We went on a 23 days back-to-back cruises (11-Day Ancient Empires & 12-Day Mediterranean Legends) with Holland America’s Koningsdam. It covered 7 countries and 17 ports with some of the attractions on our bucket list namely Amalfi Coast, Santorini, Sicily and Malta. Although it cover locations that we visited before such as Dubrovnik, Split, Athens, Mykonos and Kusadasi, we do not mind to visit these cities again.
The itinerary was as the following:
- Thursday, September 12, 2019 - Flew from Houston to Rome
- Friday, September 13, 2019 - Arrived in Rome and embarked Koningsdam in Civitavecchia, Italy
- Saturday, September 14, 2019 - At Sea
- Sunday, September 15, 2019 - Docked in Katakolon, visited Olympia, Greece
- Monday, September 16, 2019 - Docked in Piraeus, visited Athens, Greece
- Tuesday, September 17, 2019 - Docked in Piraeus, visited Athens, Greece
- Wednesday, September 18, 2019 - Docked in Kusadasi, visited Ephesus, Turkey
- Thursday, September 19, 2019 - Docked in Mykonos, visited Mykonos, Greece
- Friday, September 20, 2019 - Docked in Rhodes, visited Rhodes, Greece
- Saturday, September 21, 2019 - Docked in Santorini, visited Santorini, Greece
- Sunday, September 22, 2019 - At Sea
- Monday, September 23, 2019 - Docked in Salerno, visited Amalfi Coast, Italy
- Tuesday, September 24, 2019 - Docked in Civitavecchia, visited Civita di Bagnoregio and Orvieto, Italy
- Wednesday, September 25, 2019 - At Sea
- Thursday, September 26, 2019 - Docked in Dubrovnik, visited Dubrovnik, Croatia
- Friday, September 27, 2019 - Docked in Kotor, visited Kotor, Montenegro
- Saturday, September 28, 2019 - Docked in Split, visited Split, Croatia
- Sunday, September 29, 2019 - Docked in Koper, visited Koper Slovenia
- Monday, September 30, 2019 - Docked in Korcula, visited Korcula, Croatia
- Tuesday, October 1, 2019 - Docked in Corfu, visited Corfu, Greece
- Wednesday, October 2, 2019 - Docked in Catania, visited Sicily, Italy
- Thursday, October 3, 2019 - Docked in Valletta, visited Malta
- Friday, October 4, 2019 - At Sea
- Saturday, October 5, 2019 - Docked in Naples, visited Sorrento and Naples Italy
- Sunday, October 6, 2019 - Disembarked Koningsdam in Civitavecchia, Italy and flew back to the US
Per Tom Broughton’s recommendation, we did our excursions via CruiseCritic.com (either booking a private tour or joining others on their private tours). We also did quite a lot of self touring in different ports. Overall, we were very pleased with his recommendations and enjoyed very much about our self touring.
The voyage logs are as the follows,
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| 11-Day Ancient Empires |
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| 12-Day Mediterranean Legends |
We saw so many wonderful places on this cruise. Below are just some of the examples:
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Delphi, Greece
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Parthenon in Acropolis, Athens, Greece
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| The Library of Celsus in Ephesus, Greece |
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Rhodes, Greece
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Blue Domed Church in Oia, Santorini, Greece
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Positano, Italy
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| Amalfi, Italy |
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Civita di Bagnoregio, Italy
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Duomo di Orvieto in Orvieto, Italy
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| City Wall of Dubrovnik, Croatia |
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St. Stefan Island near Budva, Montenegro
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| Waterfront of Piran, Slovenia |
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The Church of St. Dominic in Split, Croatia
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| Waterfront of Corfu, Greece |
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Waterfront of Korcula, Croatia
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Isola Bella near Taormina, Italy
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| Malta Marina |
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| Blue Grotto in Malta |
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