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Destination Israel The cupola inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Old Jerusalem. Photo: JD Lasica · Special to Cruiseable -
Destination St. Petersburg Book passage to St. Petersburg, Russia, on Norwegian Star and explore magnificent Peterhof Palace. Courtesy of Norwegian Cruise Line -
Ship SeaDream I SeaDream I and SeaDream II squeeeeze through Greece's Corinth Canal in the Aegean Sea. Courtesy of SeaDream Yacht Club -
Destination Istanbul A view of the interior cupola of Hagia Sophia, now a museum called Ayasofya Müzesi, in Istanbul, Turkey. GoTurkey.com -
Destination Crete Six-foot-tall pithoi, or storage jars, at the Palace of Knossos. The jars, dating from the 18th century B.C., were used to store honey, wine and food. Photo: JD Lasica · Special to Cruiseable -
Destination Athens (Piraeus) An ancient mosaic on the grounds of the island of Delos. It translates as: "Formion the son of Nikias of Athens for himself and his wife and his children...." Photo: JD Lasica · Special to Cruiseable -
Destination Greece A tour group from France inspects the ruins of the ancient amphitheater on the Greek island of Delos. Photo: JD Lasica · Special to Cruiseable -
Ship Le Lyrial View of the iconic Acropolis set atop a hilltop in Athens, Greece. Photo: Y. Skoulas · Courtesy of Greek National Tourism Organization -
Ship Silver Muse The Plaka, the most desired area of Athens, shows off its neoclassical side at sunset on the north slope of the Acropolis. Photo: Y. Skoulas · Courtesy of Greek National Tourism Organization -
Destination Greece Children play at sunset on the Temple of Apollo on the island of Naxos, where hundreds of visitors gather at sundown every night. The huge marble portal was begun in 522 B.C. on the orders of the tyrant Lygdamis but never completed. Photo: JD Lasica · Special to Cruiseable -
The ruins of Laodikeia near Denizli, Turkey. GoTurkey.com -
Fairy chimneys in Cappadocia, Turkey. GoTurkey.com -
Ship Carnival Vista The library of Celsus is an ancient Roman building in Ephesus, now part of Selçuk, Turkey. It was built in honor of the Roman senator Tiberius Julius Celsus Polemaeanus. GoTurkey.com -
Destination Istanbul The Basilica Cistern is the largest of several hundred ancient cisterns that lie beneath the city of Istanbul. GoTurkey.com -
The ruins of the theater in Pergamon, near Bergama, Turkey. GoTurkey.com -
Destination Kusadasi (Ephesus) The Greek goddess Nike at Ephesus, Turkey. GoTurkey.com -
Destination Mykonos A decorative mosaic spotted on the grounds of the island of Delos near Mykonos. It's one of the most important mythological and historical sites in Greece. Photo: JD Lasica · Special to Cruiseable -
Destination Crete A building at the Palace of Knossos in Crete. The archaeological site dates to the Bronze Age and is considered Europe's oldest city. Photo: JD Lasica · Special to Cruiseable -
Destination Canada The historic fortifications of Quebec City stand in contrast to its modern cityscape. Photo: Mathieu Dupuis · Cruise Saint Lawrence -
Destination Montreal Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours Chapel in Old Montreal. Photo: Mathieu Dupuis · Cruise Saint Lawrence
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