Cruise and Maritime Voyages

Join Discovery on a fascinating quest to experience and savour ancient sites, cultural wonders and historic landmarks of the richly diverse Mediterranean and lesser visited Black Sea. Choose to sail from either Newcastle or Harwich, or fly direct to the Mediterranean with a choice of four unique itineraries varying in length from ten to twelve nights.

Sailing south from the UK, the Portuguese city of Oporto, on the banks of the Duoro River, is famous for its Port wine. Steeped in history, Gibraltar guards the entrance to the Mediterranean and Almeria, in Andalucia, offers the opportunity to visit the dramatic Alhambra at Granada. The beautiful city of Valencia offers a cosmopolitan and Mediterranean flavour and Barcelona is a showcase of quite astonishing architecture including La Sagrada Familia, Gaudi’s unfinished cathedral.

The twelve night Mediterranean Odyssey is a gem including some real island favourites including delightful Corsica, the Italian gems of Elba and Sicily, Malta with Valetta’s Grand Harbour and the beautiful Greek island of Cephalonia which has been immortalised in Captain Corelli’s Mandolin. Add to this glamorous Monte Carlo, Italy’s glorious capital of Rome, the ancient Greek sites at Nauplion and the architectural splendour of Athens for a truly wonderful voyage.

A cruise to the Black Sea unveils reminders of Tsarist Russia in Yalta and Odessa plus a call at historic Sevastopol, still the main Black Sea naval base, with memories of the Crimean War. En route from the Mediterranean, call at Canakkale with the chance to visit nearby Troy and Istanbul at the crossroads of Europe and Asia.