Stunning aerial shot of Santorini coast at sunset with a cruise ship in the Aegean Sea

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Malta, Sicily and Greece Under Sail Aboard Sea Cloud II (Westbound)

Europe

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Your Ship

Sea Cloud II

A three-masted barque with twenty-three sails, set by hand from the yards

Aboard

  • A genuine square-rigger; twenty-three sails, about 29,000 square feet of canvas
  • Built at Astilleros Gondán in Spain, launched 1999 and completed in January 2001
  • Masts stand 188 feet above the waterline; the sails are worked aloft by hand
  • Owned by Sea Cloud Cruises of Hamburg and chartered by Lindblad
  • Draws under eighteen feet, with a swim platform and three Zodiacs

Ashore

Where You Stop

Piraeus

Valletta

Europe

The Greek Isles

Whitewashed villages spilling down volcanic cliffs, harbors the color of a swimming pool, and ruins you walk through rather than past; the Aegean is small enough that a week reaches a genuine cross-section of it.

Best Time to Go
May, June, September and October; July and August are hot and crowded
Typical Length
7 to 10 nights
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September 2, 2028
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