Timeless Mediterranean – Santorini & Istanbul

About this cruise

You won't run out of things to do on a trip this long, but you also won't feel like you have to do any of them. 11 nights from Civitavecchia (Rome) on May 24, 2027, visiting Souda (Chania), Kusadasi, Istanbul, Santorini, Mykonos and Naples. 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. The route threads through 3 countries along the Eastern Mediterranean coast: Greece, Türkiye and Italy. Most ports give you about 11 hours, so you can do more than just tick off the main sights. As for the ship itself, Celebrity Ascent launched in 2023, so everything on board is still new. You can tell. 11 nights is long enough to build a routine on board: favourite restaurant, favourite deck chair, favourite people. It starts to feel like a floating village. A spring departure helps too: decent weather and a calmer feel at each port. You'll probably start planning the next one before this one's even over.