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Bodrum - Kos - Nissyros - Tilos - Rhodes - Symi - Bodrum

- Starts at Sunday.
  • Day 1: Bodrum.

    Boarding starts at 15:30 Hours at Bodrum Harbour.
    Early arriving guests can leave their luggage at the office.

    On the first day, our boat will be anchored at Bodrum Port for dinner and overnight stay.

  • Day 2: Kos.

    While you have breakfast, you will be informed about the cruise programme.
    After the paper work at customs is completed we will cruise to Kos Island, known to be the birth place of Hippocrates, 'the Father of Medical Sciences', with the Asclepieion who is located here.

    All the East-Mediterrenean people with health problems were treated in Kos at these asklepieion.

    Kos; the third largest island of the 12 islands (Dodecanese islands) has a very mild climate and very fertile lands.

    The island housed a 2.360-year-old plane tree, a 211-year-old fountain and a 119 km long beach.

    Kos is one of the islands with the best night life. Nafklirou, a street full of bars, is always crowded, colourful, and full of life, and Kardamena on the south side of the island.

  • Day 3: Nissyros - Tilos.

    Early in the morning we will set sail to Nissyros.
    The volcano on Nissyros island- which means 'the place with figs'- in the Aegean Sea- erupted the last time in 1888 and is still active. Nikea village located on the side of the crater is constituted with white streets and a mosaic-style square.
    You can take an optional bus tour to the crater which is still active and where you can see the gases coming from the underground. On the way back after, a short village tour and a lunch break.
    We will cruise to Tilos Island for dinner and overnight stay, we anchor in the port of this small tranquil island.

  • Day 4: Rhodes (Rhodos)

    Cruising to Rhodes early in the morning. Rhodes is the largest island of the Dodecanese.

    The island is a very popular holiday place as it has one of the best-protected and the largest European Medieval city and has warm weather 300 days of a year.
    Rhodes has been a home for many civilizations: starting with the knights of St. John in the Middle Ages, then Ottomans and Italians; thus the island has a unique historical harmony and beauty.

    The main port is at Mandraki in the front of the old town of Rhodes City which bears the same name with the island.
    The other very touristic areas of Rhodes island are; Lindos Yalissos and Kamiros.
    The Old City, which is still surrounded by 12 meter-thick city-walls, gives you the feeling of travelling back to Medieval times especially when you walk around its narrow, stone-paved roads.

    After dinner, our guests are highly recommended to enjoy a Rhodes night out.

  • Day 5: Symi

    We will set sail for Symi Island early in the morning and arrive at the Monastry of Panormitis located in the southern part of Symi.
    It is possible to visit the Monastery and the Museum on this well-protected and peaceful bay.
    After having a swimming break on the eastern shores of the island, we will anchor at the main port early in the evening.

    You can see the shore-side with its neo-classical houses and the peripheral districts.
    You are going to adore Symi for its pine and oak forests and unique bays.

  • Day 6: Datça - Knidos

    We will get into Turkish waters from Datça.
    You can enjoy a short-walk on the shore while your captain deals with the customs procedures.

    We will sail to Knidos after lunch.
    Knidos was a developed city in science, art and architecture.

    • Eudoxos, a very popular astronomer and maths professor.
    • Dr. Euryphon Polygontos, a popular painter.
    • Skopas and Bryaksis of Faros, the most famous sculptors of the era.
    • Sostrates, the architect of Alexandrian light house -one of the seven wonders of the World.
    • Ktesias the doctor who saved the life of a Persian king from a disaster lived on his land.

    Dr. Euryphon and his students founded the second largest medical sciences school in Knidos.

    The island also homes the largest sun clock of its time which was erected by Eudoksos.

    Knidos was the home for Aphrodite's monument and at those times the city was famous for brothels and became popular for sailors and Arabic tradesmen.

  • Day 7: Poyraz - Bodrum

    We will anchoring in Karada Poyraz Bay and have the last swimming break in these beautiful blue waters.
    We will be sailing to Bodrum Port for dinner and overnight stay.

  • Day 8: Bodrum.

    We will leave the boat by 10:30 after breakfast.


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