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The Venice-Corfu Itinerary the Piraeus-Heraklion Bitez, Konacık, Yalı and Mumcular. and Yalı Konacık, Bitez, Ortakent, Türkbükü, Yalıkavak, Gümüşlük, Gümüşlük, Yalıkavak, Türkbükü, Ortakent, the municipalities of Bodrum, Turgutreis, Turgutreis, Bodrum, of municipalities the the west coast of Turkey. The region includes includes region The Turkey. of coast west the located in the south-western Aegean, along along Aegean, south-western the in located Venetian citadel in Mylopotamus. in citadel Venetian province, province, Muğla the in city port a is Bodrum 4,000 inhabitants. There is an outstanding outstanding an is There inhabitants. 4,000 part fell into Turkish hands in 1715. in hands Turkish into fell part square km and a population of barely barely of population a and km square Long: 27°25’47.8”E Long: started in 1572 and the last Venetian-Cretan Venetian-Cretan last the and 1572 in started (Epidaurus, Corinth, Mycenea). Corinth, (Epidaurus, Cape Matapan. 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Despite its strategic strategic its Despite Crete. of island the of for world the in port third the now is It is located in the the in located is marina Rethymno The is is Istanbul region, Marmara the in Located islands not far from the north-western coast coast north-western the from far not islands ports. secondary small and waterways several Long: 23°02’19.2”E Long: Gramvousa is constituted by two small small two by constituted is Gramvousa by constituted port natural a is Piraeus 36°41’10.4”N Lat: Long: 28°59’06.5”E Long: 24°28’55.2”E N Long: 23.038672 36.686222, WGS 41°02’13.1”N Lat: 35°22’00.2” Lat: Long: 23°39’00.4”E Long: Long: 23°34’41.6”E Long: 28.985131 41.036976, WGS 24.481989 35.366726, WGS 37°56’44.5”N Lat: 35°36’24.2”N Lat: GPS Coordinates GPS 23.650118 37.945687, WGS Taksim Square Square Taksim marina Rethymno 23.578223 35.606719, WGS Peloponnese, Greece Peloponnese, GPS Coordinates GPS GPS Coordinates GPS Coordinates GPS Coordinates GPS Monemvasia, Laconia, Laconia, Monemvasia, Piraeus, Attica, Greece Attica, Piraeus, Istanbul, Marmara Region, Turkey Region, Marmara Istanbul, Greece Crete, Rethymno, Greece Crete, Chanià, Gramvousa, City, Province, Region, Country Region, Province, City, City, Province, Region, Country Region, Province, City, City, Province, Region, Country Region, Province, City, Country Region, Province, City, Country Region, Province, City, (also Napoli di Malvasia) di Napoli (also Piraeus Istanbul Rethymno/Rethymno Gramvousa/Gramvousa Monemvasia/Malvasia ITINERARY ITINERARY PIRAEUS-HERAKLION In cooperion wi cooperion In ISTANBUL-BODRUM THE THE THE WWW.VEROTOUR.EU VENICE-CORFU ITINERARY Venice Piran Pula/Pola Šibenik/Sebenico Korčula/Curzola Budva/Budua Corfu/Corfù City, Province, Region, Country City, Province, Region, Country City, Province, Region, Country City, Province, Region, Country City, Province, Region, Country City, Province, Region, Country City, Province, Region, Country Contacts / İletişim Venice, Veneto, Italy Piran - Pirano, Pula, Istria County, Croatia Šibenik, Šibenik-Knin County, Korčula, Dubrovnik-Neretva Budva, Montenegro Corfu, Ionian islands, Greece The Coast and the Karst region, Croatia County, Croatia Veneto Region - Tourism Department GPS Coordinates GPS Coordinates GPS Coordinates GPS Coordinates Palazzo Sceriman, Cannaregio 168 Slovenia St Mark’s Square/Piazza San Marco Pula/Pola GPS Coordinates GPS Coordinates WGS 42.280841, 18.837914 WGS 39.626796, 19.917480 30121 Venezia WGS 45.434193, 12.338416 GPS Coordinates WGS 44.869722, 13.841111 Šibenik/Sebenico Korčula/Curzola Lat: 42°16’51.0”N Lat: 39°37’36.5”N [email protected] Lat: 45°26’03.1” N Lat: 44°52’11.0”N WGS 43.719167, 15.905278 WGS 42.958590, 17.136394 Long: 18°50’16.5”E Long: 19°55’02.9”E www.regione.veneto.it Tartinijev trg - Tartini Square www.veneto.to Long: 12°20’18.3” E WGS 45.530215, 13.563114 Long: 13°50’28.0”E Lat: 43°43’09.0”N Lat: 42°57’30.9”N Lat: 45°26’02.4288” N Long: 15°54’19.0”E Long: 17°08’11.0”E The old town of Budva, featuring The island is located just off the Epirus coast, Venice is a city in northern Italy, the capital Long: 12°20’17.0520” E Pula, the city with a three-thousand-year Mediterranean-style architecture, is located bisecting the route from Albania to Greece.
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