece
- Kefalonia, Greece
- Kekova, Turkey
- Kemer, Turkey
- Kerch, Ukraine
- Kiato, Greece
- Knidos, Turkey
- Komiza, Vis Island
- Koper , Slovenia
- Korcula, Croatia
- Kornati National Park, Croatia
- Kos, Greece
- Kotor, Montenegro
- Krk Island, Croatia
- Ksamili, Albania
- Kucisce, Croatia
- Kusadasi, Turkey
- Kythira, Greece
- Kythnos, Greece
- L'Ile-Rousse, France
- La Ciotat, France
- La Coruna, Spain
- La Maddalena, Italy
- La Spezia, Italy
- Lampedusa, Italy
- Larnaca, Cyprus
- Latakia, Syria
- Latsovo Island, Croatia
- Lavrion, Greece
- Le Lavandou, France
- Lecce, Italy
- Lefkada Island (Lefkas), Greece
- Lemnos (Greece)
- Lerici, Italy
- Leros, Greece
- Lesvos (Mitilini), Greece
- Levanzo, Sicily
- Licata, Sicily
- Limassol, Cyprus
- Limni, Greece
- Limnos (Myrina), Greece
- Lindos, Greece
- Lipari, Italy
- Lipsi, Greece
- Livorno, (Florence, Pisa) Italy
- Lopud Island, Croatia
- Losinj, Croatia
- Loutraki, Greece
- Ludwigsburg, Germany
- Maddalena Islands, Sardinia
- Madrid, Spain
- Mahon, Menorca. SP
- Makarska, Croatia
- Malaga, Spain
- Mali Losinj, Croatia
- Mallorca, Spain
- Marbella, Spain
- Marettimo, Sicily
- Marina De Ragusa, Sicily, Italy
- Marina Di Carrara, Italy
- Marina Di Riposto, Sicily
- Marmaris, Turkey
- Marsa Matruh, Egypt
- Marsala, Sicily
- Marseilles, France
- Mazara del Vallo, Sicily. IT
- Mellila, Spanish Mor
- Menorca, Spain
- Menton, France
- Merida, Spain
- Mersin, Turkey
- Messina Strait, Italy
- Messina, Sicily. IT
- Metkovic, Croatia
- Mijet Island, Croatia
- Milan, Italy
- Milazzo, (Sicily) Italy
- Milos, Greece
- Molfetta, Italy
- Molyvos, Greece
- Monastir, Tunisia
- Monemvasia, Greece
- Monfalcone, Italy
- Monopoli - Italy
- Monte Carlo, Monaco
- Montenegro
- Motril, Spain
- Mt Athos, Greece
- Mudanya, Turkey
- Mykonos, Greece
- Mythemna, Greece
- Nafpaktos, Greece
- Nafplion, Greece
- Nantes, France
- Naples, Italy
- Nauplie (Greece)
- Navagio Beach, Greece
- Navplion, Greece
- Naxos Di Giardini, Sicily. IT
- Naxos, Greece
- Neapoli Vion, Greece
- Nessebur, Bulgaria
- Neum, Bosnia & Herzegovina
- Nevsehir, Turkey
- New Corinth, Greece
- Nice, France
- Nicosia, Cyprus
- Nisyros, Greece
- Novalja, Croatia
- Novi Vinodolski, Croatia
- Novigrad, Croatia
- Odessa, Ukraine
- Olbia, Sardinia. IT
- Omis, Croatia
- Opatija, Croatia
- Opuzen, Croatia
- Oristano, Sardinia
- Ortona, Italy
- Otranto, Italy
- Oviedo, Spain
- Paestum, Italy
- Pag Island, Croatia
- Palamos, Spain
- Palau, Sardinia
- Palea Epidauros, Greece
- Palermo's Bay, Albania
- Palermo, Sicily. IT
- Palma, Majorca. SP
- Palmarola, Italy
- Palombaggia, Corsica
- Pantelleria, Italy
- Paphos, Cyprus
- Parga, Greece
- Paroikia, Greece
- Paros, Greece
- Patmos, Greece
- Patras, Greece
- Paxi Island Greece
- Peniscola, Spain
- Pergamon, Turkey
- Pesaro, Italy
- Pescara, Italy
- Petra (Lesbos), Greece
- Piana, Corsica
- Piombino, Italy
- Piran, Slovenia
- Pithagorio, Greece
- Plage D'Arone, Corsica
- Plage Saint Antoine, Corsica, France
- Platamonas, Greece
- Ploce, Croatia
- Pollensa, Majorca, Spain
- Poltu Quatu, Italy
- Ponza, Italy
- Ponziane Islands, Italy
- Porec, Croatia
- Poros, Greece
- Porquerolles, France
- Port Empedocle, Italy
- Port La Nouvelle, France
- Port Mahon, Menorca
- Port Navalo, France
- Port Tewfik, Egypt
- Port Vendres, France
- Port-Saint-Louis-Du-Rhone, France
- Porticcio Beach, Corsica FR
- Portimao, Portugal
- Porto Cervo, Sardinia. IT
- Porto de Banus, Spain
- Porto Empedocle, Italy
- Porto Ercole, Italy
- Porto Rotondo, Italy
- Porto Santo Stefano, Italy
- Porto Torres, Sardinia ,It
- Porto Vecchio, Corsica. FR
- Portoferraio, Italy
- Portofino, Italy
- Portoroz, Yugoslavia
- Portovenere, Italy
- Positano, Italy
- Poti, Georgia
- Pozzallo, Italy
- Pozzuoli, Italy
- Preveza, Greece
- Primosten, Croatia
- Procida, Italy
- Propriano, Corsica. FR
- Pucisca, Brac Island
- Puerto Banus, Costa del Sol, Spain
- Puerto de Alcudia, Spain
- Puerto del Rosario
- Pula, Croatia
- Punta Ala, Italy
- Pylos, Greece
- Qasr Ahmad, Libya
- Rab Island, Croatia
- Rabac, Croatia
- Rabat, Morocco
- Ragusa, Sicily
- Rapallo, Italy
- Ravenna, Italy
- Reggio, Italy
- Rethymnon, Greece
- Rhodes, Greece
- Rijeka, Croatia
- Rimini, Italy
- Roccapina Beach, Corsica
- Roccella Ionica, Italy
- Rogoznica, Croatia
- Rome (Civitavecchia), Italy
- Rondinara, Corsica
- Roscoff, France
- Roses, Spain
- Rovinj, Croatia
- Salerno,Italy
- Sali, Kornati Islands
- Salina, Sicily, Italy
- Samos, Greece
- Samothrace, Greece
- Samsun, Turkey
- San Antonio, Spain
- San Pietro Island, Sardinia
- San Vito Lo Capo, Sicily
- Sanary-Sur-Mer, France
- Sanremo, Italy
- Sant Carles de la Rapita, Spain
- Santa Amanza, Corsica
- Santa Margherita, Italy
- Santa Maria Di Leuca, Italy
- Santander, Spain
- Santorini, Greece
- Sarande, Albania
- Sardinia, Italy
- Sarti, Greece
- Sassnitz, Germany
- Savona, Italy
- Sazan Island, Albania
- Scandola, Corsica
- Sciacca, Sicily
- Serifos, Greece
- Sete, France
- Setubal, Portugal
- Sevastopol, Ukraine
- Seville, Spain
- Sfax, Tunisia
- Sibenik, Croatia
- Sifnos, Greece
- Sines, Portugal
- Sinop, Turkey
- Sintra, Portugal
- Sipan Island, Croatia
- Siracusa, Italy
- Sitia, Crete
- Skiathos, Greece
- Skopelos, Greece
- Skorpios, Greece
- Skyros, Greece
- Slano, Croatia
- Soller, Mallorca
- Sorrento, Italy
- Souda Bay, Greece
- Spetses, Greece
- Split, Croatia
- St Cyr sur Mer
- St Florent, France
- St Raphael, France
- St Tropez, France
- St-Jean-de-Luz, France
- Stintino, Sardinia
- Stresa, Italy
- Stromboli. Italy
- Stylidia
- Sylt, Germany
- Symi, Greece
- Syracuse, Sicily. IT
- Syros, Greece
- Syvota, Greece
- Taba, Egypt
- Taesch, Switzerland
- Taormina, Sicily
- Taragonna, Spain
- Taranto, Italy
- Tarifa, Spain
- Tarragona, Spain
- Tartous, Syria
- Tasucu,Turkey
- Telascica, Croatia
- Tersane Adasi, Turkey
- Thasos, Greece
- Thessaloniki, Greece
- Tilos, Greece
- Tinos, Greece
- Tivat, Montenegro
- Toledo, Spain
- Toulon, France
- Trabzon, Turkey
- Trapani,Sicily Italy
- Tremiti Islands, Italy
- Trieste, Italy
- Triluke Bay, Croatia
- Trogir, Croatia
- Tropea, Italy
- Trstenik, Croatia
- Tubruq, Libya
- Umag, Croatia
- Umbria, Italy
- Urbino, Italy
- Ust-Dunajsk, Ukraine
- Ustica, Italy
- Valencia, Spain
- Valletta, Malta
- Varna, Bulgaria
- Venice, Italy
- Ventotene, Italy
- Viareggio, Italy
- Vibo Marina, Italy
- Vibo Valentia, Italy
- Victoria, Malta
- Vieste, Foggia, Italy
- Villagarcia, Spain
- Villefranche (Nice), France
- Vis Croatia
- Vlore, Albania
- Vodice, Croatia
- Volos, Greece
- Vulcano, Sicily
- Yalta, Ukraine
- Yevpatoria, Ukraine
- Zadar, Croatia
- Zakinthos, Greece
- Zante, Greece
- Zlarin, Croatia