Ocean Discovery – La Valletta, Catania & Piraeus (Athens)

About this cruise

Every port gets the time it deserves and the sea days in between are half the fun. This 14-night sailing leaves Heraklion on July 2, 2027 and visits Valletta, Catania and Piraeus (Athens), with additional stops along the Eastern Mediterranean. Expect a run of consecutive ports, 7 stops total, with the busiest days packed close together. The sea days around them feel earned. The route threads through 4 countries along the Eastern Mediterranean coast: Malta, Italy, Greece and Türkiye. If one port sticks with you, it'll probably be Izmir, Turkey's laid-back Aegean metropolis. Roughly 13 hours ashore per stop. No need to rush. Mein Schiff 5 has 11 restaurants on board, which means you could eat somewhere different nearly every night. The shows alone are worth the extra nights. You'll catch comedy, music, theatre, and themed evenings you'd miss on a shorter trip. Heraklion itself is worth spending some time in. Don't just treat it as a departure point. And July means long, warm days. Good for the ports, good for the pool. It's the kind of trip you actually remember afterwards.