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Cruising the Carian Coast

Sun May 16 - Sat May 29 2010

14 DAYS

£2,970 (limited to 11 guests)
Sing supp £650

Tour Guide: Dr. Michael Metcalfe

Tour Price includes:
Full board accomm on gulet
All road transfers
All crew services on gulet
Entrance fees & tips on land
Archaeological excursions

TESTIMONIALS

Simply put, Michael gets an excellent rating on all counts, 5 out of 5. He is knowledgeable, friendly, interesting, obviously passionate about his work, and a great asset.

Wayne Prescott, Canton, CT, USA

Cruising the Carian Coast

This cultural holiday and archaeological gulet cruise interweaves the magic of the Turkish coast with two awe inspiring Greek islands. We set sail on our gulet and head west from Göçek, to Bodrum, ancient Halicarnassus, site of the Mausoleum, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.

Fortification gate at Loryma, southwest Turkey
Fortification door, Loryma

On this escorted tour we visit some of the greatest archaeological gems on Turkey’s southwest coast: Kaunos with its exquisite rock-cut temple tombs, and beautifully preserved Knidos, a monumental marbled city arranged around a double harbour.

We’ll also travel to visit one of the best preserved medieval cities in the world, Rhodes, (a powerhouse in antiquity too) and the neighbouring Greek island of Symi, decked out in the finest neo-classical style.

This archaeological tour weaves together a cornucopia of simple pleasures: magnificent sites, quiet coves, wondrous walks, breathtaking vistas and glorious swims. As with all our gulet cruises in Turkey, delicious Turkish food is a key component.

Taking a luxurious sailing vacation on the Turkish gulet, Almira, our ever changing horizon is a wild, remote and mountainous landscape cut into long peninsulas, deep inlets, secluded coves and pine-fringed fjords. Exploring this unspoilt coast, we rediscover the ancient realm of Mausolus, ruler of Caria, 2400 years ago. With such rich and strategically vital cities, the area was a crossroads of civilisations. Alexander the Great liberated it from Persia, Rhodes sought to carve it into an empire, and the legacy of Crusader castles still speaks of the epic battle between Christianity and Islam.

A holiday in Turkey designed to inspire and relax in equal measure.