Monastery of Hosios Loukas is a UNESCO world Heritage Site. It is on the way to Delphi from Athens and worth a visit. The monastery is of Byzantine art and architecture. Entrance ticket Entrance ticket was €4 for adult and €2 for children in 2023. Back to 2023 9 day Greek Turkey cruise summary
Information Arriving on cruise at Kusadasi Port. We booked a taxi/tour with Kusadasi Ephesus Taxi Service for a day trip to Ephesus. Highly recommend the taxi service, we booked based on good reviews on TripAdvisor and the reviews were true. Tashin our driver picked us up on time at the port. He provided a lot […]
Istanbul the largest city in Türkiye (Turkey) spans over Eurpoe and Asia. The Bosporus separate the Europe and Asia side and connects the Mediterranean to the Black sea. Information Cruise port The cruise port for Istanbul is the new Galataport port with shops and restaurants. From Galataport you can walk along the river to cross […]
Meteora is a UNESEC world Heritage site. The unique rock formations are stunning. There are 6 monasteries that are open to the public. Important information Dress Code There is a dress code for the Monasteries, Women must wear skirts that is longer than knee and shoulder must be covered. Men must wear long pants. Some monasteries […]
Everglades National Park is the third largest national park in the continent behind Death Valley and Yellowstone. Four visitor centers spread out pretty much each side of park borders: Ernest F. Coe at east, Flamingo at south, Shark Valley at north, Gulf Coast at west. Every visit center offers something special of its own. Shark […]
Havana is very safe even at night. The heavy penalty of violating law might play a big role in maintaining safe tourism environment. If taking a cruise to Cuba, add about 2 hours buffer to get through the custom in your first port of call at Cuba. The process is easy but slow due to […]
Touring Malta is easy with massive bus network and competitive hop-on-hop-off bus market. HOHO bus is more suitable when you have long day in peak season schedule. Rental car is of cause the best if you used to left-hand drive like UK.
Mykonos is a very small town and water is super clear. Town touring can complete in 3 hours while Delos would take 5 hours. Mykonos port info Mykonos has two port, the new port and the old port. The old port is walkable to Mykonos town and is where to take the ferry to Delos. […]
This is a 10-Day NCL cruise porting Italy, Greece, and Malta. The pros about this itinerary is only one sea day. The cons are less popular Messina port of call at Sicily (Italy) and afternoon port time at Mykonos (Greece) and Valletta (Malta). In November, Mediterranean water is cold and no good for water activities. Sky […]
Warnemunde is a Baltic cruise port serving cruiser to Berlin and other closer attractions. Instead of Berlin shore excursion, we drive to Schwerin and Lubeck on our own. Lübeck is quite nice an old town. Old-day atmosphere mixes modern shops in great balance. Schwerin Castle is a good stop. We didn’t find interesting things in Restock though. […]