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Lorenzo Castro, The Battle of Actium, Oil on canvas, 1672, Greenwich Maritime Museum

NAVAL BATTLES - Cruise Dates: 31 May - 06 June 2020 (7 days/6 Nights: 2 Athens, 1 Nafpaktos, 3 sail)

Total Price (Per Person)*: 2,400€ (sharing double or triple cabins)

140€ (plus for single supplement in Athens-Nafpaktos)

*For at least 10 persons, price depending on the class of ship

Day 1 – Sunday 31 May - Arrival - Arrival at Athens Airport - Travel to Hotel - Ice breaking drink

Day 2 – Monday 01 June - Salamis - Study period - Park of Maritime Tradition – Trireme exhib. - Egaleo Hill, battle development - Travel to Nafpaktos - Overnight in Nafpaktos

Day 3 – Tuesday 02 June – Lepanto - On board ship - Naval battle of Lepanto - Sail to Preveza - Naval battle of Actium - Overnight in Preveza

Day 4-Wednesday 03 June - Cruise - Cruise around Lefkas island - Sail to Fiscardo, Cefallonia - Sail to Ithaca - Sail to Zakynthos

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Zakynthos

What is Included

3*/4* hotel accommodation (basic) including breakfast

Information pack Evening presentations (where

appropriate) All transportation costs All entrance fees All presentations in battlefields Tour manager available day and

night All dinners Bottled water each day Farewell dinner

Memorabilia gift

What is NOT Included

Flights costs Pick up transport from/to airport

Day 5-Thursday 04 June - Navarin

- Sail to Pylos - Naval Battle of Navarin - Overnight in Pylos

Day 6–Friday 05 June – Olympia

- Travel to Olympia - Olympia archaeological site - Return to Athens - Group dinner

Day 7 –Saturday 06 June–Departure - Travel to the Airport - Departure

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War

Map of Greece

Recommended Reading List - Crowley, Robert, Empires of the Sea The Final Battle for the Mediterranean, 1521–1580,

London: Faber and Faber, 2009. - Sheppard, Si, Actium 31 BC Downfall of Antony and Cleopatra, London: Osprey, 2009. - Strauss, Barry, The Battle of Salamis The Naval Encounter that Saved Greece and

Western Civilization, New York: Simon & Schuster, 2004 - Woodhouse, Christopher, The Battle of Navarino, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1965.