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Le Dumont d’Urville · Adriatic / Croatia

Study Cruise: The Adriatic, Dalmatia & the Ionian Coast

8 nights · 29. September - 7. October 2027 · Venedig → Lavrion (Athen)

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Eight nights link Venice with Athens by way of the southern Adriatic and the Ionian Sea. Aboard the Ponant Explorer-class yacht with 184 guests, the Blue Eye underwater lounge, a marina and sixteen Zodiacs you sail with Smithsonian Journeys experts on history and antiquity. The route reaches from the Palace of Diocletian in Split to Sarandë in Albania, the gateway to Delphi and the Corinth Canal. Premium all-inclusive aboard covers drinks, gratuities and service in the French tradition.

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Venedig Start Split Hvar Ploce Dubrovnik Kotor Itea Lavrion (Athen) End
Venedig → Lavrion (Athen) · approx. 0 nautical miles
Leg 1 · Embarkation

Venedig

Basilika Santa Maria della Salute am Eingang des Canal Grande in Venedig mit Gondeln im Vordergrund

Built on 118 islands and a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1987 - Venice is a masterpiece of human ingenuity …

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Leg 2

Split

Split - Riva-Uferpromenade mit Glockenturm der Kathedrale des Heiligen Domnius

Split literally lives inside an emperor's palace: Diocletian's Palace, dating from the 4th century, is inhabited to this day and forms the core of the Old Town - a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979.

Leg 3

Hvar

Der Hafen von Hvar mit den vorgelagerten Pakleni-Inseln

Hvar is Croatia's sunniest island (2,800 hours of sunshine a year) …

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Leg 4

Ploce

Adria – türkise Bucht an der dalmatinischen Küste

On Croatia's Dalmatian Adriatic coast between Split and Dubrovnik, this port serves as the country's second-busiest cargo harbour and as the gateway to Bosnia and Herzegovina …

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Leg 5

Dubrovnik

Aerial view of Dubrovnik, Croatia

The "Pearl of the Adriatic" is one of Europe's best-preserved medieval cityscapes and has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979 …

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Leg 6

Kotor

Kotor - Blick über die Altstadt und die Bucht von Kotor, Montenegro

At the end of one of the longest fjords in the Adriatic lies Kotor, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979 …

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Leg 7

Itea

Ios

Itea on the Gulf of Corinth is the closest harbour to Delphi - the most important oracle sanctuary of antiquity, only 10 kilometres away …

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Leg 8 · Disembarkation

Lavrion (Athen)

Marina von Lavrion an der Südostspitze Attikas - Yachten und Katamarane vor türkisem Wasser

Lavrion (also Lavrio) sits at the south-eastern tip of Attica, some 60 kilometres from Athens, and is today one of Greece's foremost sailing harbours …

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