The Mediterranean Sea covers over 2.5 million km in area and is almost totally enclosed by land with Europe to the north, Asia to the east and Africa to the south. With such a large area to cover, you could easily sail ‘the Med’ once a year for the next ten years (at least) and have a different itinerary each time. Mediterranean cruises, which can divided into Western Mediterranean and Eastern Mediterranean, can include any of over 20 different countries. Luckily, your professional Travel Counsellor can help choose the perfect Mediterranean cruise itinerary just for you, complete with distinctive pre and post cruise activities to make your Med cruise totally unique and utterly perfect!

It’s a great wonder of the world that one day you can be digging your toes into the black sands of Santorini, Greece and a few days later stand before a 14th Century Franciscan monastery in Dubrovnik, Croatia. It is, in fact, the wonder of cruising and it is why cruising, specifically cruises to the Mediterranean, have remained so popular. You don’t have to be a history buff to appreciate the importance of the Acropolis of Athens or the magnificence of the Sistine Chapel. A cruise to the Mediterranean offers a unique opportunity to share these fantastic wonders with friends and loved ones.

Many cruises to the Mediterranean offer opportunities to experience luxury while learning. Silversea Cruises, for example, has designed itineraries and shipboard programs with a history focus and even has a program to tempt the taste buds of burgeoning gourmets and all this while enjoying a total luxury experience.

- From Spain to Croatia…The Mediterranean coastline stretches for 46,000 kms with over 100 seaports.

- Just as Champagne can only be called Champagne when it originates from that famed region of France, so too can Kalamata olives. Only the olives produced in Kalamata, Greece are permitted to carry that name.