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Overnight ferries around Mediteranean to make a "DIY cheap cruise" ?

  • 23-10-2011 10:03am
    #1
    mikedublin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 360 ✭✭


    I'm wondering would anyone know any good overnight ferry routes around the Mediteranean sea, which I could use to string together a cheap DIY mediteranean cruise ?

    If anyone has any experience of booking overnight ferries and good places to start / end a journey I'd be very grateful for any suggestions / advice. I've always wanted to do a cruise around the med, but couldn't afford a proper cruise package, so am trying to do the nearest thing possible to it using ordinary ferries.

    Thanks for any advice , Mike


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  • #2
    Badgermonkey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,019 ✭✭✭Badgermonkey


    Mike, check the excellent www.seat61.com. Primarily a comprehensive guide to rail travel, it also includes info on ferry routes and operator websites sorted by country.

    http://www.seat61.com/buy-a-ferry-ticket-online.htm

    e.g. Italy - Greece

    http://www.superfast.com/site/splash.asp

    http://www.ferries.gr/Strintzis/

    http://www.minoan.gr/en
    Sail from Bari to Patras in Greece on the Superfast Ferries / Blue Star Ferries ferry leaving Bari daily except Sundays at 20:00 and arriving Patras at 12:30 the next day (day 3) (On Sundays the ship sails at 12:00, too early to make connections from Bologna or anywhere else). You can book a 'deck place' (a good and cheap option in summer if you have your own sleeping bag) or a reclining seat or a berth in various types of cabin, including luxury cabins with private shower & toilet. The ship is modern and comfortable, with good restaurants, bars and sun decks. You can check sailing times & dates at either the Seat61 Ferry Shop or www.superfast.com. Strolling the decks in the morning sun as the ship cruises past the islands of Cephalonia and Ithaca is the nicest part of the trip, and it's a wonderful way to arrive in Greece. In Patras, the ferry arrives in the town centre just five minutes walk from the railway station, which is just outside the ferry dock and along the harbour-front road to the right.


  • #3
    mikedublin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 360 ✭✭mikedublin


    Cool. Thanks, Thats excellent. Thats exactly the kind of ferry trip I was looking for. Cheers, Mike


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