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  Sailing Tours

 

THE LYCIAN COAST

15 days  9 nights on board 

  

CARIAN ODYSSEY 

12 days 7 nights on board

  

GREEK ISLANDS

14 days  ▫  11 nights on board 

 

A FAMIIY ADVENTURE 

16 days    6 nights on board.

 

 

 

Overland Tours

  

ANCIENT TURKEY . 16 days

Western Turkey and Cappadocia

  

EASTERNMOST TURKEY

16 days in the eastern highlands

  

CAPPADOCIA   3 days

A wonderland & warm hospitability

   

ANTALYA DAY TOURS

Antalya Old Town, Perge, Aspendos, Archeological Museum, Termessos, Phaselis, Olympus, Myra, Kekova, ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                     

GREEK ISLANDS  SAILING THE DODECANESE

14-Day  Sailing, Cultural & Hiking Adventure in the World of Islands


Istanbul,  Bodrum... then we sail the Dodecanese spending 11 nights on a traditional wooden boat, a gulet.  Dodecanese means twelve islands. It actually consists of 163 islands of which 26 are inhabitad.   We visit eleven of them including Kos, the home of Hippocrates, Patmos where St. John wrote the Book of Revelation and Rhodes, the headquarters of the Knights Hospitaller.

 

Trip Cost        Route Map         Climate

 

 

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Day 1, 2  .  After your arrival until  next day's early afternoon we tour Istanbul's great monuments such as Roman Hippodrome, the exquisite Blue Mosque and Topkapi Palace, the home and administrative center of Ottoman Sultans for 400 years. We fly to Bodrum and embark our gulet.

 

simiDay  3 - 13  .  On board -  

The island of Kos where Hippocrates was born and taught medicine and Pserimos Island for overnight (Day 3). Beautiful island of Lipsi (Day 4) and then Patmos where St. John supposedly saw the Revelation (Day 5). Hike up to the medievel castle of Leros Island (Day 6), visit Paleo Castro and the charming village of Nikia and then the huge caldera that still has active crater in Nisyros Island(Day 7). Anchor at Plaka Beach of Tilos Island and hike to Megalo Chorio to visit the Museum and the castle (Day 8). Swim in cristal clear water of Trachia Peninsula and hike to  Chorio, the old capital of Chalki Island, and  Kastro, the castel overlooking the towwe enter Emborio, a nice small village with beautiful houses, sleepy cafes and tavernas built in 1850's (Day 9). Visit the Palace of the Grand Masters, the Street of the Knights and the Archaeological Museum housed in the Knight's hospital in the old Kollakio section of Rhodos, overnight at quiet Agios Giorgios Cove of Symi island(Day 10). Walk in Gialos Harbor of Symi Island, one of the most beautiful harbors of Greece, return back Turkey at Datca, a nice coastal town (Day 11). Visit the ancient city of Cnidus located at the tip of Datca peninsula and then anchor in the “Aquarium” to overnight (Day 12) . We disembark in Bodrum, visit famous medieval castle that shelters one of the best nautical museums of the world and later in the afternoon we fly to Istanbul (Day 13).

 

Day 14.  Depart from Istanbul

 

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TRIP COST

TOUR COST     (Updated on December 15, 2008)
 

Prices listed below are subject to change in the case of significant changes in currency exchange rates or item prices by the time of the departure.

 

Number of
Travellers  

 

   Per person  

  Cost, US $

 

10 - 11

 

4,053

8 - 9

 

4,702

6 - 7

 

5,787

 

NOTE: High season surcharges are 15% for July and 20% for August

 

 

Costs are based on double occupancy.

Single Supplement:

Hotels  only : US $123

Boat only     : US $1378


 

 

 

 


What services and items are included ?

All accommodations in hotels & shared yacht cabins
All meals specified in the itinerary
All domestic land transportation & flights in the itinerary
Group arrival and departure transfers to/from hotel

All entrance fees
Services of trip leader
Services of yacht crew
Tip to hotels, restaurants and drivers




What's NOT included ?

International airfare
Personal expenses such as visa, insurance, medication, laundry, telephone calls, etc.
Drinks other then bottled water
Tip to crew and trip leader

 

 
 

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ROUTE MAP

 
 

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  CLIMATE
 
 

Average temperatures in Fahrenheit (and Celsius) and number of rainy days by month for Istanbul and Bodrum


   

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Istanbul

Maximum  

70 (21)

77 (25)

84 (29)

84 (29)

77 (25)

68 (20)

 

Minimum

52 (11)

59 (15)

59 (15)

64 (18)

54 (15)

53 (12)

 

Wet Days

8

5

4

5

6

10

Bodrum

Maximum  

79 (26)

88 (31)

93 (34)

93 (34)

86 (30)

79 (26)

 

Minimum

61 (16)

70 (21)

73 (23)

73 (23)

68 (20)

63 (17)

 

Wet Days

4

2

0.1

0.1

1

5

 

Average sea temperatures in Fahrenheit (and Celsius) along the sailing route 

 

 

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

66 (19)

70 (21)

73 (23)

75 (24)

73 (23)

72 (22)

 

 

 
 

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