Ocean Discovery – Piraeus (Athens), Chania & Katakolon (Olympia)

About this cruise

Clear the calendar from April 24, 2028. This one's 11 nights from Piraeus (Athens), and the route visits Souda (Chania), Katakolon and Messina, with additional stops along the Eastern Mediterranean. By the time you're a week in, you'll have completely stopped checking your phone. Disembarkation is in Istanbul. The itinerary clusters several port calls together. Fast-paced for a few days, then the sea days hit and you can catch your breath. The route threads through 4 countries along the Eastern Mediterranean coast: Greece, Italy, Malta and Türkiye. You get around 10 hours in each port, which is enough for an excursion, lunch, and some wandering around on your own. When you're not ashore, There are 13 restaurants on Enchanted Princess, so you'd need to double up a few evenings to try them all in 11 nights. One of the underrated parts of a longer cruise: you actually get to know people. The couple from dinner, the group at trivia, the bartender who remembers your drink. An April departure catches that sweet window of warm-enough weather before the summer rush. You start in Piraeus (Athens) and come back with stories from Greece, Italy, Malta and Türkiye.