Greek Islands and Turkey

Aegean: Photos of  Public spaces  and  cabins

3 & 4 day cruises

Welcome on board! There is no other holiday quite like a cruise of the Aegean, as you can discover for yourself with any of the Golden Sun cruises. And you'll find our prices just as amazing as some of the breathtaking islands and historic ports.

 

3 Day Cruise to the Greek Isles & Turkey : Sailing Fridays

 

 

Round Trip from Piraeus
Day	Port	Arrival	Departure
Fri	Piraeus (Athens), Greece Mykonos ( Greece)	- 6:00 PM	11:00 am 11:00 PM
Sat	Kusadasi , Ephesus (Turkey) Patmos, Greece *	7:00 pM 4:00 PM	12:00 Noon 9:00 PM
Sun	Heraklion , Crete , Greece Santorini, Greece	7:00 AM 4:00 PM	11:30 PM 09:00 PM
Mon	Piraeus (Athens), Greece	7:00 am
* -Disembarkation by tenders, weather permitting.

 

4 Day Cruise to the Greek Isles & Turkey : Sailing Mondays

Round Trip from Piraeus
Day	Port	Arrival	Departure
Mon	Piraeus (Athens), Greece Mykonos ( Greece)	- 6:00 PM	11:00 am 11:00 PM
Tue	Kusadasi , Ephesus (Turkey) Patmos, Greece	7:00 pM 4:00 PM	12:00 Noon 9:00 PM
Wed	Rhodes , Crete s, Greece	7:00 AM	6:00 PM
Thu	Heraklion , Crete , Greece Santorini	7:00 am 4:00 PM	11:30 PM 9:00 PM
Fri	Piraeus (Athens), Greece	7:00 AM
* -Disembarkation by tenders, weather permitting.

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Golden Star Cruises :
MV Aegean I Specification:
CRT : 11,600 - Air conditioned throughout - Length 140.50 Meters
Breadth : 20.50 Meters - Speed : 16 Knots - Passenger decks : 8
Cabins : 280 - Elevators : 2

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    Aegean: Photos of Public spaces and cabins

 

 

 

 

 

 

Golden Star Cruises welcome you onboard the "Aegean I", where you can enjoy an intimate and relaxed style of holiday. Onboard our 3 & 4 day cruises, you will have the fantastic opportunity to explore and devour the treasures of the world's most historical and majestical playground - the Mediterranean.

With our extensive knowledge and experience in this part of the world, we are able and proud to flaunt the unique beauty that the Mediterranean is so famous for. Travel back in time with Golden Star Cruises and discover fabled myths, legends and antiquities of the Greek isles - the birthplace of civilisation.

 

Weather etc.: Aegean Islands:

The hallmark of the Greek geographical landscape, is in fact widely various, with many contrasts on the mainland and the islands.
From the one side there are high mountains such as the Pindus range and the Olympus mountain in Thessalia, with its highest point at Pantheon with 2,917m (9,626 ft) of altitude. On the other hand, the endless coastlines combined with the deep blue but yet crystal clear waters, give a surprising variety of beaches, from greek-colored fjords, to ribbons of golden sand of some kilometers long.
The Greek peninsula, Europe's southeastern boundary, with an approximate area of 132,000 sq.km, consists of the mainland (Attica, Peloponese, Sterea Hellas, Thessalia, Epirus, Macedonia and Thrace) and the islands of the Ionian and the Aegean Sea.
The islands of the Aegean, some isolated like Crete in the Southern Aegean or, Euboiain North Aegean Sea, and others formed in groups like Sporades, Cyclades, Northeast Aegean islands and the Dodecanese group, enjoy a mild climate with subtropically warm summers, cooled by a system of seasonal (July-August) breezes called "meltemia". This is probably nature's self exchange for an area with 3,000 hours of sunshine yearly.

 

According to Greek Mythology, Athens was paying on regular basis to King Minos of Crete, a blood-tribute consisted of seven youths and seven maidens, that were thrown to Minotaur in Knossos labyrinths, as his food. Theseus, just having defeated the Pallantides, decided to stop this sacrifice and announced to his father Aegeus, his intention to go together with the fourteen youths to fight Minotaur Aegeus, thinking that his son would be probably killed, plunged in deep sorrow, but could not convince Theseus to quit from this operation.

When the ship that was taking the fourteen youths to Crete was ready to sail, Aegeus gave to Theseus a set of black sails and an additional set of white sails, which they were supposed to hoist, in case they would beat Minotaur and return victorious.

Theseus arrived in Crete and with the help of Ariadne (Minos' daughter who fell in love with him), managed to defeat Minotaur. Unfortunately during his return to Athens, Theseus forgot to put up the white set of sails. Aegeus who was waiting at Cape Sounion, continuously watching the sea saw the ship return from Crete, hoisted with black sails and was so much seized by despair that he fell into the sea and drowned.

Since then the sea took his name and is called the Aegean Sea ...