Minaret & Marble – Athens, Izmir & Istanbul

About this cruise

This one leaves Bari on March 6, 2027 and spends 7 nights visiting Piraeus (Athens), Izmir, Istanbul and Corfu at a pace where every day has something going on but there's always time to just sit and watch the water too. There's a stretch of back-to-back port days, so those days are busy, but the sea days around them give you time to recharge. Archaeological sites, ouzo by the water, and island-hopping through the Aegean. Most ports give you about 9 hours, so you can do more than just tick off the main sights. As for the ship itself, MSC Lirica has 5 restaurants on board, which means you could eat somewhere different nearly every night. A spring departure helps too: decent weather and a calmer feel at each port. Hard to ask for much more than that, honestly.