Follow in the wake of ancient sailing ships as you cruise along the dazzling, island-studded Adriatic on a voyage of discovery from Venice to Athens.

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A Cruise of the Adriatic and Aegean

From Venice to Athens

9 days from $4,395

Follow in the wake of ancient sailing ships as you cruise along the dazzling, island-studded Adriatic on a voyage of discovery from Venice to Athens.

WHAT OUR TRAVELERS SAY

The combination of big picture lectures on board and knowledgeable local guides in the towns was excellent. The very complex history of the area was brought into meaningful and sharp focus.

- Susan C.

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Sep 15 - 23, 2019 Departure; Sep 17 - 25, 2020 Departure

Dennis Romano is a specialist in the history of medieval and Renaissance Europe and the Mediterranean. The Walter Montgomery and Marian Gruber Professor of History emeritus at Syracuse University, he is the author of dozens of articles and five books including The Likeness of Venice: A Life of Doge Francesco Foscari, 1373-1457 and Markets and Marketplaces in Medieval Italy, both published by Yale University Press. He is the recipient of numerous grants and fellowships including a Guggenheim Fellowship and an Ailsa Mellon Bruce Senior Fellowship at the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts at the National Gallery of Art in Washington. He is currently writing, for Oxford University Press, a history of Venice from the city’s origins to the present day.

Sep 10 - 18, 2020 Departure

Bella Vivante

Bella Vivante, Professor Emerita of Classics, University of Arizona, has eagerly led college age and adult learners on many study tours through Turkey and Greece. She delights in repeatedly seeing the fantastic ancient to modern sites and artifacts herself and in sharing her enthusiasm with other interested learners. Her research focuses on ancient Greek poetry, especially Homer, ancient womens' ritual and cultural roles, and on the figure of Helen as icon of femininity and poetic creation in ancient Greek and modern poetry. Her publications include: "Helen in 20th c. Films," Daughters of Gaia: Women in the Ancient Mediterranean, and a translation of Euripides' Helen in Women on the Edge: Four Plays by Euripides. Bella looks forward to sharing her love for the ancient world with its cultural artifacts and for the modern peoples and cultures encountered during her travels.