Arrival and Departure Information

 

Cruising to the Cyclades Sat May 19 – Sat June 2 2012 15 DAYS £3,675 per person Sing supp £925 Tour Guide: Heinrich Hall Maximum 20 guests Tour Price includes: Full board accomm on gulet Airport transfers on first and last day of tour All crew services on gulet Entrance fees & tips on land Cultural excursions

Arrival Airport - Kos (also connected by ferry with Athens/Piraeus or with Bodrum in Turkey)

Departure Airport - Kos (also connected by ferry with Athens/Piraeus or with Bodrum in Turkey)

We recommend you arrive at the gulet in the late afternoon/evening on the first day, and leave the boat first thing in the morning on the last day (check out time on the final day is 10 am). We will arrange local transfers from the airport at the start of the tour, and to the airport at the end of the trip.

Guests can board the gulet after 5pm on the first day. You are more than welcome to arrive earlier to drop off your bags, but please be aware that the crew will be busy cleaning and tidying until late afternoon making everything ready for your group.

Booking Flights
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Travel Insurance
Travel insurance is a requirement of our booking conditions and we recommend you investigate the options thoroughly to make sure that your trip is properly covered.

Alternatively you might like to look at an online travel insurance company like Travelers Traveler Insurance to give you a comparison in terms of price and coverage.

If you would prefer not to take out travel insurance you will need to complete a travel insurance waiver form.

Visas
Citizens of European Union or Schengen Treaty member states need no visa for Greece, those from the United States, Canada and Australia do not need to apply for a visa to visit Greece for trips of less than 90 days duration.

Athens
If you are planning to stay in Athens before or after your tour contact Fantasy Travel at www.FantasyTravelofGreece.com

Nature of the Cruising to the Cyclades itinerary
Cruising & Itinerary: This remarkable cruise has a character very different to that of most of our other gulet cruises. We will be crossing some stretches of wide open sea between the islands and covering considerable distances on some of the days. In so doing you’ll gain a wonderful appreciation of the nature and beauty of this part of the Aegean, a thoroughfare for sailors since the Bronze Age. There will be some early starts so we can make passage in the early morning before the wind picks up in the afternoon. While the average travelling time will be longer than our normal coastal gulet cruises, there will be opportunities to swim each day (schedule and weather permitting).

As with all of our gulet cruises, we have spent a great deal of time crafting the itinerary to be as good as it can be, but we are travelling aboard a boat and may need to make changes according to the weather and the captain’s advice.

Overnights: Compared with our coastal gulet cruises in Turkey and Italy, where we tend to spend a good number of nights moored out in isolated bays, on this trip we will be spending more nights in harbour on the islands. This means you’ll have the chance to explore not only as part of the expert led outings, you’ll also be able to go ashore and wander in the mornings and evenings when we are tied up in the picturesque Greek harbour towns.

Food: The Aegean Clipper is a Turkish gulet with a Turkish crew including a chef who will be cooking up wonderful meals throughout your cruise. As such the food served onboard will be traditional ‘Turkish’ or Eastern Mediterranean. We will be going ashore to eat authentic Greek food in family run tavernas at intervals along the way and your tour leader will ensure you’ll have the chance to sample a good many of the local Greek delicacies of the islands. The gulet will be stocked with Greek wine and spirits and your guide, Heinrich, something of a Greek wine connoisseur, will introduce you to some of the best beverages (alcoholic and non alcoholic) the Greek islands have to offer.