SUNDAY : BODRUM (TURKEY)

Departure: This cruise is available once a week starting on every Sunday from July 6th till August 31st

Embarking: The boarding starts at 3:30 p.m. from the marina of Bodrum. Early-arriving guests can leave their luggage to the office of our local agent. The cruise boats stay in the marina of Bodrum on the first day of the cruise program, therefore the guests can check-in  to the boats until late evening, which gives you flexibility with arrival time of your flights or buses, especially useful if you are not staying in a hotel in Bodrum the previous night. Thus, you will also have a chance to discover lovely Bodrum town on the first day.  You can start your vacation by joining wild night-life of Bodrum before a week long relaxing cruise ahead of you.

Dinner on board and overnight in private en suite cabins at the cruise boat.

Arrival: Transfers from central Bodrum hotels are included and we can also offer you airport transfer with reasonable prices, if requested. There are regular bus connection to Bodrum from all major cities and towns of Turkey. Bodrum-Milas airport is 35 km away from Bodrum and many flight companies operate scheduled and charter flights to Bodrum in Summer season. From the airport there are also Havas Shuttle services in accordance with each planes' arriving to the domestic lines of Bodrum Milas Airport. (approximately 10 Euro pp). Click here for the shuttle schedule of HAVAS for Bodrum airport. In high season, Bodrum is reached by the sea from Greek Islands of Cos and Rhodes. Daily ferryboat services from/to Cos and Rhodes to Bodrum are available during the summer season.

Recommended hotels in Bodrum: Hotel Delfi,  Hotel Atrium
 

Typical Bodrum houses	St Peters Castle in Bodrum	Bodrum marina is always busy

Bodrum: A town at the junction of the Aegean and the Mediterranean is Bodrum, occupying a small but beautiful peninsula. It is one of the prettiest holiday resorts of Turkey, popular and famous for its vivacious, friendly and bohemian atmosphere. Bodrum has also become the central hub for travel between Turkey and the Mediterranean Islands whether it be via sea, land or air. You can spend your days walking the streets of Bodrum, experiencing the sights and smells of the markets or walk the shopping malls searching for your top designer labels. Enjoy the picturesque views of Bodrum's harbor and St Peters Castle whilst tantalizing your taste buds over Turkish cuisine in variety of waterfront cafe's, restaurants and bars.

Bodrum is the site of the ancient city of Halikarnassus, the location of the famous Mausoleum of Halikarnassus (built after 353 BCE) - one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Unfortunately, the ancient monument was destroyed by earthquakes in the Middle Ages and nothing left to see, though some of the remnants can be seen at British Museum in London. According to Herodotus, born B.C. 484 in Halikarnassus (Bodrum), the city was founded by the Dor's. Megerans enlarged the city B.C. 650 and changed its name to Halikarnassus, and then Persians started to rule the city. Halikarnassus had its glorious days, when it was the capital of the Karia B.C. 353. One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Mausoleum, was built there by Artemisia for the memory of King Mausolos.
 

MONDAY : KOS ISLAND (GREECE)

2nd day starts with a welcome on board meeting while you enjoying your breakfast. Yacht staff will inform you about the cruise program and the boat. During this time your captain will be completing the port-departure procedures. Sail to Kos island starts. Asklepion , known to be the best health-care center of the Antique World is located here. Kos is also the birthplace of Hippocrates; 'the Father of Medical Science'. All the Eastern-Mediterranean people were coming to Kos (Istankoy) for their health problems in ancient times. There is a lot to see in the Island and you will have enough time: a Medieval century castle; a museum; an antique stadium; Acropolis; an Antique Odeon; an amphitheatre; and Roman Baths.
 

Kos is beautiful like most Greek Islands	A part of castle	Ruins of Asklepion (health center) in Kos

Kos (Cos/Istankoy); Greek Island Kos is the second largest of the 12 islands (the group of Greek islands also called Dodecanese) The island has a very soft climate and very fertile lands. Most notably, it hosts a 560 years old tree and a 211 years old fountain. It measures 40 km by 8 km, and is only 4 km far from the coast of Bodrum, Turkey. The island has both fertile plains and infertile highlands with a population of 30,947. The main port and residential centre on the island, also called Kos, is also a tourism and entertainment centre, famouus with whitewashed buildings, numerous hotels, restaurants and a small number of nightclubs forming the famous Kos town "bar street". The town has a 14th century fortress at the entrance to its harbor, erected in 1315 by The Knights of Saint John of Rhodes.

The ancient physician Hippocrates is thought to have been born on Kos, and at the town center there is "the tree of Hippocrates"; a the plane tree under which, according to the legend, Hippocrates of Kos taught his pupils the art of medicine. The limbs of the now elderly tree are supported by scaffolding. The small city is also home to the International Hippocratic Institute and the Hippocratic Museum dedicated to him. Near the Institute are the ruins of Asklepieion, where Herodicus taught Hippocrates medicine.
 

TUESDAY: NISYROS ISLAND-TILOS ISLAND (GREECE)

The boat will head to Nisyros (Nisiros) Island early in the morning. You can visit the village of Nikia village located at the skirts of the volcano of the island. Nikia is famous with it white-colored streets and it mosaic covered town square. You can take bus a tour to the volcano's crater which is still active and see the gases coming from the very depth of the earth. On the way back after a short a village tour and a lunch break; the boat will sail on to Tilos island for dinner and overnight in the port of this small, peaceful island.
 

Nisyros means the "a place with pigs". The volcano of Nisyros Island which exploded in 1422 is still active. Nisyros situated between the islands of Kos and Tilos. Its shape is approximately round covering an area of about 40.000 km². According to Greek mythology, the island was formed when Poseidon who took off a part of Kos Island and threw it onto the giant Polyvotis to stop him from escaping. The ancient name of the Nisyros was Porphyris. Ancient walls, dating from the 5th century BC, part of the acropolis of the island, are located near Mandraki locality

Tílos is a small (64.000 km *) Greek island lies midway between Kos and Rhodes. The Knights of Saint John took control of Tilos from 1309, restoring the Byzantine castles, and building new ones in order to defend against pirate raids. It was evacuated in 1470 as the Ottomans began the Siege of Rhodes and control passed to Suleiman I in 1522 when Rhodes fell.  At the north-west end of the island, the Monastery of Áyios Pandeleímon, (also the island's patron saint), sits on the slopes of Mount Profítis Ilías (654 m).  The archaic ruins stretch up to the site of the acropolis of the ancient city, dedicated to Pythios Apollo and Poliada Athina. To the west there is Kharkhadió Cave, where excavations in 1971 unearthed Neolithic findings and bones of dwarf elephants. Above the cave stand the ruins of the medieval fortress.
 

WEDNESDAY : RHODOS ISLAND (GREECE)

Sailing to Rhodes Island early in the morning and spend the rest of the day and night there because there is a lot of things to do and many places of interest to see in Rhodos. You can swim in the neighborhood beaches, wander in streets of old city, visit the medieval castle, giving feeling of medieval times, After dinner, the guests are highly recommended to enjoy a Rhodos night out.
 

A busy night in old city of Rhodos	Rhodos Castle	The beach near Lindos, Rhodos

Rhodes (Turkish Rodos) is the largest of the Dodecanese group of islands. The island is a very popular holiday place as it has one of the best-protected and the largest European Medieval city and has warm weather almost 300 days of a year. Rhodes has been a home for many civilizations; starting with the knights of St.John in the Medieval century, then Ottomans and Italians. Thus island has one of the unique historical harmony and the beauty of these three civilizations. The main port is the Rhodes City that has the same name with the island. Rhodes city is divided into two main areas: the new town and the old town. One of the most beautiful beaches of the island is in the new town. The city, still surrounded with 12 meters thick city-walls gives you the feeling of traveling back to Medieval century especially when you walk around its narrow stone roads. Historically, Rhodes was famous worldwide for the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the World. The medieval Old Town of the City of Rhodes has been declared a World Heritage Site.
 

THURSDAY : SYMI ISLAND (GREECE)

By sailing in the early hours of morning towards to Symi island; you will arrive to the Monastery of Panormitis located in the southern part of Symi Island. After visiting the Monastery and the museum of this quiet and peaceful coast we will take swimming break at noon time and will arrive to Simi port in the evening. In the evening you can visit the neo-classical houses and the inner streets near the shore. The island offers magnificent natural beauties for nature-lovers and hikers.
 

Symi (Simi) Island: Geographically, it is part of the Dodecanese island chain, located about 41 km north-northwest of Rhodes (and 425 km from Piraeus, the port of Athens), with 58.1 km² (22 sq mi) of mountainous terrain. Its nearest land neighbors are the Datca and Resadiye peninsulas in Turkey. Its interior land is dotted with small valleys, and its coastline has rocky cliffs, beaches, and isolated coves. Its main town, located on the northeast coast, is also named Symi, or Ano Symi, but locally referred to as Yialos. The other main inhabited localities on the island are Horio ("The Village"), Pedi, Nimborio, and Panormitis; which is the home of the island's famous monastery visited by many people from all over Greece every year for pilgrimage. The island has 2,500 inhabitants, mostly engaged in fishing, trade and tourism. In the tourism season which is roughly from May until October, tourists and day-trippers bring the number of people on the island up to as many as 6000. In addition to its many historical sites, the island's isolated beaches, many reachable only with small boats, are popular with tourists.
 

FRIDAY: DATCA-KNIDOS (TURKEY)

After a short sailing in early morning we will get into Turkish waters from Datca. You can enjoy a short-walk along the shore while your captain is finishing with the customs procedures. After lunch in Datca, your boat will sail on to to Knidos which was the center of  science, art and construction industry in ancient times. The dinner and overnight will be in Cnidus.
 

Datca Peninsula is a prized location for tourists visiting Turkey, especially by sea, because of the beauty of its many coves and spacious bays, which are favored stopover havens for those undertaking the celebrated Blue Cruises along Turkey's spectacular southwest coast. The city of Datca has been founded by the people who have immigrated from Aegean islands to the southern coasts of Ionia in the 7th century B.C. In the old city you can see the temples built on behalf of Apollo and Venus as well as impressive theatres, game and meeting halls. The island has no humidity at all and has a very fresh air. The historian Strabon has a saying about Datca's weather: 'God leaves his fellow ones whom he wants to have a long life on Datca island. 'According to a myth while the Spanish pirates were passing from Datca waters had disembarked the diseased people in Datca and these people got well with the help of the clean weather of Datca.

Knidos (Cnidus, or Tekir in Turkish)  It was situated at the tip of the long and narrow Datca peninsula, which forms the southern border of the Gulf of Gokova. It was built partly on the mainland and partly on the Island of Triopion (Cape Krio). The connection with this Island and the main land is formed by a narrow sandy isthmus. Eudoxos, popular astronomy and math professor; Dr. Euryphon, well known painter of ancient times; Polygnotos, the builder of the Alexander the Great's light house are a few of famous people of Knidos. Dr. Euryphon and his students had founded the second largest medical School of their times in Knidos. The island also had the largest sun clock of its time implemented by Eudoksos.
 

SATURDAY: KARAADA-BODRUM (TURKEY)

Sailing in the early morning. Docking in Poyraz port of Karaada, the Island facing the Bodrum bay. After a last swimming break in these beautiful blue waters your cruise boat will move on to Bodrum marina in the afternoon, for dinner and overnight,

PS. It is possible to check out from the boat in Bodrum this evening for those who need to depart earlier.
 

SUNDAY: END OF THE CRUISE IN BODRUM (TURKEY)

Disembarking until 10:30 am after having your last breakfast all together on board in Bodrum.
You will be transferred to your hotel in Bodrum, if required. (please let us know your hotel information)
Please let us know if you need any hotels, airport transfers, domestic flight or bus tickets after check-out

Recommended hotels in Bodrum: Hotel Delfi,  Hotel Atrium
 

PRICE LIST

Departure Dates: July 06, July 13, July 20, August 31, 2008
 Price for above departures: 480 Euro per person in double cabin, 765 Euro private cabin for 1 person


Departure Dates: July 27, August 03, August 10, August 17, August 24
 Price for above departures: 505 Euro per person in double cabin, 810 Euro private cabin for 1 person

Above prices are per week and include:
* All Taxes, harbor charges, custom fees and procedures*
*7 nights accommodation in private boat cabins with en-suite baths*
* Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner and 5 o'clock tea and cakes offer*
* Basic snorkeling equipments and board games*
*Yacht insurance*

Prices do not include:
*Drinks are not included but available at the boat with very reasonable prices*
*entrance fess of any museums or sights for optional tours, if joined*
*Personal travel insurance. Recommended to get one*
*airport transfers*
 

PAYMENT AND RESERVATION

Payment and reservation: We will request 30% of the total tour price for guaranteed reservations. We will send you a detailed reservation contract by e-mail after all details are confirmed mutually.

For payments we accept Maestro, Visa and Master credit cards besides bank transfers. We also accept American express, but request 7% extra payment, for the commission we have to pay ourselves.

IMPORTANT NOTES:

This blue cruise starts regularly only on Sunday at mentioned dates. Private charter version of the same or similar route can be organized starting any day for private groups if requested. Private charter cruises can also be shorter or longer than 7 nights, if required.
This cruise is classified as cabin charter and the boats are standard quality. Maximum capacity of the boat will be 12 people. The cabins will have en suite bath/WC.
There may be small changes with the cruise route. This is the most common route for this destination but the captain can make some minor changes with the route due to wind/weather conditions.
What you should bring: Bed sheets and some towels are provided for guests. But still we recommend you to bring your own extra towels as well as swimming and sun bathing materials,  a couple of slippers and walking shoes, a pullover and may be a wind-breaker for windy nights.

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