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We took a similar cruise (same itinerary, different boat) July 2019. It was fun, but like you said a bit sedentary. The last two years we have taken boat/ebike tours. Last year it was in the canals south of Paris, this year it was the Ionean Sea (Corfu, Paxos, Lefkas, Ithica, Aegina, Athens). In October we are doing a tour from Porto to Santiago de Compostela (no boats). Next year we are thinking of doing one out of Bordum, Turkey to the southern Aegean Greek islands.
My wife & I were looking at this exact same itinerary some months ago, but decided against it. As South Africans, to get to Dubrovnik and depart from Split would involve flying via Dubai or Doha, with long layovers, and the added risk of uncertainty what may happen in the M-East. We have to book airline tickets many months in advance to apply for visas.
We then decided on a road trip through Portugal and the Algarve, an organized food & wine tour in France, and another road trip through the south of France.
That sounds pretty wonderful. Years and years ago we did something similar in the Caribbean and hope to do something like this on Turkey's Turquoise Coast in the next few years.
Sounds so fun! I was just wondering if you had the option to eat dinner on the boat or was it mandatory to eat on shore? This all looks so much nicer than our sailing in ‘22 in the Bahamas. Instead of a fancy yacht(ship) we were on a sailboat. It was really more like a broken down pirate ship, and not in a good way.
On the “Googler Alert” topic - I always use Duck Duck Go as my default browser. This way Google doesn’t know what I’m searching, and my Inbox stays clean.
We took a similar cruise (same itinerary, different boat) July 2019. It was fun, but like you said a bit sedentary. The last two years we have taken boat/ebike tours. Last year it was in the canals south of Paris, this year it was the Ionean Sea (Corfu, Paxos, Lefkas, Ithica, Aegina, Athens). In October we are doing a tour from Porto to Santiago de Compostela (no boats). Next year we are thinking of doing one out of Bordum, Turkey to the southern Aegean Greek islands.
We took quite a few bike trips (Puglia, the UP,Napa/ Sonoma) always great trips!!!!!
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My wife & I were looking at this exact same itinerary some months ago, but decided against it. As South Africans, to get to Dubrovnik and depart from Split would involve flying via Dubai or Doha, with long layovers, and the added risk of uncertainty what may happen in the M-East. We have to book airline tickets many months in advance to apply for visas.
We then decided on a road trip through Portugal and the Algarve, an organized food & wine tour in France, and another road trip through the south of France.
Nice review! Glad you enjoyed it.
That sounds pretty wonderful. Years and years ago we did something similar in the Caribbean and hope to do something like this on Turkey's Turquoise Coast in the next few years.
Just curious. Were any of the passengers solo travelers?
Yes two women travelled independently.
Sounds so fun! I was just wondering if you had the option to eat dinner on the boat or was it mandatory to eat on shore? This all looks so much nicer than our sailing in ‘22 in the Bahamas. Instead of a fancy yacht(ship) we were on a sailboat. It was really more like a broken down pirate ship, and not in a good way.
Two dinners on the hoat were included and an optional barbecue was available on the last night.