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First days at sea

Port 2 Cagliari, Sardinia

Port 3 Trapani, Sicily

Port 4 Alanya, Turkey

Port 5 Iskenderun, Turkey

Port 6 Limassol, Cyprus

Port 7 Alexandria, Egypt

Port 8 Catania, Sicily

Port 10 Algiers

Port 11 Gibraltar

Port 12 Lisbon, Portugal

Iskenderun, Turkey (formerly Alexandretta) & Antioch

Iskenderun (panorama below) is a dump but we went on a tour to Antalya or Antioch.

Antioch is a dump as well but we visited the St. Peter Church (yes, that St. Pete) in a cave with extensions a millennium later by the crusaders.

Antalya from St. Peter's Church

The church is in this cliff

Church entrance

Looking towards the altar

Crusader extension

Priest's seat

The archaeological museum had some great stuff, including a lot of excellent Roman mosaics & objects from the Old Stone Age onwards.

Tomb of Gallienus (r.272-287)

Various mosaics


Looks like rape!

Lucius Verus

Archaeological Museum

Lunch break, an ethnic feast in a posh modern hotel. We went back to the museum, as parking was possible, then we walked through the Casbah, crowded with people & more shoe shops than ever seen before. Then, back to the ship.

Centre of Antioch

In the Casbah (& below)

Atrium in the Casbah


First days at sea

Port 2 Cagliari, Sardinia

Port 3 Trapani, Sicily

Port 4 Alanya, Turkey

Port 5 Iskenderun, Turkey

Port 6 Limassol, Cyprus

Port 7 Alexandria, Egypt

Port 8 Catania, Sicily

Port 10 Algiers

Port 11 Gibraltar

Port 12 Lisbon, Portugal


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