This eventful and beauteous cultural foray into Turkey and its neighboring Greek Isles begins in Istanbul, one of the world’s most engaging cities, with a cruise on the Bosphorus and a visit to, among much else, the ex-cathedral, ex-mosque, and current museum, the immense Hagia Sophia. Then we drive to Bodrum, where we board our superb gulet for seven nights aboard ship, sailing among the incomparable Greek and Turkish islands of the Aegean: Kos, Tilos, and Simi, swimming, snorkeling, dining on deck, visiting Roman and Greek ruins and ancient castles at sunset, sitting at little portside cafés awash with serenity.

Day 1: arrive in Istanbul • Days 2 & 3: Istanbul sightseeing and Bosphorus cruise • Day 4: fly to Bodrum, board gulet • Day 5: voyage to Dodecanese Greek isles and Kos • Day 6: to Nisyros • Day 7: to Tilos • Day 8: to Simi, Pamormitis Monastery • Day 9: navigate cove-to-cove en route to Datca, Turkey • Day 10: Gokova Bay • Day 11: disembark, visit Euromos and Priene • Day 12: visit Ephesus, fly to Istanbul • Day 13: depart Istanbul.

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