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RHODES, GREECE SPLIT, CROATIA YALTA, UKRAINE
Where – or indeed whether – the gigantic While Croatia’s second city brims with art Fairy-tale Swallow’s Nest Castle and the
bronze Colossus of Rhodes ever stood is galleries and museums, there really is only Crimean Mountains create a spectacular
something to contemplate here; though you one main attraction in the culture stakes here: welcome to this elegant imperial resort. Stop
may prefer to survey the Crusader legacy in the Palace of Diocletian. This vast third by Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, with its
medieval Rhodes Old Town along the Avenue century complex, built as the emperor’s gleaming gilded domes, or the White Palace of
of the Knights and in the superb Palace of the Dalmatian Coast retreat in later life, houses an Livadia, where western leaders re-drew
Grand Masters. Or simply venture inland to arched entrance court, temples, mausoleums Europe’s map after World War II. Best of all,
chance upon whitewashed villages nestled in and statues – even Egyptian Sphinxes – that just wander the winding streets and broad
the foothills. captivate visitors to this day. promenade, appreciative of the mild climate.
ROME (FROM CIVITAVECCHIA), ITALY TUNIS/CARTHAGE (FROM LA GOULETTE), TUNISIA ZAKINTHOS, GREECE
Watch the Roman world go by as you sip Barter for bargains around the souks of the Nature bestowed considerable gifts onto this
espresso in Piazza Navona or look up to the old medina in Tunis, as pottery, Berber stunning island. Wild flowers blanket inland
Spanish Steps, where beautiful 18th century jewellery, leather goods and carpets vie for meadows and golden swathes of coastline
folk would once gather in the hope of finding your attention. Or glimpse into the traditional lure human visitors into the warm waters –
immortality as artist models. See shafts of workshops, where craftsmen practice skills where monk seals often frolic – and entice
sunlight pierce the opening in the roof of the handed down through the generations, such loggerhead turtles ashore to lay their eggs.
Pantheon, admire Michelangelo’s Sistine as metal beating or ornate stitchwork. Above And none surpasses Shipwreck Beach for
Chapel ceiling, then cast a coin into the Trevi this timeless bustle, the Mosque of the Olive sheer beauty, as its perfect horseshoe bay
Fountain to ensure your return. Tree’s grand minaret rises ornately skyward. cradles an abandoned hull on its white sand.
SAMOS, GREECE VALLETTA, MALTA
This heavenly isle, 3km from Turkey, is the The imposing sand-hued fortifications loom
fabled birthplace of Zeus’s sister, Hera. Her out of blue waters to tell of a past defined by
sanctuary counted among the seven ancient two great acts defiance, the 1565 Ottoman
wonders – four times the Parthenon’s size – Siege and Malta’s remarkable role in World
and its remains still command considerable War II. The George Cross awarded to the
awe. Pythagoras was born here too; even he island is on display at the National War
would struggle to put a number on the array Museum, while from Upper Barrakka Gardens,
of orchids and wild birds, including spring-time witness the firing of the noon cannon as you
flamingoes, that daub Samos’s countryside. take in breathtaking harbour views.
SANTORINI, GREECE VENICE, ITALY
You can scarcely make a more magical Napoleon supposedly dubbed it the ‘finest
entrance anywhere. Gliding into the vast drawing room in all Europe’. Certainly there
water-filled crater, Santorini arcs like a are few grander spaces than St Mark’s Square,
crescent moon around you, as whitewashed with its renowned basilica, soaring bell tower
villages cling photogenically to its vertical and lavish Doge’s Palace. To you, it may be
cliffs. The scene is often more dramatic at your first enchanting call within a lacework of
dusk when, perhaps forever recalling the canals so richly embellished with details like
island’s volcanic past, the sun glows fiery the pointed Rialto Bridge and poignant Bridge
orange and ardent red. of Sighs.
For Queen Elizabeth itineraries see pages 30-35 For Queen Victoria itineraries see pages 54-81 For Queen Mary 2 itineraries see pages 116-129
Trevi Fountain, Rome Santorini, Greece Shipwreck Beach, Zakinthos
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