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timulating, informative, relaxing, sociable - just some of the words our passengers have Sused when describing the Swan Hellenic experience. A cruise aboard Minerva is like nothing else, with meticulous attention to the finest details and with a quality and British charm that is simply unique. In the company of approachable and expert Guest Speakers, you travel to the world’s cultural and geographical highlights to truly uncover the soul of each destination. The ship also calls at smaller and less visited ports, where you can stay longer and escape the crowds associated with larger vessels. Throughout your cruise you can engage with like-minded fellow passengers, who share your thirst for knowledge and an appreciation of the finest standards of service. When you return home, you will be as fulfilled and rewarded as you are relaxed. In the style of a British country house hotel, Minerva’s accommodations are elegant and understated with spacious lounges and comfortable bars. Long-serving, friendly staff look after your every need and ensure your cruise meets or surpasses every expectation.

Epidauros, Greece Join us in 2014 or 2015 for a cruise experience that has set Swan Hellenic apart for more than 60 years, and that continues to set the benchmark for those with a mind to travel. Exceptional, inclusive value THE SWAN HELLENIC DISTINCTION A Swan Hellenic cruise offers unrivalled value for money with so much included in your standard cruise fare: CONTENTS Inspiring destinations A tailor-made shore excursion programme All meals included – open-seating dining AN INTRODUCTION TO THE Small ship discovery cruising allows you to visit the world’s most iconic sites, cities An inclusive shore excursion programme, Enjoy breakfast, lunch and dinner in a choice WORLD OF SWAN HELLENIC 3-19 and less-visited gems, and to experience the true essence of each culture. worth more than $1,500 per person on a 15- of two restaurants. Morning coffee and CRUISE DESTINATIONS day cruise. A selection of excursions are offered afternoon tea is served daily. Complimentary WINTER 2014 SPRING 2015 World-class Guest Speakers in every major port. Includes gratuities and tea and coffee is available in the Veranda from India, China, Japan and the Far East 20-41 A panel of eminent Guest Speakers travels on each cruise who look forward to entrance fee. 6am-10pm. Red Sea, Black Sea, Italy sharing their enthusiasm and expertise with you. All gratuities onboard and ashore Captain’s gala nights CRUISE DESTINATIONS SUMMER & FALL 2015 Northern Waters, Baltic, Mediterranean No further tipping of waiters, stewardesses, Two gala nights are held per 15-day cruise, & Black Sea 42-69 Attention to detail hairdressers, porters, drivers and guides is including complimentary cocktail parties with Swan Hellenic cruises and shore excursion programmes are carefully planned to GRAND VOYAGES 70-79 expected or required. the Captain, ship’s officers and Swan Hellenic ensure each aspect of your cruise is delivered to the highest possible standards; staff, and wine with dinner to complement the PRE AND POST CRUISE EXTENSIONS 80-83 Flights and overseas airport transfers 94% of passengers intend to cruise with Swan Hellenic again. à la carte menus on these gala nights. Economy flights (where applicable) and GUEST SPEAKERS’ BIOGRAPHIES 84-87 transfers to and from Minerva. A selection of engaging onboard activities Friendly, professional and experienced staff SUITES AND STATEROOMS 88-89 Travel with Swan Hellenic knowing that you will be well looked after throughout Visas Depending on the individual cruise itinerary, Visas, where applicable are included although onboard workshops might include art, bridge GENERAL INFORMATION 90-94 your cruise, from the moment you arrive at your departure port. or choral workshops, photography, yoga or tai there are some exceptions. Further details can PASSAGE CONTRACT 95-100 Travel in like-minded company be found in the General Information section chi. In the evenings, enjoy a carefully selected DECK PLANS 101 Enjoy the British country-house ambience of Minerva, travelling with just 350 on page 90. Details will also be sent with your programme of refined entertainment. FARES 102-103 fellow passengers who share your curiosity about the history and cultures of the pre-cruise information. Onboard lecture programme world. Porterage of luggage A series of talks and presentations by Eminet GRAND VOYAGE FARES 104 Swan Hellenic arranges all porterage of your Guest Speakers sharing their knowledge and CRUISE CALENDAR 105 Loyalty discount luggage from the port to your stateroom. expertise on the history and culture of the For all returning passengers, a loyalty discount will apply on any future booking destinations on your cruise. Port taxes with Swan Hellenic. This loyalty discount is deductible from all fares featured in Swan Hellenic pays all port taxes on your Enhanced benefits in selected staterooms this brochure. behalf. Passengers in higher grade staterooms receive complimentary champagne, minibar, fruit and Front cover image: Caldera on Terceira Azores canapés.

Minerva transiting the Corinth Canal 3 Contact your Travel Agent, Call us at 866.923.9182 or Visit www.swanhellenic.us 4 2014 & 2015 CRUISE DESTINATIONS Itineraries to inspire Our 60th anniversary year has certainly captured our past and delight guests’ imagination. Since we launched the Anniversary Appeal, with the aim of obtaining at least one item of

memorabilia to mark each of our 60 years, we have been ravelling with Swan Hellenic means you can visit many more destinations in one overwhelmed by the enthusiastic response to the project. Tvacation than would be possible by land or air. While Minerva sails graciously from Hundreds of items, ranging from cruise documentation, one port to the next, you have the time to absorb fascinating Guest Speaker talks or visit flight tickets, passenger lists and guidebooks to the more the library to prepare for your next arrival. Once ashore, our staff and carefully selected personal photo albums, illustrated vacation diaries and scrapbooks, have local guides will escort you to the sites and locations that let you experience the real essence of each place you visit. arrived in our office, indicating a very real, and enduring, affection for Swan Hellenic down the years. We are now sifting through this unique treasure In 2014 and 2015 you will be able to choose from itineraries that show you everything from trove, dividing the material into decades to create an onboard exhibition for fascinating lands surrounding the Mediterranean to the mesmerising lights and architecture of Shanghai. New ports include the lesser-visited Azores and a string of smaller towns along the both passengers and visitors to Minerva to enjoy in the year ahead. exquisite Dalmatian coast. Wherever your interest lies, you can be assured of well-planned and While it is difficult to single out material, it is hard not to be moved by carefully delivered itineraries that will be both enriching and memorable. We look forward to The Last of Seven: Writings from my Life and Art by Ernest Greenwood. welcoming you on board. Dedicated to Marion and Kenneth Swan (Kenneth and his father began the company in 1954), the author begins a chapter dedicated to a Swan Hellenic cruise with the words: ‘Our experience of Cruising began and ended with Swan Hellenic’.

As we enter our 7th decade, Swan Hellenic will continue to offer memorable cruise vacations. In 2015 Minerva will make a maiden call in Algeria to uncover its rich Roman history, will explore Chatham dockyard and visit Belfast at the time of the Tall Ships race while on its annual UK cruise, and will seek out fascinating destinations in the Mediterranean and further afield.

Each of these cruises will be accompanied, as ever, by a panel of our eminent Guest Speakers; some have travelled with us for many years while others will Venice be looking forward to their first cruise with us. Each will have been chosen not only for their expertise and their ability to tease out the stories that lie behind each itinerary, but also for their good company whether you meet them out on excursions ashore or over dinner in the Swan Dining Room.

I hope you will choose to travel with us in our Anniversary year and beyond, and that your cruise with us will live in your memory for many years to come.

Kind regards Le Mont St. Michel, St Malo, France

Lord Sterling, Chairman

Delphi, Greece Blue Mosque, Istanbul Sete Cidades Crater, Azores Contact your Travel Agent, Call us at 866.923.9182 or visit www.swanhellenic.us 5 6 INCLUSIVE SHORE EXCURSION PROGRAMME Palermo Cathedral, Sicily Time ashore to discover more

ctive hikes, historical sites, local communities and the natural world all feature in our Ainclusive tailor-made shore excursion programmes. Each is researched in detail by a knowledgeable well travelled team, who aim to make the most of half-day, full-day, evening or overnight stays in port. Your tailor made Shore Excursion Programme offers a wide choice of experiences that allow you to visit the highlights or lesser known but equally intriguing places that uncover the heart of a destination. You can also explore at leisure especially in those small ports where Minerva is small enough to berth within easy walking distance or a short transfer to the town. Each itinerary offers a mix of half days or full days in port. Late night sailings or overnights in port extend your experience in unmissable cities such as St Petersburg, Naples, Valletta, Venice, Shanghai, Kobe, Yangon and Mumbai. Full-day excursions in 2014/15 include visits to some of the world’s most iconic destinations: the ‘rose-red’ city of Petra, Cairo and the Pyramids and the temple complex at Borobudur. To enhance your experience you may also choose from a smaller, dedicated programme of excursions which are optional, the cost of which is additional, and offers further opportunities for exploring ashore. Gratuities & Entrance fees are paid on your behalf When ashore on excursions, all gratuities for guides and drivers plus any entrance fees are included in your cruise fare. With these small but important details taken care of in advance, you are free to relax and enjoy each port of call to the full.

Your Swan Hellenic Cruise Book

Your complimentary, tailor-made Cruise Book for each itinerary is sent out several weeks before departure. It contains full details of the shore excursion programme, a booking form and introductory articles by Guest Speakers. Practical information for each destination and a suggested reading list is also featured. All shore excursions are pre- bookable before departure.

7 8 RENOWNED GUEST SPEAKERS Experts add much Subjects covered by our more than just detail Guest Speakers include: Archaeology here is no better way to travel than with the advance knowledge and insight that allows Architecture Tyou to fully embrace and understand each destination. Swan Hellenic’s Guest Speakers are carefully selected to give engaging and informative talks on a wide range of subjects that Art History are relevant to each itinerary. Add to this the genuine passion and enthusiasm they have for Classics their individual areas of expertise, and you can understand why a Swan Hellenic cruise is so much more than just a vacation. Geography Geology Whether you are attending a lecture in the comfort of Minerva’s Darwin Lounge, listening to a broadcast from the bridge, or enjoying one-to-one conversation over dinner, our Guest History Speakers bring an added dimension that is both rare and invaluable. Horticulture

Our long-established affiliations and partnerships with British organisations such as the National Literature Trust, RHS and NADFAS also allow us to offer specialist speakers and other benefits on Philosophy select cruises. Volcanology Wildlife

NATIONAL TRUST

Swan Hellenic’s relationship with the National Trust complements our mutual interests in conservation, heritage and learning. See pages 50-51 or our National Trust partnership cruise.

ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY

Our relationship with the Royal Horticultural Society celebrates a shared interest in horticulture and gardening. See pages 52-53 and 56-57 for our RHS Garden Holidays partnership cruises.

NADFAS The National Association of Decorative & Fine Art Societies (NADFAS) is justly renowned both for the quality of its speakers and for the breadth of its speakers’ interests. See pages 22, 28, 34, 36, 38, 56, 58, 64, 68 Professor Sir Barry Cunliffe speaking in Minerva’s Darwin Lounge

9 10 WELCOME ABOARD MINERVA A small ship with a big personality

PROMENADE DECK A traditional wrap-around promenade deck offering the chance to walk a mile (8 circuits), with plenty of space for sunbathing

WHEELER BAR ORPHEUS LOUNGE

THE LIBRARY

THE LIBRARY THE SWAN RESTAURANT Minerva’s well stocked Library is one of the finest afloat, featuring The Swan Restaurant is elegantly and comfortably furnished with white CANOPIED POOL AREA approximately 5,000 volumes of fiction, non-fiction and reference books INTERNET LOUNGE tablecloths, sparkling glasses and polished cutlery. Arrive at any time within Offering shelter from the heat Dedicated Internet Lounge, enabling you relevant to our cruising destinations - many written by our eminent advertised opening hours and you will be shown to a table by our Maître d’. of the midday sun, and creating to keep in touch with family and friends Guest Speakers. Full waiter service will ensure that you enjoy your meal. more opportunities for BBQs, alfresco dining and late-night Illustration by Ric Cooper entertainment TENDERS THE SWAN RESTAURANT

ORPHEUS LOUNGE SHACKLETON BAR WHEELER BAR DARWIN LOUNGE This light spacious lounge at the forward end of the top deck, with seating A spacious horseshoe-shaped bar with large picture windows. Relax The elegant and comfortable Wheeler Bar is the perfect location for a drink Spacious lounge for Guest Speaker’s talks and early evening entertainment for 145 passengers, offers panoramic views by day and an intimate venue for and enjoy a pre- or post- dinner drink, while listening to a varied during the day and late into the evening, when classical guitar or harp music including after dinner talks, recitals and other performances. jazz by night programme of piano music played by our cocktail pianist. can often be heard.

11 12 THE SWAN HELLENIC TEAM Friendly and professional service

aking such good care of our passengers is second nature to Swan Hellenic. TFor over sixty years we have offered the service and genuine welcome that makes both new and returning passengers feel immediately at home. Taking equally good care of Minerva, our officers and deck staff maintain the smooth running of all ship’s services and itineraries. While you relax and enjoy delicious food in the restaurants or gentle conversation in the bars, our hotel staff work tirelessly to ensure that no detail is overlooked. From the first meeting with our Representative at the port or airport, to the welcoming line of stewards and stewardesses at the top of the ship’s gangway, you can relax in the knowledge that all our staff are on hand to make your cruise as easy and comfortable as it can be.

GRATUITIES INCLUDED Your cruise fare includes all gratuities; therefore no further tipping is expected or required. Service is always provided with a smile and with a bona fide desire to please.

13 14 DAYS OF DISCOVERY AND RELAXATION

Time well spent

eing a relatively small ship, Minerva soon becomes a familiar home away from home. Your stateroom is easily reached from all the Bmain lounges and restaurants, and fellow travellers quickly become acquaintances and friends. The ship never feels crowded - there is always a comfortable chair in a quiet corner in which to read, or a padded sun lounger where you can enjoy the fresh air and a cooling drink.

After a leisurely breakfast in either the Swan or Veranda restaurants, in a teak chair on deck, or refresh yourself with a dip in the pool. attend a Guest Speaker talk in the Darwin Lounge or catch up with Perhaps learn a new skill – bridge, painting, yoga or tai-chi – in one those at home in the Internet Lounge. Meet up for morning coffee of our onboard daily workshops. in the Veranda, shop for postcards in the Kiosk or browse the range As a British cruise line, afternoon tea is a fine tradition, served of merchandise in our onboard shop. daily in the Swan Restaurant, with a complimentary selection At lunchtime choose from a delicious à la carte menu in the Swan of cakes, sandwiches and biscuits. After a gentle stroll around Restaurant, a lighter buffet back in the Veranda or an al fresco the Promenade Deck, take in the ever-changing vista of sea and barbecue around the pool, and afterwards relax and enjoy a leisurely sky, as the day draws to a gentle close and thoughts turn to the afternoon on board. Browse our well-stocked Library then retire to evening ahead. the serenity of the Orpheus Lounge with its panoramic views, relax

15 16 MEMORIES MADE IN PERFECT COMPANY Evenings of sophisticated dining and entertainment

s the sun sets on another perfect day, a background harp and the buzz of A animated conversation set the tone for an evening of fine dining in congenial surroundings. Open dining in the Swan Restaurant allows you to dine at the table of your choice and in the company of your friends at any time during opening hours. A varied and beautifully presented menu of international dishes tempts you, as does the carefully selected wine list. Efficient but never obtrusive restaurant staff, under the expert guidance of our Maitre d’, ensure that dinner is served at the perfect pace. As you share the experiences of the cruise so far, you begin to appreciate the special atmosphere on board Minerva that comes from the delightful settings and the company you keep. After dinner, head for the Darwin Lounge to enjoy a varied programme of entertainment which might include classical concerts, amusing after-dinner talks, sparkling revues or a light-hearted quiz or film screening. Later in the evening you might choose to dance to the band by the pool, enjoy late-night music in the Orpheus Lounge or stroll on the balmy Promenade Deck, taking in the air under the stars.

17 18 ^ EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE FROM THE START Airfare Programmes

Air arrangements, including routings and selection of air carrier, are at Swan Hellenic’s sole discretion and are based on flight availability Travelling to Minerva and agreements among various airlines and Swan Hellenic.

o ensure your vacation begins effortlessly from the moment you book your cruise, Swan Hellenic prides itself on meticulous WINTER 2014-15 AIR planning that ensures every aspect of your cruise is delivered to the highest standard possible. T The Swan Hellenic Airfare Programme is available for purchase from With every detail carefully arranged for you, you can rest safe in the knowledge that you will be well looked after from beginning to end. Swan any U.S. and Canadian gateways. Business and First Class airfares are Hellenic has teamed up with a number of partners and is pleased to offer the following options to assist with your trip. also available for purchase. Please call for a quote.

SUMMER & FALL 2015 AIR Insurance Luggage Transfers Get FREE air & transfers from JFK on all 2015 sailings starting from April 16, 2015. Starting as low Passengers booking cruise only need to make as $239pp their own transfer arrangements.

COVER YOUR DREAM TRANSFER TO/FROM MINERVA LOW COST ROUNDTRIP AIR Prices per person (based on cruise embarkation date) VACATION •Trip Cancellation and Trip Interruption Once you land at the overseas airport, having •Missed Connection and Travel Delay completed immigration formalities and collected FREE $159 $199 $269 $559 •Baggage and Baggage Delay Coverage your luggage, look out for the representatives who will direct you to your transportation onward JFK New York MIA Miami DFW Dallas PHX Phoenix YVR Vancouver •Medical Expense/Evacuation Coverage DOOR TO DOOR LUGGAGE travel to embark Minerva. Once onboard your • 24-Hour Worldwide Assistance ORD Chicago IAH Houston PDX Portland YEG Edmonton DELIVERY SERVICE* steward will show you to your stateroom. Your BOS Boston LAX Los Angeles SAN SanDiego YYC Calgary luggage will be taken and delivered directly to Luggage Free is a specialty service offering We are pleased to offer you Swan Hellenic’s your stateroom. BDL Hartford DTW Detroit LAS Las Vegas YOW Ottawa you the option to send luggage ahead to Travel Insurance Plan – designed to protect PHL Philadelphia DEN Denver SLC Salt Lake City your travel arrangements, your belongings and nearly any destination, worldwide, to avoid the The Captain, Swan Staff & Ship’s Company most importantly you for those unforeseen inconvenience of carrying, checking and claiming look forward to welcoming you onboard BWI Baltimore IAD Dulles SEA Seattle circumstances that may arise before or during bags — even going through customs. On-time Minerva EWR Newark STL St. Louis SFO San Francisco your trip. This plan includes a 24-Hour Travel delivery is guaranteed, allowing you the ability CLT Charlotte MSP Minneapolis YYZ Toronto Assistance Service anywhere in the world. to avoid unnecessary aggravation, save time, and protect your possessions — simply and in ATL Atlanta MCI Kansas City YUL Montreal The Pre-existing Condition Exclusion will be waived style. You pick up the phone. Luggage Free will MCO Orlando IND Indianapolis YQB Quebec if Swan Hellenic receives payment for the travel pick up, wrap up and ship your luggage there insurance plan within 14 days of your initial cruise and back. TPA Tampa CVG Cincinnati YHZ Halifax deposit. Be sure to ask for the Travel Insurance FLL Fort Lauderdale BNA Nashville • Luggage Free picks up your bags at your home or office, when making your reservation. Coverage applies ships them to your destination, and at the end of the stay PIT Pittsburgh MEM Memphis only for travel booked through Swan Hellenic. sends them back. Certain exclusions and limitations apply and are CLE Cleveland detailed in the Policy/Certificate which is available • Company representatives arrive, wrap the bags in to you online at www.tripmate.com/wpF440S. This protective plastic, tag them and transport them directly advertisement does not constitute or form any part to your destination. You do nothing but pick up the phone of the Policy/Certificate or any other contract of any and pack...... kind. Plan benefits, limits, and provisions may vary • Luggage Free delivers door-to-door anywhere in the For More Information on our Air Programme by state jurisdiction. This plan is underwritten by: United States as well as to over 110 countries worldwide. United States Fire Insurance Company, Eatontown, • Shipments are insured for up to $1,000 as part of the Call us at 866.923.9182 or Contact your Travel Agent NJ. Benefits are administered by: Trip Mate, Inc.*, service, with unlimited additional coverage available. 9225 Ward Parkway, Suite 200, Kansas City, MO, ...... 64114, 1-800-888-7292 (*in CA, dba Trip Mate • As each shipment is delivered, you are notified via the Insurance Agency). method of your choice, outlining time of delivery and name ^AIR PROGRAMME TERMS & CONDITIONS: of recipient, allowing you the ability to travel with the piece Airfares are available when booking a Swan Hellenic Cruise. Specific air routings will be determined approximately 60 days prior to sailing. Guests traveling with passengers from other gateways may not be routed on the same flights. Please note that Swan Hellenic reserves the right to determine the flight routings, which may not be the most direct or non-stop. Airlines will provide an e-ticket number which will be mailed with final documentation 45 days prior to of mind of knowing that your luggage is waiting for you. departure. Any advertised fares that include the “Airfare and Transfers Available” offer include all airline fees, surcharges and taxes. Airline imposed personal charges such as baggage fees may apply. For details visit www.exploreflightfees. HOW TO RESERVE com. Swan Hellenic has no control over seat assignments, luggage allowances and or airline restrictions. Airline fuel surcharges are subject to change without notice. Airport transfers are available only in conjunction with Swan Hellenic’s 1. Consult your travel professional or call Swan Hellenic Toll-Free CHANGE THE WAY YOU TRAVEL WITH air program. For more information visit us at www.swanhellenic.us. at 866.923.9182 or 954.315.1170 for further information. LUGAGGE FREE: Due to airline schedules that are beyond the control of Swan Hellenic, flight times to and from certain destinations may require that guests purchase an overnight hotel stay, pre- or post-flight or en-route. All charges related to hotel stays, including hotel fares and taxes, meals, transfers, phone charges and incidentals will be at the guests’ own expense. 2. Select your preferred cruise and choice of stateroom category. Call 1-800-361-6871 or online at Inform us of any special requirements including travel insurance www.swanhellenic.com/luggage to learn more or Air deviation requests can only be processed once the cruise booking is under deposit. Air deviation requests will be subject to a non-refundable administrative fee plus any applicable service and/or supplier fee. Any pre-flight arrangements, such as seat protection. assignments, frequent flyer programs, wheelchair requests, oxygen or special meal requests must be made by the guest directly with the airlines based on their policies and procedures. Swan Hellenic cannot confirm any special airline requests unless get started. otherwise specified. Due to the special nature of fares used, frequent flyer or past traveler discounts may not apply to air tickets issued bySwan Hellenic. These special requests and services should be arranged by you or your 3. Please note the deposit payment schedule. Our receipt of *Swan Hellenic will have no responsibility, financial or otherwise, in regard to any Travel Agent directly with the airlines. your deposit and written confirmation of your reservation will be loss or damage. Any contracts entered into for baggage transfer services offered by emailed when booking is confirmed. Luggage Free are entered into directly and form no part of any contract with Swan Hellenic. Summer & Fall 2015 Airfare and Transfers: Includes ground transfers and applies to coach class to/from flights from JFK. Air & Transfers also available from the US & Canada gateways listed above at the rate listed. Airfare is available from all other U.S & Canada gateways upon request; an additional charge may apply.

19 20 The intrigue of the East Cruises November 2014 – May 2015 2 FOR 1 njoy the winter sunshine as Minerva seeks out the historical and cultural CRUISE Ehighlights of the East, cruising to India, Sri Lanka, Burma, Malaysia, Singapore, Cambodia, Vietnam, Hong Kong, China, Japan and Indonesia. FARES

“The East ...I have seen its secret places and have looked into its very soul.”

from Youth (1902), Joseph Conrad, Polish-born English author and master mariner (1857-1924) INDIAN EXPLORATION NOVEMBER 20 – DECEMBER 4, 2014 15 Days from $3,899pp

OMAN • INDIA • SRI LANKA

“A nation’s culture resides in the hearts 2 FOR 1 and in the soul of its people.” Muscat Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the Indian Nationalist Oman CRUISE Movement (1869 – 1948) NAKHL GANDHI’S FORT BIRTHPLACE Porbandar India FARES SAUDI OMAN INDIA ARABIA DHOBI GHAT CRAWFORD MARKET Mumbai India

ARABIAN SEA

JAIN TEMPLES Mangalore India Nakhal Fort, Oman MALABAR COAST KERALA BACKWATERS INDIAN VILLAGE Kochi India Tuticorin India

KANDY Colombo PINNAWELA ELEPHANTS Sri Lanka

Pinnawela Elephants Kerala Backwaters, Kochi

oin Minerva in the Omani port of Muscat, rural India on a backwater cruise. Round the very YOUR CHOICE OF INCLUDED YOUR ITINERARY FARES PER PERSON MIN141120 YOUR CRUISE still a ‘very elegant town with very fine southern tip of India to Tuticorin, offering a rare J SHORE EXCURSIONS DATE PORT ARRIVE DEPART HIGHLIGHTS houses’, as observed by Portuguese admiral opportunity to discover the charming little city of STATEROOM TYPE BROCHURE FARE 2 FOR 1 FARES Muscat City Tour, Nakhal Fort Porbandar Nov 20 Muscat, Oman Embark Overnight Alfonso de Alburqueque in the 16th century. Palayamkottai, before concluding your cruise in City Tour with Tuk Tuk Mumbai City Tour, Nov 21 Muscat, Oman In port 10.00pm Balcony Suites from $18,598 $9,299 • Discover ‘real’ India at Colombo, capital of Sri Lanka. Spend the following two days cruising the Elephanta Island, Markets Tour Mangalore Nov 22 Cruise the Indian Ocean Porbandar, Gandhi’s birthplace Outside Staterooms from $9,398 $4,699 Arabian Sea, settling into your stateroom and Nov 23 Cruise the Indian Ocean Highlights of Mangalore, Jain Temples Kochi Inside Staterooms from $7,798 $3,899 • Experience the unique urban enjoying introductory talks by your Guest YOUR GUEST SPEAKERS City Tour, Full Day Allepey Backwaters Nov 24 Porbandar, India 2.00pm 7.00pm bustle of Mumbai and wonder Speakers anticipating the sights to come. Gandhi’s Cruise, Kochi Harbour Cruise Tuticorin Nov 25 Cruise the Indian Ocean Prices for all categories can be found on pages 102 - 104 Your guest speakers on this cruise include: Mumbai, India 8.00pm Overnight at the fascinating work of the birthplace, Porbandar, is in the state of Gujarat. Palayamkottai & Tirunelveli, Scenic Drive and Nov 26 Mumbai, India In port 7.00pm Dr Robert Bradnock – Senior Visiting Research dabbawalas See colourful markets as well as the mid 19th Village Colombo Full Day Kandy, Full Day Nov 27 Cruise the Indian Ocean Fellow in Geography, King’s College London. century haveli of the Gandhi family. Follow the Pinnawela Elephant Sanctuary, City Tour, Nov 28 Mangalore, India 7.00am 2.00pm • Cruise the peaceful backwaters traditional route of the spice traders south to The Revd Professor Judith Brown – Emeritus Kelaniya Temple. Nov 29 Kochi, India 8.30am Overnight of Kerala, enjoying the tranquillity Mumbai. Admire the city’s elaborate Victorian Professor of Commonwealth History, University Nov 30 Kochi, India In port 7.00pm Optional Shore Excursions include: of rural India architecture where you’ll see colonial relics such as of Oxford. Dec 1 Cruise the Indian Ocean Muscat Full Day Nizwa and Jabrin Forts Tuticorin, India 10.00pm Overnight the Gateway of India or discover the daily life and • Visit a typical Indian village Ms Joanna Hardy – Gemmologist and Porbandar Full Day Junagadh Mumbai Dec 2 Tuticorin, India In port 3.00pm fascinating work of the dabbawalas. In the ancient from Tuticorin and serene Jain independent jewellery specialist. Unexplored Mumbai, Local Life Kochi Dec 3 Colombo, Sri Lanka 7.00am Overnight trading town of Mangalore explore the Hindu temples from Mangalore Sir Roy Strong – Historian, broadcaster, diarist Kumbalangi Village. Dec 4 Colombo, Sri Lanka In port Disembark Gokarnatha Temple or discover two spectacular and gardener, Former Director of the V&A and and rarely-visited Jain Temples at Moodabidri and • Delight in watching elephants the National Portrait Gallery. OPTIONAL EXTENSIONS Karkala. Spend two days in Kerala, recognised as bathing in the local river at See pages 84-87 for biographical notes. Enhance your experience with post cruise Your cruise fare excludes Indian and Sri Lankan one of the most serenely beautiful states in India, visas, which must be obtained prior to travel. See Pinnawela options. Please see pages 80-83 for full details. discovering communities and the riverine life of page 90 for details. Colours of India, Mumbai

22 Contact your Travel Agent, Call us at 866.923.9182 or visit www.swanhellenic.us 23 TO BURMA and BEYOND DECEMBER 4 – DECEMBER 19, 2014 16 Days from $3,099pp

SRI LANKA • BURMA • MALAYSIA • SINGAPORE

BURMA (MYANMAR)

“To view the opposition as dangerous is 2 FOR 1 SHWEDAGON Yangon Burma (Myanmar) PAGODA to misunderstand the basic concepts of CRUISE democracy. To oppress the opposition is to assault the very foundation of democracy.” FARES

Letters from Burma, Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese B A Y OF Opposition Leader (b1945). BENGAL ANDAMAN Golden Shower Tree, Burma SEA

Colombo Sri Lanka Langkawi Malaysia

PINNAWELA ELEPHANTS GEORGETOWN Penang Malaysia Galle Sri Lanka MALAYSIA Malacca Church

PLANTATIONS

BOTANICAL INDIAN Malacca Malaysia GARDENS OCEAN

Singapore

YOUR CHOICE OF INCLUDED Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon SHORE EXCURSIONS YOUR ITINERARY FARES PER PERSON MIN141204 Colombo Full Day Kandy, Full Day Pinnawela DATE PORT ARRIVE DEPART Elephant Sanctuary, City Tour, Kelaniya Temple STATEROOM TYPE BROCHURE FARE 2 FOR 1 FARES ri Lanka’s capital Colombo offers the island of Penang and its vibrant, multi- Dec 4 Colombo, Sri Lanka Embark Overnight Galle Koggala, Independent Galle Exploration YOUR CRUISE HIGHLIGHTS Sthe lazy charm of a bygone era ethnic main city, Georgetown. See impressive Dec 5 Colombo, Sri Lanka In port 11.00pm Balcony Suites from $17,598 $8,799 Yangon Shwedagon Pagoda, City Tour, National Dec 6 Galle, Sri Lanka 8.00am 2.00pm • Drive through lush green countryside to combined with the verve and vivacity of a Fort Cornwallis and visit the magnificent Wat Outside Staterooms from $8,598 $4,299 Museum Langkawi Sights and Plantation, Dec 7 Cruise the Indian Ocean Kandy, Sri Lanka’s picturesque capital of the modern city. Chaiya Mangkalaram temple. The former Highlights and Cable Car, Independent exploration Dec 8 Cruise the Indian Ocean Inside Staterooms from $6,198 $3,099 Hill Country Discover the revered Buddhist Temple of Malay sultanate of Malacca was once a major Penang Georgetown Tour, Botanical Gardens and Dec 9 Cruise the Indian Ocean Prices for all categories can be found on pages 102 - 104 port along the spice route. Enjoy a visit to the • Spend two nights in Yangon, discovering the Tooth in Kandy before sailing to Galle, a Chinese Mansion, Kek Lok Si Temple Malacca Dec 10 Yangon, Burma (Myanmar) 5.30pm Overnight imposing Portuguese Fort or learn more at a more about the enigmatic heart of Burma fine example of a colonial fortified city. Enjoy Walk and Trishaw, Plantation Tour, Heritage Tour Dec 11 Yangon, Burma (Myanmar) In port Overnight spice plantation, before completing your cruise and visiting some of its treasures including three relaxing days at sea listening to your Singapore City Tour, Marina Bay Gardens, Jurong Dec 12 Yangon, Burma (Myanmar) In port 5.00pm in the ‘Lion’ city of Singapore. Dec 13 Cruise the Indian Ocean the golden Shwedagon Pagoda Guest Speakers’ talks and learning about your Bird Park. Dec 14 Cruise the Indian Ocean • Visit Bago, ancient capital of the Mon destinations. Then ensure you are on deck as Optional Shore Excursions include: Dec 15 Langkawi, Malaysia 8.00am 11.00pm Kingdom, and the Htauk Kyant War Minerva transits the Rangoon River to arrive YOUR GUEST SPEAKERS Yangon General Aung San Tour, Full Day Bago, in the old capital of Burma, Yangon. Admire Dec 16 Penang, Malaysia 8.00am 2.00pm Memorial Cemetery Your guest speakers on this cruise include: Monastery and Shin Pyu Ceremony, Village and Dec 17 Malacca, Malaysia 1.00pm 7.00pm the golden Shwedagon Pagoda, the most • Discover Langkawi’s paddy fields and Island Pagoda Langkawi Mangroves and Bat Cave Dec 18 Singapore 8.00am Overnight venerable pagoda in Southeast Asia, and view Canon Ralph Godsall – Priest Vicar, tropical island interior Penang Georgetown by Trishaw. Dec 19 Singapore In port Disembark some of the best British 19th century colonial Westminster Abbey. • Visit the magnificent Gardens by the architecture. Discover communities and Professor Charles Higham – Research OPTIONAL EXTENSIONS Your cruise fare excludes Sri Lanka transit visa per Bay at Marina Bay in Singapore with its monastic rituals of this intriguing country. Professor, University of Otago. person, which must be obtained prior to travel. See revolutionary bio-domes and stunning Enhance your experience with pre and post cruise The breathtaking island of Langkawi boasts Sir Mark Tully – Former BBC page 90 for details. garden displays options. Please see pages 80-83 for full details. lush tropical scenery featuring jungle-clad hills Correspondent, writer and broadcaster. Marina Bay Gardens, Singapore and picturesque paddy fields. Further south is See pages 84-87 for biographical notes.

24 Contact your Travel Agent, Call us at 866.923.9182 or visit www.swanhellenic.us 25 TRAVELS in INDOCHINA DECEMBER 19, 2014 – JANUARY 3, 2015 16 Days from $3,999pp

SINGAPORE • MALAYSIA • CAMBODIA • VIETNAM • HONG KONG

HOLIDAY CHINA STANLEY 2 FOR 1 CRUISE MARKET *New Ports CRUISE Hong Kong Halong Bay Vietnam NEW YEAR

FARES HANOI AT SEA Haiphong Vietnam

VIETNAM Danang Vietnam HOI AN SOUTH Qui Nhon* Vietnam CHIN A SEA 31st Jan Afternoon MY SON

Qui Nhon Vietnam

PHNOM CHAM PENH TOWERS Nha Trang Vietnam Sihanoukville Cambodia Phnom Penh Palace, Cambodia CAMBODIA

“We are tied to the ocean. And when we go CHRISTMAS ON BOARD MINERVA back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch – we are going back from whence we came.”

John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United MALA YSIA States of America (1917 – 1963) Kuantan Malaysia

Singapore Halong Bay, Vietnam Rice Fields (© Paul Levrier, Destination Asia)

egin your cruise in the dynamic city Minh Mausoleum and explore Old Hanoi. Spend YOUR CHOICE OF INCLUDED YOUR ITINERARY FARES PER PERSON MIN141219 YOUR CRUISE HIGHLIGHTS Bof Singapore, exploring Chinatown or the following day cruising among the striking SHORE EXCURSIONS DATE PORT ARRIVE DEPART visiting one of the city’s many museums, limestone karsts in Halong Bay – a memorable STATEROOM TYPE BROCHURE FARE 2 FOR 1 FARES • Visit a local market and discover ‘real’ before sailing to Kuantan to explore Lake sight before ringing in the New Year as Minerva Singapore City Tour, Marina Bay Gardens, Dec 19 Singapore Embark Overnight Cambodia at Kampot Village Dec 20 Singapore In port 2.00pm Balcony Suites from $20,998 $10,499 Chini where tropical trees line the narrow sails across the South China Sea to berth in the Botanical Gardens Kuantan Beach Transfer. Dec 21 Kuantan, Malaysia Noon 6.00pm • Delight in Nha Trang with its waterways. A day at sea is followed by an heart of Hong Kong. Sihanoukville Full Day Phnom Penh, Full Day Outside Staterooms from $10,798 $5,399 Dec 22 Cruise the South China Sea beautiful beaches and intriguing Cham enthralling day visiting the Cambodian capital, Kampot Village Nha Trang Rural Nha Trang, Inside Staterooms from $7,998 $3,999 Towers or observe traditional ways of Nha Trang Panorama Qui Nhon Cham Towers Dec 23 Sihanoukville, Cambodia 7.00am 11.30pm Phnom Penh. See the Royal Palace with its YOUR GUEST SPEAKERS Dec 24 Cruise the South China Sea Prices for all categories can be found on pages 102 - 104 life in the countryside and Martial Arts Show Danang Hoi An Walk, striking ceremonial buildings and lush gardens. Dec 25 Cruise on Minerva - Christmas Day Your guest speakers on this cruise include: My Son, Rural Danang and Cham Towers, Beach • Learn more about Vietnam’s imperial Celebrate Christmas as you cruise north along Dec 26 Nha Trang, Vietnam 8.30am 7.00pm past at the City of Hué with its temples, the Vietnamese coast towards the beautiful city of Professor Colin Jones – Professor of History, Transfer Haiphong Full Day Hanoi, Rural Delta Dec 27 Qui Nhon, Vietnam 7.30am 1.00pm tombs, palaces and pagodas Nha Trang. See the huge white Buddha seated on Queen Mary, University of London. Professor Village Halong Bay Halong Bay Cruise Hong Dec 28 Danang, Vietnam 8.00am 8.00pm Keith Ward – Professorial Fellow Kong City Tour, Museum of History, Kowloon • Experience the lively streets of lotus blossom and visit the surprising Nha Trang Dec 29 Cruise the South China Sea at Heythrop College, London. Insights, Dragon’s Back Hike. French Colonial Hanoi Cathedral. Qui Nhon is the birthplace of the Dec 30 Haiphong, Vietnam 7.00am 4.00pm 18th century Vietnamese emperor Nguyen Hue, See pages 84-87 for biographical notes. Optional Shore Excursions include: Dec 31 Halong Bay, Vietnam 7.00am 4.30pm • Enjoy a small boat ride among the where you can enjoy a demonstration of martial Danang Full Day Hue Hong Kong Full Day Jan 1 Cruise on Minerva - New Year’s Day incredible limestone karsts that rise arts, before sailing north to Danang, gateway to Lantau Island and Po Lin Monastery. Jan 2 Hong Kong 10.30am Overnight out of Halong Bay Jan 3 Hong Kong Disembark the colourful town of Hoi An. Spend a full day • Sail into spectacular Hong Kong visiting the Imperial City of Hué, distinguished OPTIONAL EXTENSIONS Harbour, a myriad of skyscrapers and by its temples, tombs, palaces and pagodas. Enhance your experience with pre and post cruise bustling activity Cross the Red River delta to Hanoi, the bustling options. Please see pages 80-83 for full details. Market, Vietnam Vietnamese capital to discover the Ho Chi Water Puppets, Hanoi

26 Contact your Travel Agent, Call us at 866.923.9182 or visit www.swanhellenic.us 27 JAPAN and CHINA DISCOVERY JANUARY 3 – JANUARY 24, 2015 22 Days from $9,499pp

HONG KONG • CHINA • SOUTH KOREA • JAPAN • TAIWAN “Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home” Matsuo Basho 2 FOR 1 (Japanese poet of Edo period, 1644-1694) CRUISE

Kobe Japan FARES

Miyajima Japan JAPAN

Shanghai, China SACRED ISLAND Nagasaki Japan GOLDEN PAVILION,  KYOTO  Jeju S.Korea Uwajima Japan THE BUND  

Shanghai China SAMURAI HOUSES Kagoshima Japan CHINA Okinawa Japan  WHALE SAFARI Keelung Taiwan

Hong Kong

China

Todai-ji Temple, Nara

Torii Gate, Miyajima YOUR CHOICE OF INCLUDED SHORE YOUR ITINERARY FARES PER PERSON MIN150103 EXCURSIONS DATE PORT ARRIVE DEPART STATEROOM TYPE BROCHURE FARE 2 FOR 1 FARES iscover the unique landscapes, culture Hong Kong City Tour or Dragon’s Back Hike, Jan 3 Hong Kong Embark Overnight Okinawa’s vibrant capital Naha offers insight YOUR CRUISE and heritage of Japan. En route Kowloon Insights Shanghai City Tour, Shanghai Jan 4 Hong Kong in port 6:30 pm Balcony Suites from $34,198 $17,099 D to the region’s former kingdom and its unique explore two of China’s most dynamic cities, Museum Panoramic East Island Jan 5 Cruise on Minerva HIGHLIGHTS Jeju Nagasaki Outside Staterooms from $18,998 $9,499 Hong Kong and Shanghai, where modern culture stands apart from mainland Japan Cruise City Tour (Dejima, Atomic Bomb Museum, Jan 6 Cruise on Minerva Inside Staterooms from SOLD OUT SOLD OUT • Be amazed by the emerging architecture rubs shoulders with temples and to the Taiwanese port of Keelung where, in the Glover Garden) Kagoshima Chiran Samurai Jan 7 Shanghai, China 8:00 pm Overnight modern metropolis of Shanghai classical Chinese gardens. markets and alleys, you’ll catch a glimpse of the Houses or Sakurajima Volcano, Uwajima Uwajima Jan 8 Shanghai, China in port Overnight Prices for all categories can be found on pages 102 - 104 city’s long and eventful history before returning to Panorama, Castle & Tenshakuen Garden Miyajima Jan 9 Shanghai/Cruise on Minerva in port 3:00 pm • Contrast the volcanic landscape and Explore the striking volcanic scenery and distinct Hong Kong to conclude your cruise. Itsukushima Shrine Kobe City Tour, Nara Temples Jan 10 Cruise on Minerva culture of Jeju island culture of the southern Korean island of Jeju. Okinawa Highlights of Naha or Battle of Okinawa. Jan 11 Jeju, South Korea 7:00 am 2:00 pm Your cruise fare excludes China visa, which must be • Walk among the samurai houses Nagasaki in Japan, where the second atomic Jan 12 Nagasaki, Japan 7:00 am 5:00 pm Keelung Taipei City Highlights or Chiufen & obtained prior to travel. See page 90 for details. and gardens of Chiran bomb fell in 1945, offers wonderful temples and YOUR GUEST SPEAKERS Jan 13 Kagoshima, Japan 7:00 am 5:00 pm Coastal Drive. a fascinating history of isolation and trade while Jan 14 Uwajima, Japan 1:00 pm 6:00 pm • Explore the UNESCO Itsukushima Your guest speakers on this cruise include: Optional Shore Excursions include: Kagoshima – dominated by the stratovolcano, Jan 15 Miyajima, Japan 8:00 am 2:00 pm shrine and pagoda complex Dr Meri Arichi – Senior Teaching Fellow, Hong Kong Full Day Lantau Island & Po Lin Mt Sakurajima – features the samurai houses of Jan 16 Kobe, Japan 8:00 am Overnight • Discover historic temples and the Department of History of Art & Archaeology, Monastery Shanghai Zhujiajiao Water Village, Jan 17 Kobe, Japan in port 7:00 pm Chiran, stronghold of the Satsuma feudal lords. castle of cultural Kyoto SOAS. Evening Acrobatic Show, Full Day Suzhou Jan 18 Cruise on Minerva In Uwajima, discover its castle with distinctive Nagasaki Imari Pottery Kobe Kyoto Full Day, Jan 19 • Reflect on World War II sites of Dr Monica Bohm-Duchen – Independent Cruise on Minerva 17th century donjon, one of the few remaining Kyoto Overnight Okinawa Whale Safari Keelung Jan 20 Okinawa, Japan 7:00 am 7:00 pm Nagasaki and Okinawa writer, lecturer and exhibition organiser, and in its original state, and then tender ashore to Full Day Taipei & Museum. Jan 21 Cruise on Minerva lecturer at Birkbeck College, London. • Visit dynamic Taiwan, one of the sacred island of Miyajima to view the famous Jan 22 Keelung, Taiwan 7:00 am 5:00 pm Asia’s surprise jewels ‘floating’ tori and remarkable Itsukushima Shrine Rear Admiral John Lippiett – Chief Executive, OPTIONAL EXTENSIONS Jan 23 Cruise on Minerva and pagodas. Cruise the Seto Inland Sea before Mary Rose Trust. Enhance your experience with pre and post cruise Jan 24 Hong Kong 7.30 am Disembark arriving in cosmopolitan Kobe, from where you See pages 84-87 for biographical notes. options. Please see pages 80-83 for full details. can explore historic Kyoto and the Nara Temples.

28 Contact your Travel Agent, Call us at 866.923.9182 or visit www.swanhellenic.us 29 ISLANDS of EAST ASIA JANUARY 24 – FEBRUARY 14, 2015 22 Days from $8,699pp

HONG KONG • PHILIPPINES • BORNEO • INDONESIA • SINGAPORE

 VICTORIA PEAK 2 FOR 1 Hong Kong CRUISE

FARES PHILIPPINES SOUTH CHINA Manila Philippines Komodo Dragon SEA

 CHOCOLATE HILLS Bohol Philippines

ORANGUTAN Sandakan Malaysia SANCTUARY 

Singapore “‘In the vast archipelago of the East, where Borneo and Java and Sumatra lie, and the MALAYSIA Molucca Islands, and the Philippines, the sea is often fanned only by the land and sea  TORAJA HILLS breezes…” Pare Pare Indonesia Kura Kura Java BOROBUDUR  Captain Frederick Marryat INDONESIA (British naval commander and novelist, 1792-1848) Semarang Java Komodo Indonesia

Tanah Ampo Bali Sumbawa Indonesia Borobudur Temple, Java

YOUR CHOICE OF INCLUDED YOUR ITINERARY Barong Sculpture, Bali he Far East reveals a fusion of cultures, world- of the Karimunjawa Archipelago before SHORE EXCURSIONS DATE PORT ARRIVE DEPART class sites and natural riches. From the bustle YOUR CRUISE T concluding your cruise in the dynamic city of Hong Kong City Tour or Dragon’s Back Hike, Jan 24 Hong Kong Embark Overnight of Hong Kong, relax as Minerva sails south to the HIGHLIGHTS Singapore. Kowloon Insights Manila City Tour, Downtown Jan 25 Hong Kong in port 7:00 pm FARES PER PERSON MIN150124 Philippine archipelago to the capital Manila. Manila Bohol Chocolate Hills or Loboc River Jan 26 Cruise on Minerva • Sail out of bustling Hong Kong STATEROOM TYPE BROCHURE FARE 2 FOR 1 FARES Sandakan Wildmen of Borneo or Borneo Jan 27 Cruise on Minerva harbour framed by lofty Victoria Discover the city’s Spanish colonial heritage before a YOUR GUEST SPEAKERS further day’s sailing brings you to the enticing island Rainforest or Colonial Sandakan Pare Pare Jan 28 Manila, Philippines 7:00 am 9:00 pm Balcony Suites from $31,198 $15,599 Peak Your guest speakers on this cruise include: of Bohol where the distinctive Chocolate Hills can be Full Day Toraja Highlights (13 hours including Jan 29 Cruise on Minerva Outside Staterooms from $17,398 $8,699 • See the orangutans - ‘the wild 4½ hours drive each way) Komodo Komodo Jan 30 Bohol, Philippines 8:00 am 8:00 pm seen. Borneo awaits at Sandakan where you can learn Mr Andy Bunten – Independent wildlife Inside Staterooms from SOLD OUT SOLD OUT men of Borneo’ about the orangutans ‘the wildmen of Borneo’. Sail consultant. Dragon Walk Sumbawa Besar Cultural Village Jan 31 Cruise on Minerva Visit Tanah Ampo (Bali) Ancient Bali (Puri Feb 1 Sandakan, Borneo 7:00 am 7:00 pm Prices for all categories can be found on pages 102 - 104 • Discover diverse Indonesian south to the Indonesian island of Sulawesi and travel Professor Tony Stockwell – Emeritus Agung Karangasem, Taman Ujung Water Palace, Feb 2 Cruise on Minerva cultures and tribes including the into the central highlands where the animist Toraja Professor of Modern History, Royal Holloway, Tenganan Village) or Scenic Bali & Besakih Temple Feb 3 Cruise on Minerva animist Toraja community of community lives. At the volcanic island of Komodo, University of London. Semarang Full Day Borobudur or Semarang City Feb 4 Pare Pare, Indonesia 6:00 am 11:00 pm Sulawesi look for the rare ‘Komodo dragon’, a giant monitor See pages 84-87 for biographical notes. Kura Kura Independent Island Beach Experience. Feb 5 Cruise on Minerva lizard known for its size and speed, before visiting off • Look out for the ‘Komodo Optional Shore Excursions include: Feb 6 Komodo, Indonesia 7:00 am 6:00 pm the beaten track Sumbawa island to visit a local village. Dragon’, a rare giant monitor lizard Hong Kong Full Day Lantau Island & Feb 7 Sumbawa, Indonesia 7:00 am 5:00 pm • Rising above the plains of Java, Cross the Wallace Line to the island of Bali and Po Lin Monastery Manila Corregidor Island Feb 8 Tanah Ampo, Bali 8:00 am 7:00 pm visit the Buddhist Temple complex discover its rich cultural heritage of colourful temples Komodo Pink Beach Tanah Ampo Full Day Bali Feb 9 Cruise on Minerva of Borobudur, one of the greatest fusing Hindu and Balinese beliefs. Cruise the Java Sea Semarang Tlogo Highlands & Steam Train. Feb 10 Semarang, Java 7:00 am 7:00 pm sights of Southeast Asia to Semarang and travel inland to the central mountains Feb 11 Kura Kura, Java 7:00 am 2:00 pm and the magnificent Buddhist temple complex of OPTIONAL EXTENSIONS Feb 12 Cruise on Minerva Feb 13 Singapore 6:00 pm Overnight Borobudur. The name ‘Kura Kura’ means ‘Sea Turtle’, Enhance your experience with pre and post Feb 14 Singapore in port Disembark Hong Kong harbour relax on this beautiful island in the preservation area cruise options. Please see pages 80-83 for full details.

30 Contact your Travel Agent, Call us at 866.923.9182 or visit www.swanhellenic.us 31 SHORES of the ORIENT FEBRUARY 28 – MARCH 15, 2015 16 Days from $5,699pp

SINGAPORE • MALAYSIA • THAILAND • BURMA • SRI LANKA

SHWEDAGON PAGODA  Yangon Burma (Myanmar) BAGO  2 FOR 1

BAY OF BENGAL CRUISE FARES

GULF OF THAILAND SRI LANKA

KRABI BAY SCENIC CRUISE PINNAWELA ELEPHANTS   KANDY Phuket Thailand Colombo Sri Lanka

Penang Malaysia

 BOTANICAL GARDENS

Singapore

Krabi Bay, Thailand Shwedagon Temple, Burma (Myanmar)

YOUR GUEST SPEAKERS YOUR CHOICE OF INCLUDED YOUR ITINERARY FARES PER PERSON Your guest speakers on this cruise include: MIN150228 oin Minerva in Singapore, a dynamic SHORE EXCURSIONS DATE PORT ARRIVE DEPART Dr Alan Borg – Former Director of the STATEROOM TYPE BROCHURE FARE 2 FOR 1 FARES YOUR CRUISE HIGHLIGHTS Jmodern city fusing Malay and Chinese Singapore City Tour (Temple, China Town, Feb 28 Singapore Embark Overnight Imperial War Museum and V&A. cultures, before sailing to the island of Mar 1 Singapore in port 7:00 pm Balcony Suites from $20,598 $10,299 • Wander among the delicate orchids of Colonial District) or Botanical Gardens Marina Penang, the Pearl of the Orient, where the Dr Robert Bradnock – Senior Visiting Mar 2 Cruise on Minerva Singapore’s lush Botanical Gardens Bay Gardens Georgetown City Tour or Botanical Outside Staterooms from $11,398 $5,699 Research Fellow in Geography, King’s College Mar 3 Penang, Malaysia 7:00 am 6:00 pm Chinese influence is particularly noticeable. Garden & Chinese Mansion Independent Phuket Inside Staterooms from SOLD OUT SOLD OUT • Admire the ornate carvings of London. Mar 4 Phuket, Thailand 12:00 noon Overnight Discover the highlights of Phuket, Thailand’s Phuket Panorama Krabi Bay Scenic Cruise on Georgetown’s Khoo Kongsi, a Mar 5 Phuket, Thailand in port 06:00 am Prices for all categories can be found on pages 102 - 104 largest island with lush rainforests and exquisite The Rt Revd & Rt Hon Dr Richard Minerva – possible beach landing Yangon City Chinese ancestral home Mar 5 Krabi Bay Scenic Cruise beaches, before the Captain navigates a scenic Chartres – Historian and Bishop of London. Tour, Evening Shwedagon Pagoda, Scott Market Mar 6 Cruise on Minerva • Sail among the atmospheric cruise among the tall limestone karsts of Krabi See pages 84-87 for biographical notes. Transfer, National Museum Colombo Full Day Mar 7 Cruise on Minerva limestone pillars of Krabi Bay Bay, perhaps finding a beach on which to land. Kandy or City Tour Mar 8 Yangon, Burma (Myanmar) 7.30 am Overnight • Overnight at Yangon, Myanmar, and see Transit the Yangon River to reach the old capital Optional Shore Excursions include: Mar 9 Yangon, Burma (Myanmar) in port 5:00 pm the sumptuous, golden Shwedagon Pagoda of Burma (Myanmar), Yangon. An overnight Singapore Life in Singapore Georgetown Mar 10 Cruise on Minerva • Explore Bago, ancient capital of the in port allows plenty of time to discover this Trishaw Tour Yangon Local Villages & Pagoda, Mar 11 Cruise on Minerva Mon Kingdom, and the Htauk Kyant War intriguing city, the golden Shwedagon Pagoda, Full Day Bago, Kalywa Monastery & Shin Pyu Mar 12 Cruise on Minerva Mar 13 Cruise on Minerva Memorial Cemetery Bago, ancient capital of the Mon Kingdom, Ceremony, General Aung San Tour, Overnight Mar 14 Colombo, Sri Lanka 7:00 am Overnight and to view some of the best preserved British Bagan Colombo Full Day Pinnawela Elephants • Burma’s daily life and monastic rituals – a Disembark colonial architecture. From the capital of Sri Mar 15 Colombo, Sri Lanka in port glimpse behind the scenes Lanka, Colombo, drive through the beautiful OPTIONAL EXTENSIONS • Discover the revered Temple of scenery of the Hill Country to Kandy and the Your cruise fare excludes Sri Lanka transit visa, which must be obtained prior to travel. See page 90 the Tooth at Kandy lakeside Temple of the Tooth or enjoy a visit to Enhance your experience with pre and post cruise options. Please see pages 80-83 for full details. for details. the Pinnawela Elephant Sanctuary. Temple of the Tooth, Kandy Pinnawela Elephants, Sri Lanka

32 Contact your Travel Agent, Call us at 866.923.9182 or visit www.swanhellenic.us 33 INDIA and the MALABAR COAST MARCH 15 – MARCH 29, 2015 15 Days from $6,299pp

SRI LANKA • INDIA • OMAN

Muscat

There is more to life than increasing Oman 2 FOR 1  its speed’. GRAND MOSQUE

CRUISE OMAN  GANDHI’S BIRTHPLACE Mahatma Gandhi Porbandar India (Leader of Indian nationalism) 1869 - 1948) FARES

Mumbai India  ELEPHANTA ISLAND

ARABIAN SEA INDIA

 OLD GOA Shivaji Terminus, Mumbai Marmagoa India

 KERALA BACKWATERS Kochi India Tuticorin India SRI LANKA  KANDY

Colombo Sri Lanka Indian market

Fishing nets at sunset, Kochi, India YOUR CHOICE OF INCLUDED YOUR ITINERARY FARES PER PERSON MIN150315 SHORE EXCURSIONS DATE PORT ARRIVE DEPART STATEROOM TYPE BROCHURE FARE 2 FOR 1 FARES xplore the diverse land and townscapes of Gujurat; this off-the-beaten track town is Colombo Full Day Kandy or City Tour Tuticorin Mar 15 Colombo, Sri Lanka Embark Overnight YOUR CRUISE HIGHLIGHTS EIndia on an enlightening cruise along the Gandhi’s birthplace. Finally, contrast the hustle Palayamkottai & Tirunelveli or Scenic Drive & Mar 16 Colombo, Sri Lanka in port 7:00 pm Balcony Suites from $20,198 $10,099 Malabar coast of the Indian Subcontinent. and bustle of India with the relaxed, friendly Plantation Kochi City Tour, Harbour Cruise, Full Mar 17 Tuticorin, India 7:30 am 3:00 pm Outside Staterooms from $12,598 $6,299 • Watch the Pinnawela Elephants as capital of Oman, Muscat, which will enchant Day Allepey Backwaters Cruise Marmagoa Old Mar 18 Kochi, India 11.30 am Overnight they bathe in the local river in Sri Lanka From the lazy charm of Colombo, sail north to Inside Staterooms from SOLD OUT SOLD OUT Goa or Temples & Spices Mumbai Sightseeing Mar 19 Kochi, India in port 7:00 pm discover the small villages and peaceful backwaters you with its distinctive trading areas, Grand • Discover the daily life of Indian Drive or Elephanta Island or Mani Bhavan & Mar 20 Cruise on Minerva Prices for all categories can be found on pages 102 - 104 of Tamil Nadu’s Tuticorin and Kerala’s Kochi, where Mosque and beautiful Corniche. communities in the villages near Museum. Sightseeing Drive, Mumbai Markets Mar 21 Marmagoa, India 7:00 am 5:00 pm you are offered rare insights into traditional Indian Tuticorin and Kochi Porbandar City Tour with Tuk Tuk Muscat City Mar 22 Mumbai, India 1:00 pm Overnight rural life. An overnight in Kochi gives plenty of YOUR GUEST SPEAKERS Mar 23 Mumbai, India in port 10:00 pm • Cruise the tranquil Kerala Backwaters Tour (Grand Mosque, Bait al Zubair Museum), time to explore this former Dutch trading colony Mar 24 Cruise on Minerva or see the iconic fishing nets of Kochi Your guest speakers on this cruise include: Nakhl Fort whilst Marmagao in Goa offers an intriguing fusion Mar 25 Porbandar, India 7:00 am 5:00 pm Optional Shore Excursions include: • Experience the unique urban bustle of colonial Portugal and modern India. Here you Mr Oliver Everett – Librarian Emeritus Mar 26 Cruise on Minerva Colombo Full day Pinnawela Elephants Kochi of Mumbai and admire the fascinating can explore Old Goa with its Christian churches or of the Royal Library, Windsor Castle. Mar 27 Muscat, Oman 6:00 pm Overnight Kumbalangi Village Mumbai Local Life work of the dabbawalas discover spice plantations and Hindu temples. Professor Lord (Richard) Harries of Mar 28 Muscat, Oman in port Overnight (Dabbawalas), Unexplored Mumbai Muscat Full Pentregarth – Former Bishop of Oxford. Mar 29 Muscat, Oman in port Disembark • View the remarkable cave temples Mumbai, the capital city of Maharashtra and the most Day Nizwa & Jabrin, Dolphin Safari and rock carvings of the god Shiva on populous and wealthy city in India, is a vibrant mix of Professor A G Hopkins – Emeritus Smuts Your cruise fare excludes Indian and Sri Lanka Elephanta Island, Mumbai India’s extremes where colonial architecture competes Professor of Commonwealth History, entry visas which must be obtained prior to travel. with dynamic 21st century structures, Gandhi’s home OPTIONAL EXTENSIONS • Visit the impressive Grand Mosque in University of Cambridge. See page 90 for details. Oman’s white capital, Muscat and tranquil Elephanta Island. Your Indian adventure See pages 84-87 for biographical notes. Enhance your experience with pre and post cruise culminates with a call at Porbandar in the state of options. Please see pages 80-83 for full details. Grand Mosque, Muscat

34 Contact your Travel Agent, Call us at 866.923.9182 or visit www.swanhellenic.us 35 JEWELS OF ARABIA and the RED SEA MARCH 29 – APRIL 13, 2015 16 Days from $2,799pp

OMAN • DJIBOUTI • EGYPT • JORDAN

 WADI RUM “The creed of the desert seemed  PETRA inexpressible in words, and indeed in 2 FOR 1 Sharm el Sheikh Aqaba Jordan thought.” CRUISE Egypt TE Lawrence, British Army Officer (1888-1935) FARES Safaga Egypt

KARNAK TEMPLE Muscat VALLEY OF THE KINGS  SAUDI Oman ARABIA EGYPT GRAND MOSQUE 

OMAN

ARABIAN SEA

JOB’S TOMB  Salalah Oman

CAMEL MARKET  LAKE ASSAL  Djibouti

Temple of Karnak, Luxor

iscover Arab and nomadic cultures as you YOUR GUEST SPEAKERS YOUR CRUISE HIGHLIGHTS Dfollow ancient trade routes around the Arabian Peninsula and up through the Red Sea Your guest speakers on this cruise include: • Follow in the footsteps of ancient to Petra. YOUR ITINERARY FARES PER PERSON MIN150329 Frankincense traders and see how Mr Christopher Bradley – Guidebook Sail from the alluring white cities of Muscat and CRUISE REFERENCE: MIN150329 this trade flourished in the Dhofar author, lecturer and travel guide, North STATEROOM TYPE BROCHURE FARE 2 FOR 1 FARES Salalah at the centre of the trade in frankincense, DATE PORT ARRIVE DEPART region of Oman Africa and Middle East. Nakhal Fort, Oman Mar 29 Muscat, Oman Embark Overnight Balcony Suites from $14,998 $7,499 cruise to the East African town of Djibouti, a lively Ms Lucia Gahlin –Egyptologist. • Discover fascinating salt water Lake blend of colonial French and Arab influences, before Mar 30 Muscat, Oman in port 7:00 pm Outside Staterooms from $7,798 $3,899 Assal, Africa’s lowest geographic point, Mr Stuart Laing – Former Ambassador YOUR CHOICE OF INCLUDED Mar 31 Cruise on the Minerva enjoying three relaxing days at sea, perhaps listening Inside Staterooms from $5,598 $2,799 in Muscat and Kuwait. SHORE EXCURSIONS and explore Djibouti’s blend of colonial to enlightening talks by your Guest Speakers. Apr 1 Salalah, Oman 6:00 pm Overnight French and Arab influences See pages 84-87 for biographical notes. Muscat Muscat City Tour, Nakhal Fort Apr 2 Salalah, Oman in port 2:00 pm Prices for all categories can be found on pages 102 - 104 The Egyptian town of Safaga is the gateway to • Enter the Pharaohs’ regal tombs of Salalah Sights of Salalah (Job’s Tomb, Al Balid Apr 3 Cruise on the Minerva Luxor, where you can discover the magnificent Apr 4 Cruise on the Minerva the Valley of the Kings or wonder at Museum, Mughsail Beach) or Dhofar Heritage colonnaded Karnak Temple and the frescoed tombs Apr 5 Djibouti Town, Djibouti Midnight 5:00 pm the remarkable frescoes of the workers’ (Samhuram, Taka Village, Al Balid Museum) in the Valley of the Kings. From Aqaba, a highlight Apr 6 Cruise on the Minerva tombs at Deir El Medineh which depict Djibouti City Tour, Local Dance Performance of your cruise must be an inclusive full day excursion Apr 7 Cruise on the Minerva the life and death of Ancient Egyptians Safaga Full Day Valley of the Kings or Full Day to Petra, one of the world’s most impressive ancient Apr 8 Cruise on the Minerva Valley of the Queens Aqaba Full Day Petra or • Walk down through the dramatic Siq sites. Marvel at the glimpsed view of the Treasury as Apr 9 Safaga, Egypt 6:00 am 10:30 pm Wadi Rum Sharm el Sheikh Glass Bottomed Gorge to discover Petra’s extraordinary you walk through the narrow Siq gorge to discover Apr 10 Aqaba, Jordan 3:00 pm Overnight Boat Trip or Beach Transfer or Desert Drive rock cut Treasury and Tombs the ancient rock-cut city of the Nabataeans. Apr 11 Aqaba, Jordan in port 7:00 pm Optional Shore Excursions include: Apr 12 Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt 7:00 am Overnight • Enjoy leisurely days at sea relaxing on Conclude your cruise in the Egyptian port of Sharm Muscat Full Day Nizwa & Jabrin Forts, Apr 13 Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt in port Disembark deck or discovering a new talent in an el Sheikh on the Sinai Peninsula, where you can Dolphin Safari Djibouti Lake Assal Aqaba on board workshop enjoy a desert drive or discover nearby coral reefs on Enhance your experience with pre and post Overnight Petra cruise options. Please see pages 80-83 for full a glass bottomed boat trip. The Treasury at Petra, Jordan details.

36 Contact your Travel Agent, Call us at 866.923.9182 or visit www.swanhellenic.us 37 HOLY LANDS APRIL 13 – APRIL 27, 2015 15 Days from $3,999pp

EGYPT • JORDAN • ISRAEL • TURKEY • GREECE

Mykonos Greece GREECE 2 FOR 1 TURKEY APOLLO’S BIRTHPLACE Kusadasi Turkey CRUISE  Piraeus  EPHESUS Greece FARES Delos Greece

CYPRUS

MEDITERRANEAN SEA Haifa Israel  NAZARETH Petra, Jordan  JERUSALEM  DEAD SEA Alexandria Egypt Ashdod Israel LIBRARY AND CORNICHE  SUEZ CANAL  ISRAEL PYRAMIDS OF GIZA  PETRA   WADI RUM EGYPT El Sokhna Egypt Aqaba Jordan

Sharm el Sheikh Egypt The Sphinx, Giza Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem

ravel through holy lands as Minerva sails pilgrimage and religious centres in their day. from the Red Sea, through the Suez Canal Continue across the sparkling Aegean to YOUR CRUISE HIGHLIGHTS T YOUR CHOICE OF INCLUDED YOUR ITINERARY FARES PER PERSON MIN150413 and into the Eastern Mediterranean. conclude your cruise in the ancient city of • Pause at the end of the Siq, the SHORE EXCURSIONS CRUISE REFERENCE: MIN150413 Athens, dominated by the iconic Acropolis. Sharm el Sheikh Glass Bottomed Boat Trip or STATEROOM TYPE BROCHURE FARE 2 FOR 1 FARES narrow gorge that reveals Nabataean Visit the Nabataean city of Petra founded more DATE PORT ARRIVE DEPART Beach Transfer or Desert Drive Aqaba Full Day Petra’s ‘rose-red’ Treasury, hewn than 2,000 years ago and known for its rock- Apr 13 Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt Embark Overnight Balcony Suites from $17,998 $8,999 Petra, Wadi Rum El Sokhna Full Day Pyramids from the rock face cut Treasury and tombs. Cruise around the YOUR GUEST SPEAKERS Apr 14 Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt in port 7:00 pm Outside Staterooms from $9,598 $4,799 Sinai Peninsula to El Sokhna in Egypt and drive and Cairo Museum Alexandria Library and Apr 15 Aqaba, Jordan 7:00 am 7:00 pm • Stand at the foot of Giza’s Great Your guest speakers on this cruise include: Inside Staterooms from $7,998 $3,999 across the desert to marvel at the Pyramids and City Drive or Roman Alexandria or El Alamein Apr 16 El Sokhna, Egypt 11:00 pm Overnight Pyramids and look up at the the treasures of the Cairo Museum. Visit the Professor Christopher Andrew – Emeritus Cemeteries Ashdod Full Day Jerusalem & Apr 17 El Sokhna, Egypt in port 10:00 pm Prices for all categories can be found on pages 102 - 104 enigmatic Sphinx spectacular new library in Alexandria or discover Professor of Modern & Contemporary Bethlehem or Tel Aviv & JaffaHaifa Acre and the Apr 18 Suez Canal, Egypt daylight transit Your cruise fare excludes Turkey visa which must • Discover Jerusalem and view some of the city’s Roman heritage before sailing east to History, University of Cambridge. Crusaders’ Kingdom, Caesarea Kusadasi Ephesus Apr 19 Alexandria, Egypt 12:00 noon 11:00 pm be obtained online prior to travel. Please see page the world’s most sacred sites including Israel. Spend a day in Jerusalem and, from the Canon Ralph Godsall – Priest Vicar, or Didyma and Miletus Delos Independent Walk Apr 20 Cruise on Minerva Apr 21 Ashdod, Israel 7:00 am 10:00 pm 90 for full details. the golden Dome of the Rock Mount of Olives, view some of the world’s most Westminster Abbey. Mykonos Independent Piraeus Acropolis or Full Apr 22 Haifa, Israel 7:00 am 7:00 pm • Look out over the tranquil waters sacred sites. Continue to Haifa and visit Acre to see Day Acropolis Freedom. Mr George Hart – Former Principal Apr 23 Cruise on Minerva of Lake Galilee and visit the biblical the headquarters of the Knights of St John. The Optional Shore Excursions include: Lecturer on British Museum’s Antiquities Apr 24 Kusadasi, Turkey 1:00 pm 9:30 pm town of Nazareth Turkish port of Kusadasi leads to the magnificent El Sokhna Full Day St Anthony’s and St Paul’s from Egypt, Greece & the Levant. Apr 25 Delos, Greece 8:00 am 1:30 pm Roman city of Ephesus, while the small Greek Monasteries Ashdod Full Day Dead Sea Haifa • Walk the marbled Curetes Street Mr Jeremy Paterson – Former Senior Apr 25 Mykonos, Greece 4:00 pm 8:00 pm island of Delos will delight with its ancient site Full Day Nazareth and Sea of Galilee Kusadasi in Roman Ephesus, where St Paul Lecturer in Ancient History, Newcastle Apr 26 Piraeus, Greece 6:00 am Overnight usually carpeted in spring flowers at this time of Roman Houses Piraeus Corinth Canal Cruise. preached for two years University. Apr 27 Piraeus, Greece in port Disembark Ephesus, Turkey year. Both Ephesus and Delos were important See pages 84-87 for biographical notes.

38 Contact your Travel Agent, Call us at 866.923.9182 or visit www.swanhellenic.us 39 BLACK SEA EMPIRES APRIL 27 – MAY 11, 2015 15 Days from $10,299pp

GREECE • TURKEY • GEORGIA • UKRAINE • BULGARIA

2 FOR 1 UKRAINE CRUISE POTEMKIN STEPS FARES  Odessa Ukraine

Yalta Ukraine  LIVADIA PALACE

Uspensky Cathedral, Odessa Sevastopol Ukraine

BLACK SEA Nessebur Bulgaria GEORGIA BULGARIA Sinop Turkey  Batumi Georgia TEMPLE OF  BOTANICAL SERAPIS GARDENS TOPKAPI PALACE  Istanbul Trabzon Turkey  SUMELA MONASTERY GALLIPOLI  Turkey Çanakkale ‘Lights out, men, and stop talking. GREECE Turkey We’re going in now…’ TURKEY ACROPOLIS  C E W Bean, The Story of Anzac, Sydney, 1921, Vol I, p.249 Piraeus the magnificent Panorama celebrating the Sumela Monastery, Turkey Greece defence of Sevastopol during the Crimean War before exploring the city of Odessa, YOUR CHOICE OF INCLUDED founded by Catherine the Great. Wander the YOUR ITINERARY FARES PER PERSON MIN150427 cobbled streets of the small UNESCO town of SHORE EXCURSIONS DATE PORT ARRIVE DEPART ommemorate 100 years since ANZAC STATEROOM TYPE BROCHURE FARE 2 FOR 1 FARES Nessebur, known for its Byzantine churches, Piraeus Acropolis or Acropolis Museum Cannakale Apr 27 Piraeus, Greece Embark Overnight forces landed at Gallipoli as Minerva YOUR CRUISE HIGHLIGHTS C before Minerva makes her way back through Troy Sinop City Walk or Sinop Panorama Trabzon Apr 28 Piraeus, Greece in port 1:30 pm Balcony Suites from $20,598 $10,299 circumnavigates the Black Sea. the narrow Bosphorus to the magnificent city Sumela Monastery or Church of St Sophia Batumi Apr 29 Canakkale, Turkey 8:00 am 6:00 pm • Reflect on the poignant reminders of the Outside Staterooms from SOLD OUT SOLD OUT From the ancient capital of Athens sail to the of Istanbul. Botanical Gardens & City Walk or Gonio Fortress, Apr 30 Cruise on Minerva - Early Morning tragic Gallipoli campaign of 1915 Bosphorus Transit Inside Staterooms from SOLD OUT SOLD OUT strategically important town of Canakkale on Adjara Dance Performance Yalta Livadia Palace, • Marvel at Sumela Monastery, built high in May 1 Sinop, Turkey 8:00 am 2:00 pm the Dardanelles Strait and, at the Gallipoli Alupka Palace EVE Black Sea Naval Ensemble Prices for all categories can be found on pages 102 - 104 the Pontic Alps YOUR GUEST SPEAKERS May 2 Trabzon, Turkey 8:00 am 7:00 pm peninsula, reflect on the poignant reminders Sevastopol City Tour (including the Panorama), May 3 Batumi, Georgia 7:00 am 10:00 pm • Enjoy an exhilarating Adjara dance Your guest speakers on this cruise include: of the 1915 campaign or uncover the secrets Chersonesos, Balaclava, Bakhchiserai Odessa May 4 Cruise on Minerva performance in Georgia and the Black Sea Sir Tony Brenton – Former Ambassador to of Troy. Highlights of Odessa, Odessa City Walk, Independent May 5 Yalta, Ukraine 8:00 am 11:00 pm Naval Ensemble in Yalta Russia. Cruise through the narrow Bosphorus to Nessebur City Walk or Bulgarian Village, May 6 Sevastopol, Ukraine 7:00 am 6:00 pm • Visit Livadia Palace following in the the Black Sea where layers of civilization are Professor Carole Hillenbrand – Professor of Independent Istanbul Old Istanbul (including Blue May 7 Odessa, Ukraine 8:00 am Overnight footsteps of Tsars and World Statesmen revealed in the faces of the people and the Islamic History, University of Edinburgh. Mosque and Aghia Sophia) or Spice & Mosques May 8 Odessa, Ukraine in port 07:00 am May 8 Cruise on Minerva • Explore the naval stronghold of Sevastopol sites visited. Explore Sinop and sail on to Professor Robert Hillenbrand – Professor of Walk or Topkapi Palace. May 9 Nessebur, Bulgaria 8:00 am 6:00 pm and step back in time to the Crimean War as Trabzon where Sumela Monastery perches Islamic Art, St Andrew’s University. Optional Shore Excursions include: Canakkale Gallipoli Batumi Home Visit Yalta May 10 Istanbul, Turkey 7:00 am Overnight you gaze on the life‑like Panorama on the narrow ledge on a steep cliff in The Rt Revd Stephen Platten – Bishop of Alexander Nevsky Cathedral & Chekhov Sevastopol May 11 Istanbul, Turkey in port Disembark • Stroll through the courtyards of the Altındere National Park. Drive along Georgia’s Wakefield. scenic coastline from Batumi to the ‘Green Full Day Crimean Military History Odessa Sultan’s Topkapi Palace overlooking Professor Gary Sheffield – Professor of War Cape’; cruise north to Yalta on the Crimean Odessa Mansions – Music and Art, Evening Ballet Your cruise fare excludes Turkey visa which must the bustling Bosphorus Studies, University of Wolverhampton. Peninsula and visit Livadia Palace, site of Performance Nessebur Full Day Sozopol Istanbul be obtained online prior to travel. Please see page See pages 84-87 for biographical notes. Topkapi Palace, Istanbul the historic Yalta Conference in 1945. View Bosphorus Cruise, Byzantine Istanbul. 90 for full details.

40 Contact your Travel Agent, Call us at 866.923.9182 or visit www.swanhellenic.us 41 From the Baltic to the Black Sea Cruises May – October 2015

pectacular coastlines, fascinating history and unspoilt smaller ports Scombine to make Minerva’s Summer 2015 programme as varied as it is unmissable. Whether sailing from in the UK or from somewhere in the Mediterranean, there are always new destinations to experience and fresh discoveries to be made.

2 FOR 1 CRUISE FARES Includes AIR & TRANSFERS

Oia, Santorini, Greece AEGEAN & ADRIATIC ODYSSEY MAY 11 – MAY 25, 2015 15 Days from $4,999pp

TURKEY • GREECE • ALBANIA • MONTENEGRO • CROATIA • SICILY • ITALY 2 FOR 1 CRUISE FARES Includes AIR & CROATIA TRANSFERS

ITALY Hvar WALLED TOWN Croatia Dubrovnik Croatia Civitavecchia  Kotor Montenegro TARQUINIA  Italy  MONTENEGRO

 ROME SCENIC FJORD AGHIA SOPHIA  Ponza Italy Istanbul ALBANIA Sarande Albania Turkey

 BUTRINT GREECE Itea DELPHI TURKEY Greece  Palermo Sicily Corinth Canal  EPIDAURUS  MONREALE  Greece Nauplia Greece SICILY

Santorini Greece Dubrovnik, Croatia

YOUR CHOICE OF INCLUDED YOUR ITINERARY FARES PER PERSON MIN150511 rom magnificent Istanbul Minerva sails marble streets and baroque buildings. YOUR CRUISE HIGHLIGHTS SHORE EXCURSIONS DATE PORT ARRIVE DEPART across the Aegean to the Cycladic island STATEROOM TYPE BROCHURE FARE 2 FOR 1 FARES • Wander the bustling streets of Istanbul F Enjoy a day at sea, sailing south to the island Istanbul Old Istanbul, Mosques & Spice Bazaar May 11 Istanbul, Turkey Embark Overnight of Santorini. Explore cliff-top, whitewashed and admire the ornate Ottoman Blue of Sicily. Overlooking Palermo is the small Walk, Archaeological Museum Santorini Oia, May 12 Istanbul, Turkey In port 7.00pm Balcony Suites from $21,998 $10,999 villages before cruising towards Nauplia, the May 13 Cruise on Minerva Mosque town of Monreale with its splendid Norman Akrotiri, Independent exploration Nauplia Outside Staterooms from $13,198 $6,599 first capital of independent Greece and the cathedral and glittering mosaics. On the May 14 Santorini, Greece 7.00am 5.00pm • Climb to the top of Mycenae, Mycenae, Epidauros Itea Delphi, Osios Loukas Inside Staterooms from $9,998 $4,999 gateway to Agamemnon’s legendary hilltop Italian island of Ponza enjoy an independent May 15 Nauplia, Greece 7.00am 7.00pm Agamemnon’s hilltop citadel and wonder Monastery Sarande Butrint Kotor Town Walk, fort, Mycenae. afternoon exploring the town where Moorish- May 16 Corinth Canal transit early morning Prices for all categories can be found on pages 102 - 104 at sacred Delphi Montenegro Panorama Hvar Independent May 16 Itea, Greece 2.00pm 8.00pm Transit the narrow, steep-sided Corinth Canal looking cubed houses rise steeply from the Includes Air & Transfers from JFK. (See page 19 for details) exploration Dubrovnik Dubrovnik on foot, May 17 Sarande, Albania 1.00pm 7.00pm • Minerva transits the narrow Corinth to the small port of Itea and drive up into the waterfront. Finally, sail onto Civitavecchia: Cavtat & Riviera, Lokrum Island, Independent May 18 Kotor, Montenegro 12.30pm 9.00pm Canal, a feat of engineering Parnassus mountains to Delphi, site of the ancient gateway to the grandeur of Rome and the exploration Palermo Monreale, Palatine Chapel May 19 Hvar, Croatia 12.00pm 5.00pm • Dramatically situated at the head Oracle. On the shores of the Adriatic close to the Etruscan tombs of Tarquinia. & Drive Ponza Independent exploration May 20 Dubrovnik, Croatia 1.00am 5.00pm of Southern Europe’s deepest fjord, Albanian town of Sarande, visit the mesmerising Civitavecchia Ostia, Tarquinia. May 21 Cruise on Minerva visit Kotor and discover its medieval archaeological site of Butrint, before sailing into May 22 Palermo, Sicily 12.00pm 7.00pm YOUR GUEST SPEAKERS Optional Shore Excursions include: narrow streets the dramatic Kotor Fjord, the deepest fjord in May 23 Ponza, Italy 12.00pm 8.00pm Your guest speakers on this cruise include: Istanbul Bosphorus Cruise, Byzantine Sarande • Explore the island of Hvar on the Southern Europe. Explore the cobbled streets of May 24 Civitavecchia, Italy 7.00am Overnight Professor David Braund – Professor of Girokastra Dubrovnik By cable car Ponza Dalmatian coast and wander the marbled Kotor’s medieval old Town and cruise the scenic May 25 Civitavecchia, Italy In port Disembark Classics & Ancient History, University of Coastal Cruise Civitavecchia Roman Rome. streets of Dubrovnik’s Old Town coastline of Dalmatia to the sunniest and greenest of the Croatian islands, Hvar. Its medieval town is Exeter. • Stand in Rome’s Colosseum and walk OPTIONAL EXTENSIONS Your cruise fare excludes Turkey visa which must a profusion of beautifully ornamented buildings, Professor Tom Higham – Professor of be obtained online prior to travel. See page 90 for in the Forum, the hub of public life in perfect for exploring on foot. Dubrovnik is ‘the Archaeological Science, University of Oxford. Enhance your experience with post cruise details. Ancient Rome pearl of the Adriatic’ with city walls surrounding See pages 84-87 for biographical notes. options. Please see pages 80-83 for full details. Santorini, Greece

44 Contact your Travel Agent, Call us at 866.923.9182 or visit www.swanhellenic.us 45 EMPIRES of the MEDITERRANEAN MAY 25 – JUNE 8, 2015 15 Days from $5,299pp

ITALY • AEOLIAN ISLANDS • SICILY • ALGERIA • SPAIN • PORTUGAL • UK 2 FOR 1 CRUISE Portsmouth FARES England Includes “Travel and change of place impart new vigour to the mind. ” AIR & TRANSFERS Seneca (Roman dramatist, philosopher and politician, 5BC-65AD)

ITALY Civitavecchia Italy ROME Oporto (Leixoes)  Portugal  OSTIA POMPEII   PORT HOUSES Salerno Italy  PAESTUM PORTUGAL  STROMBOLI Trapani Sicily

SPAIN  Lipari Italy Algiers SEGESTA SHERRY & FLAMENCO Algeria SICILY  Bejaia Algeria TIPAZA  Cadiz Spain  KASBAH  DJEMILA TUNISIA New Ports ALGERIA Tipaza, Algeria

oin Minerva in Civitavecchia and the coastal ruins of the Roman trading post YOUR CRUISE HIGHLIGHTS YOUR CHOICE OF INCLUDED Jdiscover the Roman port of Ostia, the at Tipaza, admire the old French buildings YOUR ITINERARY FARES PER PERSON MIN150525 • Visit Rome to stroll through the Ancient Etruscan frescoed tombs of Tarquinia or and impressive Martyrs Monument or explore SHORE EXCURSIONS DATE PORT ARRIVE DEPART STATEROOM TYPE BROCHURE FARE 2 FOR 1 FARES Forum and stand on Palatine Hill the grandeur of Rome before she sails south the myriad of narrow streets and alleys in the Civitavecchia Ostia, Tarquinia Salerno May 25 Civitavecchia, Italy Embark Overnight • Walk through the streets, past the houses, to Salerno, gateway to the striking Amalfi traditional Kasbah. Paestum, Pompeii Lipari Independent May 26 Civitavecchia, Italy In port 7.00pm Balcony Suites from $19,598 $9,799 temples and squares of Pompeii, buried by Coast as well as the majestic Greek temples Sail through the narrow Straits of Gibraltar to Exploration Trapani Segesta, Selinute Bejaia May 27 Salerno, Italy 12.00pm 7.00pm Outside Staterooms from $12,398 $6,199 the AD 79 Vesuvius eruption at Paestum. Coastal Vistas, Djemila Algiers Tipaza, May 28 Lipari, Italy 8.00am 5.30pm Cadiz, possibly the oldest city in Europe, and Inside Staterooms from $10,598 $5,299 Algiers Panorama Cadiz Walk May 28 Stromboli scenic cruise late evening • Admire views of the Sicilian countryside Cruise to picturesque Lipari on the Aeolian north to Oporto, built on the steep banks of Cadiz Oporto Oporto Panorama, Guimares. May 29 Trapani, Sicily 12.00pm 6.00pm Prices for all categories can be found on pages 102 - 104 from the magnificent Greek islands, and then maybe enjoy the spectacle the Douro, before the final leg of your cruise (Lexoies) May 30 Cruise on Minerva Temple of Segesta of dramatic, livid red explosions at night from to England’s shores. Optional Shore Excursions include: Includes Air & Transfers from JFK. (See page 19 for details) May 31 Bejaia, Algeria 7.00am 8.00pm volcanic Stromboli, the only island whose Civitavecchia Roman Rome Salerno Amalfi • At the first of two maiden calls in Algeria, Jun 1 Algiers, Algeria 7.30am 8.00pm smouldering cone is permanently active. South Coast Lipari Volcano Cruise, Island Drive discover Djemila, one of the best-preserved YOUR GUEST SPEAKERS Jun 2 Cruise on Minerva to Sicily and the town of Trapani to visit hill Trapani Marsala and Mozia Island Algiers Roman sites in North Africa Your guest speakers on this cruise include: Jun 3 Cadiz, Spain 2.30pm 9.00pm top Segesta, ancient capital of the Elymians Kasbah Walk, Memories of World War II • Wander in the Kasbah and admire Jun 4 Cruise on Minerva before making two maiden calls to Algeria. Dr Peter Caddick-Adams – Military Historian Cadiz Sherry & Flamenco Oporto Duoro the French architecture in Algeria’s Jun 5 Oporto (Leixoes), Portugal 8.00am 5.00pm First the charming town of Bejaia to admire and Lecturer, UK Defence Academy. Valley. capital, Algiers Jun 6 Cruise on Minerva the panoramic vistas along the coast or visit Mr Jeremy Paterson – Former Senior Jun 7 Cruise on Minerva • Discover the picturesque old city of one of the best preserved Roman ruins in Lecturer in Ancient History, Newcastle OPTIONAL EXTENSIONS Jun 8 Portsmouth, England 7.00am Disembark Oporto, along the banks of the River Douro North Africa at Djemila. Then west along the University. Enhance your experience with pre cruise coast to Algeria’s capital, Algiers, to discover See pages 84-87 for biographical notes. options. Please see pages 80-83 for full details. Segesta, Sicily

46 Contact your Travel Agent, Call us at 866.923.9182 or visit www.swanhellenic.us 47 WHITE NIGHTS of the BALTIC JUNE 8 – JUNE 23, 2015 16 Days from $6,699pp

DENMARK • SWEDEN • FINLAND • RUSSIA • ESTONIA • UK 2 FOR 1 CRUISE FARES Includes AIR & FINLAND TRANSFERS SWEDEN SIBELIUS Helsinki HOUSE St Petersburg Finland  Russia VASA MUSEUM   Vasa ship, Stockholm Stockholm  PETERHOF PALACE Sweden Tallinn TALLINN HERMITAGE MUSEUM BALTIC OLD TOWN SEA Estonia ESTONIA RUSSIA KALMAR CASTLE  Kalmar DENMARK Sweden ROSKILDE  Copenhagen BORNHOLM ISLAND Denmark  Rønne Denmark  KIEL CANAL

Portsmouth GERMANY England

New Port

Peterhof Palace, St Petersburg Tallinn, Estonia

eave the shores of Portsmouth and, during the season of the midnight sun and the YOUR CRUISE HIGHLIGHTS Lspend a leisurely two days at sea as White Nights Festival, allows you to visit the • Discover Copenhagen’s royal palaces Minerva sails into the Baltic towards ‘must see’ sights including the Hermitage, the YOUR CHOICE OF INCLUDED YOUR ITINERARY FARES PER PERSON MIN150608 the city of Hans Christian Andersen, cathedral of SS Peter and Paul and glittering SHORE EXCURSIONS DATE PORT ARRIVE DEPART and Viking heritage STATEROOM TYPE BROCHURE FARE 2 FOR 1 FARES Copenhagen. Peterhof Palace. Cruising back towards the Jun 8 Portsmouth, England Embark 5.30pm • Stand on deck as Minerva approaches Copenhagen City Tour, Roskilde Kalmar Baltic visit Tallinn, a former Hanseatic town Jun 9 Cruise on Minerva Balcony Suites from $26,998 $13,499 Stockholm through its picturesque archipelago Discover the cultural riches of royal palaces Kalmar Town Tour Stockholm Vasa & Old Jun 10 Cruise on Minerva as well as the old harbour area of Nyhavn with fine medieval houses and churches, Town, Vikings & Gold Helsinki Helsinki Outside Staterooms from $16,398 $8,199 • Reveal the Legacy of the Tsars from before making a final call to Ronne, on the Jun 11 Copenhagen, Denmark Noon 6.00pm before Minerva makes her maiden call to Highlights, Suomenlinna Island St Petersburg Inside Staterooms from $13,398 $6,699 Peter the Great’s simple log cabin to Jun 12 Kalmar, Sweden Noon 7.00pm Danish island of Bornholm, a former Viking St Petersburg City Drive, Peterhof Palace, the southern Swedish port of Kalmar. Visit Jun 13 Stockholm, Sweden 9.00pm Overnight opulent Peterhof Palace stronghold. Enjoy a transit of the Kiel Canal Prices for all categories can be found on pages 102 - 104 the legendary castle, dating from the 16th State Hermitage Museum, Peter & Paul Jun 14 Stockholm, Sweden In port 3.00pm • Gaze upon Da Vinci’s and Rembrandt’s on Minerva’s return journey to Portsmouth. Includes Air & Transfers from JFK. (See page 19 for details) century, and explore the town viewing its Fortress, Walk in the Footsteps of Peter the Jun 15 Helsinki, Finland 1.00pm 6.00pm masterpieces at the Hermitage – to name carefully renovated buildings and fortifications. Great, St Petersburg Experience Tallinn Jun 16 St Petersburg, Russia 11.00am Overnight but a few! Sail to Stockholm through an impressive YOUR GUEST SPEAKERS Tallinn City Walk, Soviet Past & Upper Town Jun 17 St Petersburg, Russia In port 7.00pm • During the famous White Nights Festival, archipelago of 24,000 rocky islands and enjoy Your guest speakers on this cruise include: Walk Ronne Bornholm Island Drive, Ronne Jun 18 Tallinn, Estonia Noon 7.00pm enjoy a world class performance at one the highlights of Sweden’s capital including Town Walk Independent exploration. Jun 19 Cruise on Minerva Professor Christopher Andrew – Emeritus Jun 20 Rønne, Denmark 8.00am 4.00pm of St Petersburg’s renowned theatres the Vasa, the world’s best-preserved 17th Optional Shore Excursions include: Professor of Modern & Contemporary Jun 21 Kiel Canal transit full day • Explore off the beaten track Kalmar century man-of-war vessel. During a city tour Copenhagen Frederiksborg Palace Helsinki History, University of Cambridge. Jun 22 Cruise on Minerva and Ronne of Helsinki, view Art Deco buildings, the Sibelius House & Concert St Petersburg Nr Neil Taylor – 20th century political Jun 23 Portsmouth, England 7.00am Disembark magnificent Orthodox Uspensky Cathedral Country Palaces of the Romanovs, Yusupov • A daytime transit of the 61-mile long historian and guidebook writer. and the majestic Senate Square before sailing Palace, Hermitage Gold, Evening Ballet or Kiel Canal Please see pages 84-87 for full details. Russian Visa required if passengers not taking through the Gulf of Finland to St Petersburg. Concert Performance. organised excursions. Sibelius monument, Helsinki An overnight stay in this beautiful Russian city,

48 Contact your Travel Agent, Call us at 866.923.9182 or visit www.swanhellenic.us 49 ISLANDS & HIGHLANDS of BRITAIN JUNE 23 – JULY 7, 2015 15 Days from $5,999pp

ENGLAND • SCOTLAND • NORTHERN IRELAND In partnership with National Trust • WALES • ISLES OF SCILLY • CHANNEL ISLANDS 2 FOR 1 Scrabster CASTLE CRUISE Stornaway Caithness OF MEY FARES Outer Hebrides  CALLANISH STONES  Invergordon Highlands Includes LOCH NESS AIR &  TRANSFERS SCOTLAND Oban Highlands  GLENCOE Edinburgh (Port Rosyth)  EDINBURGH CASTLE Belfast MOUNT Northern Ireland STEWART HOUSE  NORTHERN TALL SHIPS IRELAND FESTIVAL

Ightham Mote, England

ENGLAND Images/Andrew© National Trust Butler

WALES TREDEGAR Cardiff HOUSE Wales  Chatham Kent HISTORIC DOCKYARD 

Portsmouth Isles of Scilly England  TRESCO ABBEY England Urquhart Castle, Loch Ness, Scotland GARDENS New Ports Sark Channel Islands

Tresco Abbey Gardens, Isles of Scilly YOUR CRUISE HIGHLIGHTS epart Portsmouth for Chatham on hosting the The Tall Ships Festival and a large Dthe banks of the River Medway, to fleet of Tall Ships are expected in port during YOUR CHOICE OF INCLUDED explore the dramatic exhibits at The Historic our call. Sail south to Cardiff, a maiden call, SHORE EXCURSIONS YOUR ITINERARY FARES PER PERSON MIN150623 Dockyard or discover the delights of Ightham where the welsh 17th century Tredegar House Chatham Historic Dockyard, Ightham Mote • Discover the National Trust’s signature DATE PORT ARRIVE DEPART Mote, a medieval moated manor house. invites exploration and enjoy the sound of a STATEROOM TYPE BROCHURE FARE 2 FOR 1 FARES Port Rosyth Edinburgh Castle & City Drive, Jun 23 Portsmouth, England Embark 4.00pm properties at Ightham Mote, Mount Edinburgh is Scotland’s dynamic capital city, traditional Welsh Male choir. Just 28 miles off Hopetoun House, Independent exploration Jun 24 Chatham, England 10.00am 6.00pm Balcony Suites from $23,998 $11,999 Stewart House and Tredegar House dominated by Edinburgh Castle, offering a the southwest coast of Cornwall lie the remote Invergordon Urquhart Castle & Loch Ness, Jun 25 Cruise on Minerva Outside Staterooms from $14,998 $7,499 • During a maiden call to Chatham medieval Old Town and a Georgian New Town Isles of Scilly and the sub-tropical Tresco Culloden, Picts at Tarbert Scrabster Castle of Jun 26 Edinburgh (Port Rosyth), 8.00am 5.00pm explore the heritage of Chatham’s while from the town of Invergordon admire the Abbey Gardens where rare plants flourish Mey, Dunnet Head & John O’Groats Stornoway Scotland Inside Staterooms from $11,998 $5,999 Jun 27 Invergordon, Scotland 12.30pm 7.30pm Historic Dockyard dramatically located ruins of Urquhart Castle in the warmth of the gulf stream. Finally, Lewis & Callanish Stones, Hebridian Scenic Prices for all categories can be found on pages 102 - 104 Jun 28 Scrabster, Scotland 8.00am 9.00pm • Absorb Scotland’s poignant history at on the shores of Loch Ness or learn about the Minerva sails to the Channel Islands and the Drive Oban Glencoe Scenic Drive, Inverary Jun 29 Stornoway, Outer Hebrides 8.00am Overnight Includes Air & Transfers from JFK. (See page 19 for details) Culloden Moor and Glencoe ancient Picts at Tarbert. From Scrabster stand on tiny island of Sark. Traffic-free, the island is a Castle, Independent exploration Belfast Belfast Jun 30 Hebridean scenic cruise 6.00am the most northerly point of mainland Britain at delight to explore. • Visit the Castle of Mey, former home of City Tour, Mount Stewart House & Gardens, Jun 30 Oban, Scotland 10.00pm Overnight Dunnet Head or visit the remote Castle of Mey. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, Independent to visit Tall Ships Festival Cardiff Jul 1 Oban, Scotland In port 6.00pm The Callanish Standing Stones, on the Isle of the Queen Mother YOUR GUEST SPEAKERS Cardiff City Tour, Tredegar HouseIsles of Jul 2 Belfast, Northern Ireland 8.00am 10.00pm Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, is one of the most Scilly Tresco Abbey Gardens Sark Independent Jul 3 Cruise on Minerva • Enjoy scenic highland cruising and step Your guest speakers on this cruise include: significant and important megalithic complexes Exploration. Jul 4 Cardiff, Wales 8.00am 5.00pm ashore onto the remote islands of Lewis, in Europe. Cruise past an unspoilt landscape of Ms Sarah Staniforth – Jul 5 Isles of Scilly, England 9.00am 7.00pm Tresco and Sark Optional Shore Excursions include: islands, glens and bays, en route to Oban. On Former Museums and Collections Director, Jul 6 Sark, Channel Islands Noon 7.00pm Chatham Canterbury Cathedral Port Rosyth • See the unique spectacle of the the banks of Loch Fyne lies Inverary Castle, or National Trust. Jul 7 Portsmouth, England 7.00am Disembark Firth of Forth cruise, Stirling Castle & Tall Ships as they gather in Belfast for their enjoy a particularly scenic drive to enigmatic Please see pages 84-87 for full details. Bannockburn Belfast Giants Causeway & Antrim annual race Glencoe. Situated on a deep lough is the Coast Isles of Scilly Marine Safari Sark Horse & maritime city of Belfast. In 2015 Belfast will be Tall Ship Festival, Belfast Carriage Ride.

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THE NETHERLANDS • BELGIUM In partnership with RHS Garden Holidays Complimentary RHS membership. (Please see page 95 for details). • CHANNEL ISLANDS • FRANCE • UK 2 FOR 1 CRUISE FARES “Art is not what you see, but what you Amsterdam Netherlands make others see”.  RIJKSMUSEUM Includes Portsmouth Edgar Degas (French painter, 1834-1917) Ostend AIR & England Belgium BELGIUM TRANSFERS   BRUGES

FLANDERS St Peter Port Honfleur FIELD MUSEUM Guernsey France GIVERNY  MONT ST MICHEL  NETHERLANDS St Malo France PONT AVEN  Lorient France  CARNAC STONES FRANCE Belle Île France  LA ROCHELLE La Pallice France to berth right in the heart of Bordeaux, enabling you to walk ashore to watch the Bastille Day celebrations. Enjoy the fireworks from the Bridge of Stone this evening, and spend a  RIVER GIRONDE further day in this elegant city from where you Bordeaux can also explore the wine region of St Emilion. BASTILLE DAY  France CELEBRATIONS Wander around the pretty town of Le Palais on Belle Ile with its star shaped fort, before Minerva sails to Lorient to explore the hidden Honfleur, France gem of Pont Aven which so enchanted the artist Paul Gauguin or see the mysterious pre YOUR CRUISE HIGHLIGHTS historic standing stones at Carnac. Minerva is YOUR CHOICE OF INCLUDED YOUR ITINERARY FARES PER PERSON MIN150707 small enough to berth in the inner harbour of SHORE EXCURSIONS DATE PORT ARRIVE DEPART eparting Portsmouth, Minerva STATEROOM TYPE BROCHURE FARE 2 FOR 1 FARES Dcruises the English Channel to St Malo. Discover the old town and walk along Amsterdam Amsterdam Highlights & Canal Jul 7 Portsmouth, England Embark 10.30pm Jul 8 Cruise on Minerva Amsterdam. Explore the city’s charming the ramparts, or visit Mont St Michel. Finally, Cruise, Rijksmuseum or Haarlem and Frans Balcony Suites from $25,398 $12,699 •Designed in partnership with the Royal Jul 9 Amsterdam, Netherlands 7.00am 7.00pm canals by boat and visit the outstanding Honfleur, one of the most charming old fishing Hals Museum Ostende Bruges, Ypres In Outside Staterooms from $15,798 $7,899 Horticultural Society and featuring a choice of Jul 10 Ostend, Belgium 8.00am 4.00pm Rijksmuseum before sailing along the coast ports in France, wander the narrow streets in the Flanders Fields St Peter Port Independent garden excursions Jul 11 St Peter Port, Guernsey 1.30pm 8.00pm Inside Staterooms from $12,598 $6,299 footsteps of artists or explore Monet’s garden exploration La Pallice La Rochelle Drive to Ostende. Jul 12 Cruise on Minerva • Discover the legacy of the Golden Age in at Giverny. & Walk, Green Venice Bordeaux Bordeaux Prices for all categories can be found on pages 102 - 104 Amsterdam and Bruges No one can fail to be moved by a visit to Jul 13 La Pallice, France 7.00am 8.00pm Panorama & Chateau, Bordeaux Walk & Includes Air & Transfers from JFK. (See page 19 for details) Ypres and In Flanders Fields Museum while Jul 14 Bordeaux, France 7.30am Overnight • Remember the First World War Drive, St Emilion, Independent exploration - another beautiful Flemish city, Bruges, is the YOUR GUEST SPEAKERS Jul 15 Bordeaux, France In port 5.30pm at Ypres, In Flanders Fields Museum and Bastille Day Celebrations Le Palais (Belle Île) best preserved example of medieval Flanders. Your guest speakers on this cruise include: Jul 16 Belle Île/Palais 10.00am 7.00pm Tyne Cot Cemetery Independent exploration Lorient Pont Aven, Cruise to charming St Peter Port on the island Jul 16 Lorient, France 11.00pm Overnight Canon Rupert Bursell – Theologian, Carnac, Independent exploration Jul 17 Lorient, France In port 6.00pm • Berth in the heart of Bordeaux to enjoy Bastille of Guernsey for an afternoon of independent historian and classicist, Honorary Canon of St Malo Dinard, St Malo Walk, Mont St Jul 18 Cruise on Minerva Day celebrations. exploration before cruising around France’s Christ Church, Oxford. Michel Honfleur Honfleur & the Pays Jul 18 St Malo, France 9.15pm Overnight • Set foot on the picturesque most westerly point, the Pointe de Pern, to Professor William Vaughan – Professor d’Auge, Rouen. Jul 19 St Malo, France In port 7.45pm island of Belle Île visit the picturesque port of La Rochelle. Jul 20 Honfleur, France 11.00am 7.00pm Emeritus in History of Art, Birkbeck College, Optional Shore Excursions include: • Absorb the mystery of the Standing Stroll around the city admiring the beautifully Jul 21 Portsmouth, England 7.00am Disembark London. Amsterdam Houses and Gardens walk St Stones of Carnac preserved architecture of the old town, or explore the marshy natural park known as The panel will also include an RHS approved Peter Port Occupied Guernsey, Gardens • Wander among the colourful plants and flowers of Green Venice on a punt boat ride. Sailing Guest Speaker. of Guernsey La Pallice Cognac Le Palais Claude Monet’s garden at Giverny south Minerva will transit the Gironde River Please see pages 84-87 for full details. (Belle Île) Island Drive Honfleur Giverny. Bastille Day celebrations

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UK • CHANNEL ISLANDS • THE AZORES • MADEIRA • SPAIN 2 FOR 1 CRUISE Portsmouth FARES England Includes St Peter Port AIR & Guernsey TRANSFERS

La Coruna Spain  SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA

UNESCO SPAIN TOWN CALDERA   Angra do Heroismo Azores PORTUGAL TORCAL NATURE Horta  SHERRY Ponta Delgada & FLAMENCO RESERVE Azores  Azores  Cadiz Spain  ALCAZABA

SETE CIDADES Malaga Spain Sete Cidades, The Azores Funchal Madeira inerva departs the historic naval and ferns. Ponta Delgada is your gateway to New Ports city of Portsmouth and sails south. the largest island of the Azores, Sao Miguel.  M BOTANICAL GARDENS YOUR CRUISE HIGHLIGHTS Explore picturesque St Peter Port on the Pineapple hot houses and tea plantations & CABO GIRAO • Cruise to the Azores Archipelago, island of Guernsey at your leisure then survive on these unique islands. View the spot dolphins and whales from the during a day at sea listen to introductory stunning crater lakes of Sete Cidades-one Promenade Deck talks by your Guest Speakers or relax on the seemingly blue, the other green. Cruise south YOUR CHOICE OF INCLUDED FARES PER PERSON Promenade Deck. From La Coruña, follow to Funchal on the island of Madeira. Drive YOUR ITINERARY MIN150721 • Founded on the riches of the New SHORE EXCURSIONS DATE PORT ARRIVE DEPART the pilgrim route to Santiago de Compostela out to Cabo Girao for panoramic views of the STATEROOM TYPE BROCHURE FARE 2 FOR 1 FARES World trade, discover the distinct where the magnificent 12th century cathedral island or walk the unique levada irrigation St Peter Port Independent Exploration La Jul 21 Portsmouth, England Embark 6.00pm architecture of Angra do Heroismo, Jul 22 St Peter Port, Guernsey 8.00am 2.00pm Balcony Suites from $21,398 $10,699 houses the tomb of the apostle Saint James. channels, before sailing to the shores of Spain. Coruna Santiago de Compostela Angra do a Unesco World Heritage site Jul 23 Cruise on Minerva Enjoy a flavour of Andalucia in Cadiz; in the Heroismo Town Walk, Monte Brasil Hike Outside Staterooms from $12,998 $6,499 As Minerva spends two days sailing to the Jul 24 La Coruna, Spain 7.00am 3.00pm • Explore the volcanic blue island of cooler late afternoon explore the town from Horta Island Drive, Crater Hike, Independent Inside Staterooms from $10,598 $5,299 Azores Archipelago, keep a keen eye out for Jul 25 Cruise on Minerva Faial abounding with hydrangeas Minerva’s central berth or enjoy a flamenco Exploration Ponta Delgada Sete Cidades sightings of dolphins and whales or enjoy a Jul 26 Cruise on Minerva Prices for all categories can be found on pages 102 - 104 & Botanical Gardens, Ribeira & Fire Lake, • Stand on the Kings viewpoint and look workshop in the company of experts. Each show before cruising through the Strait of Jul 27 Angra do Heroismo, Azores 1.30pm 10.00pm Hike Gabo Girao Scenic Drive, Includes Air & Transfers from JFK. (See page 19 for details) down upon the natural wonder of the island in the Azores, sculptured by ancient Gibraltar to Malaga. Uncover the Moorish Funchal Jul 28 Horta, Azores 8.00am 6.00pm Levada Hike, Botanical Gardens, Independent colourful crater lakes at Sete Cidades volcanoes, has its own identity. Minerva calls heritage of the city or journey up into the Jul 29 Ponta Delgada, Azores 8.00am 11.00pm Exploration Cadiz Town Walk Malaga City Jul 30 Cruise on Minerva • Admire the breathtaking views from first at Angra do Heroismo on the island of Sierra to walk amongst unique limestone Walk, Torcal National Park. Jul 31 Cruise on Minerva Cabo Girao, on Madeira, the second Terceira. Explore the town’s historic centre or landscapes. Aug 1 Funchal, Madeira 6.00am 5.00pm highest cliff face in the world hike up Monte Brasil for views over the island. Optional Shore Excursions include: Aug 2 Cruise on Minerva Horta, on the island of Faial, so-called because YOUR GUEST SPEAKERS St Peter Port Gardens of Guernsey, Island • Stretch your legs on hikes that get Aug 3 Cadiz, Spain 4.30pm 9.30pm of the large number of fire trees (faias-da-terra) Drive Azores Dolphin & Whale Safari Ponta you off the beaten track Your guest speakers on this cruise include: Aug 4 Malaga, Spain 12.00pm Overnight on the island. Savour the views across the sea Delgada Furnas Valley Cadiz Sherry & on the Atlantic Islands Dr Peter Cattermole – Former lecturer in Aug 5 Malaga, Spain In port Disembark to the conical shaped island of Pico and see Flamenco. Terceira, Angra do Heroismo volcanology and planetary geology. the verdant volcanic crater lush with junipers Please see pages 84-87 for full details.

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SPAIN • MOROCCO • MENORCA • SARDINIA • CORSICA In partnership with RHS Garden Holidays Complimentary RHS membership. • FRENCH & ITALIAN RIVIERAS • ELBA • ITALY 2 FOR 1 (Please see page 95 for details). CRUISE FARES FRANCE

Includes VILLA EPHRUSSI CINQUE AIR & Nice Portovenere TERRE COAST Italy  TRANSFERS France  PISA FLORENCE FISHING VILLAGE    Livorno Sanary Sur Mer Portoferraio Italy France Elba Civitavecchia  Ajaccio Corsica Italy NAPOLEON’S   ROME BIRTHPLACE TARQUINIA Mahon Alghero SPAIN Menorca ITALY CIUTADELLA  Sardinia SARDINIA

ALHAMBRA PALACE ROMAN THEATRE  Malaga  Cartagena Spain Spain

Tangier MEDINA  Morocco

MOROCCO Villa Ephrussi, France New Port

YOUR CRUISE HIGHLIGHTS mbark Minerva in the Andalucian city Sanary Sur Mer or enjoy a scenic Riviera drive of Malaga and travel to the Moorish from Nice. On to Portovenere, clinging to the E Alhambra Palace in Granada to marvel at its rugged Cinque Terre on the Italian Riviera, YOUR CHOICE OF INCLUDED YOUR ITINERARY FARES PER PERSON MIN150805 SHORE EXCURSIONS richly decorated interior. a town of narrow steps and cobbled paths. DATE PORT ARRIVE DEPART STATEROOM TYPE BROCHURE FARE 2 FOR 1 FARES • Designed in partnership with the Malaga Malaga Town Walk, Torcal National Sailing through the narrow Strait of Gibraltar, From Livorno the splendour of Romanesque Aug 5 Malaga, Spain Embark Overnight Royal Horticultural Society and Park, La Concepcion Gardens Tangier Balcony Suites from $19,998 $9,999 Pisa and the elegant city of Florence wait to be Aug 6 Malaga, Spain In port 11.00pm featuring a choice of garden excursions Minerva calls at Tangier. Walk through the Tangier Tour & Walk Cartagena Cartagena Outside Staterooms from $12,398 $6,199 discovered. An island drive will reveal Elba’s Aug 7 Tangier, Morocco 8.00am 1.30pm bustling souk and visit the walled Kasbah. Walk & Roman Theatre, Elche Palm Garden • Wander through the tranquil dramatic and beautiful scenery before you Inside Staterooms from $10,798 $5,399 Cartagena is one of Spain’s hidden gems, its Mahon Scenic Island Drive, Ancient Menorca, Aug 8 Cartagena, Spain 2.00pm 11.00pm gardens and ornate courtyards of conclude your cruise in Civitavecchia, gateway city centre a dense mass of narrow streets Independent Exploration Alghero Town Aug 9 Cruise on Minerva Prices for all categories can be found on pages 102 - 104 Moorish Alhambra Palace to the Etruscan frescoed tombs at Tarquinia and which conceal a well preserved Roman Theatre. walk, Sights of Sardinia Ajaccio Town Walk, Aug 10 Mahon, Menorca 8.00am 7.00pm • Encounter the unique identities of historic Rome. Includes Air & Transfers from JFK. (See page 19 for details) Mahon, on the island of Menorca, is a delightful Prunelli Gorges Scenic Drive Sanary Sur Mer Aug 11 Alghero, Sardinia 1.00pm 7.00pm the pretty Mediterranean islands of port town with a pretty harbour front. Explore Independent Exploration Nice Riviera Scenic Aug 12 Ajaccio, Corsica 8.00am 4.00pm Menorca, Sardinia, Corsica and Elba the island on a scenic drive or join a walking YOUR GUEST SPEAKERS Drive, Highlights of Nice, Villa Ephrussi Aug 13 Sanary Sur Mer, France 8.00am 7.00pm • Stroll amongst ornate gardens tour in Cuitadella, the former capital. Cruise Portovenere Independent Exploration Livorno Your guest speakers on this cruise include: Aug 14 Nice, France 8.00am 11.00pm and discover the opulent treasures east to the island of Sardinia and the ancient Pisa, Lucca Walk Portoferraio Island Drive, Aug 15 Portovenere, Italy Noon 3.00am of Villa Ephrussi town of Alghero. Spend the afternoon among Professor Sir Barry Cunliffe – Emeritus Portferraio Walk, Independent exploration Professor, European Archaeology, University of Civitavecchia Ostia, Tarquinia. Aug 16 Livorno, Italy 8.00am 11.00pm • Discover the picturesque ports the honey-coloured buildings, cobbled streets Oxford. Optional Shore Excursions include: Aug 17 Portoferraio, Elba 6.00am 6.00pm of the French and Italian Rivieras and bustling squares before sailing north to Malaga Cordoba, Alhambra Palace, Sanary Aug 18 Civitavecchia, Italy 7.00am Overnight that so inspire artists Ajaccio, birthplace of Napoleon Bonaparte, and Mr Stephen Duffy – Former Senior visit the craggy mountainous interior covered Curator, Wallace Collection, London. Sur Mer Domaine de Rayol Gardens Nice Aug 19 Civitavecchia, Italy In port Disembark • Walk amongst the marble in dense maquis. The French Riviera captivated Chagall & Matisse Museums Livorno Florence splendour of Pisa’s Leaning Tower, The panel will also include an RHS approved & Garden Civitavecchia Vatican and Rome. artists, discover why as you enjoy the vibrant Duomo and Baptistery Guest Speaker. atmosphere of the colourful fishing port at See pages 84-87 for biographical notes. Portovenere, Italy

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ITALY • AEOLIAN ISLANDS • SICILY • TUNISIA • MALTA 2 FOR 1 CRUISE “The Creator made Italy from designs by FARES Venice  DOGE’S PALACE Michaelangelo”. Includes Italy Mark Twain (American author and humourist, 1835-1910) AIR & Ravenna Italy TRANSFERS  SAN VITALE MOSAICS

TARQUINIA Civitavecchia  Italy  ROME ADRIATIC ITALY SEA Naples Italy ISCHIA   POMPEII Gallipoli San Vitale Basilica, Ravenna WALLED TOWN Italy  TYRRHENIAN SEA Lipari Italy Palermo Sicily  VOLCANO  MONREALE SICILY New Port

Sousse Tunisia Valletta Malta  Venice, Italy GRAND  EL DJEM TUNISIA HARBOUR AMPHITHEATRE Palermo, Sicily mbark Minerva in Civitavecchia, the nestled on Italy’s Puglian coast, lives up to its gateway to the eternal city of Rome name ‘beautiful city’. Enjoy a walk around this YOUR CRUISE HIGHLIGHTS E and the fine frescoes of the Etruscan tombs delightful walled port with its fine baroque • Overnight in Naples, plenty of time of Tarquinia. Explore these treasure houses cathedral and piazzas. Sail north through the YOUR CHOICE OF INCLUDED YOUR ITINERARY FARES PER PERSON MIN150819 to fully appreciate the treasures of art and antiquity before sailing south to Adriatic Sea to Ravenna, a glittering showcase SHORE EXCURSIONS DATE PORT ARRIVE DEPART of Pompeii, Herculaneum STATEROOM TYPE BROCHURE FARE 2 FOR 1 FARES Naples from where you can visit Pompeii, for Byzantine art and culture, before ensuring Civitavecchia Ostia, Viterbo, Tarquinia Naples Aug 19 Civitavecchia, Italy Embark Overnight and Ischia Gardens Balcony Suites from $23,398 $11,699 Herculaneum and, during a second day in you are on deck to enjoy Minerva’s arrival in Pompeii, Vesuvius Hike, Herculaneum, National Aug 20 Civitavecchia, Italy In port 8.00pm • Alight in Sicily and discover the port discover art treasures in former palaces. Venice ‘The Queen of the Adriatic’ and one of Archaeological Museum Lipari Independent Aug 21 Naples, Italy 12.00pm Overnight Outside Staterooms from $14,398 $7,199 distinct Norman heritage of Palermo the world’s most remarkable cities. Lipari is the largest of the volcanic Aeolian exploration Palermo Monreale, Palatine Chapel Aug 22 Naples, Italy In port 7.00pm Inside Staterooms from $11,598 $5,799 • See the impressive ruins of the largest islands. Explore the town at your leisure before & Panoramic Drive Sousse El Djem, Sousse Town Aug 23 Lipari, Italy 1.00pm 11.00pm Prices for all categories can be found on pages 102 - 104 sailing to Palermo, on the island of Sicily, Walk Valletta Island drive & Mdina, Valletta colosseum in North Africa at El Djem YOUR GUEST SPEAKERS Aug 24 Palermo, Sicily 8.00am 7.00pm Europe’s grandest city in the 12th century and a Walk Independent exploration Gallipoli Town Includes Air & Transfers from JFK. (See page 19 for details) • Ensure you are on deck as Minerva Your guest speakers on this cruise include: Aug 25 Sousse, Tunisia 5.00pm Overnight melting pot of cultures. Across the Mediterranean Walk Ravenna Ravenna City Tour, Independent sails into Valletta’s magnificent Aug 26 Sousse, Tunisia In port 2.00pm in Africa, the walled town of Sousse was settled Dr Steve Kershaw – Classics Tutor exploration Venice Doge’s Palace, Torcello & Grand Harbour, with its imposing Aug 27 Valletta, Malta 8.00am 11.00pm by the Phoenicians, Romans, Byzantines and for Oxford University, Department of Murano, Venice Walk. fortifications and vast panorama Aug 28 Cruise on Minerva Arabs. Discover the spectacular 3rd century Continuing Education. Optional Shore Excursions include: • Glittering Byzantine mosaics can be Aug 29 Gallipoli, Italy 7.00am 4.00pm Roman amphitheatre of El Djem, once the sixth See pages 84-87 for biographical notes. Civitvecchia Roman Rome Naples Ischia & admired at San Vitale Basilica, Ravenna largest arena in the Roman Empire. Sail east to Garden, Capodimonte Lipari Island Drive, Aug 30 Cruise on Minerva • Sail into Venice and explore one of Valletta to explore the well-preserved prosperous Volcano Cruise Palermo Sicily Highlights, Aug 31 Ravenna, Italy 8.00am 5.00pm the world’s most remarkable cities city of the Knights of St John or enjoy a cruise Private Palazzo Valletta Harbour Cruise Sep 1 Venice, Italy 8.00am Overnight around the magnificent Grand Harbour. Gallipoli Venice Palladio Villas, Palazzo & Gondola. Sep 2 Venice, Italy In port Disembark El Djem Amphitheatre, Tunisia

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ITALY • SLOVENIA • CROATIA • MONTENEGRO • ALBANIA • GREECE 2 FOR 1 CRUISE “Those who seek paradise on earth should FARES see Dubrovnik”. GRAND CANAL SLOVENIA Koper Slovenia Includes G B Shaw (Irish playwright, 1856-1950)  Venice  PIRAN AIR & Italy TRANSFERS Rovinj Rab Croatia Croatia CROATIA  KRKA NATIONAL PARK Šibenik Croatia SWORD MOSTAR DANCE   Korcula Croatia Mljet Croatia Dubrovnik Croatia   RECTOR’S PALACE ISLAND WALK Kotor MONTENEGRO ITALY Montenegro

ALBANIA Sarandë Albania  BUTRINT GREECE Itea Greece DELPHI

 ACROPOLIS St Mark’s Square, Venice   CORINTH Katakolon CANAL Piraeus Rovinj, Croatia New Ports Greece Greece OLYMPIA

YOUR CRUISE HIGHLIGHTS YOUR CHOICE OF INCLUDED YOUR ITINERARY FARES PER PERSON MIN150902 • Explore remarkable Venice and see SHORE EXCURSIONS DATE PORT ARRIVE DEPART mbark in one of the world’s most Dubrovnik’s city walls offering spectacular STATEROOM TYPE BROCHURE FARE 2 FOR 1 FARES the iconic Grand Canal, St Mark’s Venice Doge’s Palace, Murano & Torcello, Sep 2 Venice, Italy Embark Overnight remarkable cities, Venice, and enjoy views over the city rooftops or enjoy a swim Square and Doge’s Palace E Venice Walk Koper Piran Walk, Postojna Sep 3 Venice, Italy In port 11.00pm Balcony Suites from $21,998 $10,999 its architectural masterpieces at first hand in the clear Adriatic waters. Cruising along • Walk through the ancient streets Caves, Independent exploration Rovinj Rovinj Sep 4 Koper, Slovenia 7.00am 11.00pm Outside Staterooms from $13,398 $6,699 as you explore the city on foot before a the scenic fjord to Montenegran Kotor, Sep 5 Rovinj, Croatia 8.00am 2.00pm of the picturesque medieval town of Town Walk Rab Independent exploration Inside Staterooms from $12,198 $6,099 leisurely cruise along the delightful Istrian where the old fortifications cling to the steep Sep 5 Scenic cruise/Rab, Croatia 11.00pm Overnight Rovinj overlooked by the beautiful Sibenik Town Walk, Independent exploration and Dalmatian coasts. hillside. Discover the ancient Greek settlement Sep 6 Rab, Croatia /scenic cruise In port 1.00pm Prices for all categories can be found on pages 102 - 104 Church of St Euphemia Korcula Independent exploration Mljet of Butrint from the small town of Sarande Sep 6 Šibenik, Croatia 11.30pm Overnight From the Slovenian town of Koper, discover Island Walk & Lake Dubrovnik Dubrovnik Includes Air & Transfers from JFK. (See page 19 for details) • Enjoy nature and waterfalls at Krka Sep 7 Šibenik, Croatia In port 5.00pm the old Venetian town of Piran, beautifully in southern Albania. Stand on the site of on foot, Cavtat & Riviera, Lokrum Island, National Park and walk across the wooded Sep 8 Mljet, Croatia 8.15am 2.30pm situated on the waterfront with a wealth of ancient Olympia and drive up the slopes of Independent exploration Kotor Kotor Town island of Mljet Walk, Montenegro Panorama, Independent Sep 8 Korcula, Croatia 6.00pm 11.00pm historic buildings, before sailing to Rovinj, the Mount Parnassus, from Itea, to discover the exploration Sarande Butrint Katakolon Sep 9 Dubrovnik, Croatia 6.00am 11.00pm • Savour scenic cruising among the most beautiful town on the Adriatic. Separated atmospheric site of Delphi before Minerva Olympia & Museum Itea Delphi, Osios Sep 10 Kotor, Montenegro 8.00am 5.00pm islands of the Dalmatian Coast from the Croatian mainland by the Velebit transits the Corinth Canal to spend a day in /scenic cruise Loukas, Independent exploration Piraeus the ancient city of Athens allowing you to Sep 11 Sarandë, Albania 1.00pm 7.00pm • Wander along the marble streets canal is the island of Rab, where you can Acropolis, Ancient Corinth. Independent of walled Dubrovnik stroll at leisure in the walled town. In Sibenik discover more treasures of ancient Greece. Sep 12 Katakolon, Greece Noon 8.00pm exploration. Sep 13 Itea, Greece 8.00am Overnight you will find one of the finest cathedrals on • Travel into the mountains to the Optional Shore Excursions include: Sep 14 Itea, Greece In port 9.00am the Adriatic, while on Mljet enjoy a walk YOUR GUEST SPEAKERS breathtaking location of ancient Delphi Venice Palladio Villas, Palazzo & Gondola, Sep 14 Corinth Canal transit afternoon across Croatia’s greenest island, covered by • Stand on the Promenade Deck as Your Guest Speakers may discuss the ancient Koper Lipica Stud Dubrovnik Dubrovnik by Sep 15 Piraeus, Greece 6.00am Overnight a dense Mediterranean forest. Korcula, a Minerva transits the engineering marvel world, Venice and the Venetian Empire and cable car, Mostar Katakolon Mercouri Estate Sep 16 Piraeus, Greece In port Disembark typical medieval walled Dalmatian town, is Wine & Oil. of the Corinth Canal contemporary issues in the countries that the perfect place to explore at your leisure or border the Adriatic. Mljet, Croatia enjoy an exhilarating sword dance. Walk along See pages 84-87 for biographical notes.

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GREECE • TURKEY 2 FOR 1 CRUISE FARES Includes AIR & TRANSFERS Thessaloniki Greece VERGINA GOLD  MOUNT ATHOS METEORA   Dikili Turkey GREECE Skyros Greece  PERGAMON Meteora, Greece ACROPOLIS Piraeus Greece ACROPOLIS  EPHESUS  MEDITERRANEAN TURKEY MYCENE  EPIDAUROS Kusadasi SEA Turkey Nauplia Greece Symi Santorini GRAND MASTER’S PALACE Milos Greece Greece Greece  Kas Turkey   AKROTIRI ROCK TOMBS Rhodes MALIA Greece PALACE  Agios Nicolaos Greece Symi, Greece

xplore the iconic Acropolis in Athens Santorini, itself an unforgettable experience, Library of Celcus, Ephesus YOUR CRUISE HIGHLIGHTS Ebefore sailing to the island of Skyros, enabling you to visit the buried Minoan renowned in myth as the hiding place of settlement of Akrotiri or watch the sun set at FARES PER PERSON MIN150916 Achilles. A few hours’ drive from Thessaloniki, Oia. Explore the white washed hilltop town • Visit the awe inspiring monasteries STATEROOM TYPE BROCHURE FARE 2 FOR 1 FARES near the Pindus Mountains, are the fabled on the Cycladic island of Milos, where the YOUR CHOICE OF INCLUDED YOUR ITINERARY of Meteora perched high on SHORE EXCURSIONS monasteries of Meteora, while at Vergina Statue of Venus was discovered, and spend a DATE PORT ARRIVE DEPART Balcony Suites from $23,998 $11,999 towering rock peaks discover the splendid gold tomb treasures of day in the pretty port of Nauplia, gateway to Piraeus Acropolis, National Archaeological 16 Sep Piraeus, Greece Embark Overnight Outside Staterooms from $14,798 $7,399 • Walk through the ruins of Ephesus Museum Skyros Independent exploration 17 Sep Piraeus, Greece In port 4.00pm the Macedonian kings. legendary Mycenae and the impressive theatre Inside Staterooms from $12,998 $6,499 with its magnificent Thessaloniki Vergina, City Tour, Pella Dikili 18 Sep Skyros, Greece 7.00am 4.00pm Close cruise isolated Mount Athos, where more of Epidauros. Library and Theatre Pergamon Acropolis, Museum & Asclepion 19 Sep Thessaloniki, Greece 7.00am 8.00pm Prices for all categories can be found on pages 102 - 104 than twenty monasteries dot the mountain slopes Kusadasi Ephesus, Didyma & Miletus Kas 20 Sep Mt Athos scenic cruise • Stroll down the Street of the en route to Dikili, gateway to spectacular hill top YOUR GUEST SPEAKERS Includes Air & Transfers from JFK. (See page 19 for details) Demra & Myra, Xanthos, Independent 20 Sep Cruise on Minerva/Dikili, Turkey 10.00pm Overnight Knights to visit the Grand Master’s ruins of the acropolis at Pergamon, once a rich Your guest speakers on this cruise include: exploration Rhodes Town Walk, Island Drive 21 Sep Dikili, Turkey In port 4.00pm Palace in Rhodes and powerful Hellenic kingdom. To Turkey’s 22 Sep Kusadasi, Turkey 7.00am 11.00pm Mr Nigel McGilchrist – Art Historian and Symi Independent exploration Agios Nikolaos • Cruise into Santorini’s caldera Aegean coast and Kusadasi, where an impressive 23 Sep Cruise on Minerva/Kas, Turkey 8.00pm Overnight author of ‘McGilchrist’s Greek Islands’. Malia Minoan Palace, Gournia & Kritsa and wonder at the buried Minoan array of Roman and Greek sites, including 24 Sep Kas, Turkey In port 4.00pm Santorini Oia, Akrotiri Milos Plaka Village settlement of Akrotiri Ephesus, await discovery. Minerva anchors off the The Revd Professor Teresa Morgan – 24 Sep Rhodes, Greece midnight Overnight Walk Nauplia Epidauros, Mycene, Independent pretty fishing village of Kas on Turkey’s Lycian University Lecturer in Ancient History, 25 Sep Rhodes, Greece In port 1.00pm • Discover the diverse characters exploration. coast. See the restored theatre and the rock-cut University of Oxford. 25 Sep Symi, Greece 4.30pm 10.00pm of Skyros, Symi and Milos – off the 26 Sep Agios Nicolaos, Greece Noon 11.00pm Lycian tombs. Sail west to explore the Grand Dr Michael Squire – Lecturer in Classics, Optional Shore Excursions include: beaten track Aegean islands 27 Sep Santorini, Greece 7.00am 10.00pm Master’s Palace on the fortified island of Rhodes King’s College London. Piraeus Corinth Canal Thessaloniki Meteora 28 Sep Milos, Greece 8.00am 2.00pm • Listen to the pure acoustics and enjoy an evening ashore on the tiny island Kusadasi Aphrodisias Kas Coastal Cruise Dr Christopher Whitton – Lecturer in 28 Sep Nauplia, Greece midnight Overnight of the well preserved Hellenic of Symi. In Agios Nikolaos on Crete, discover Rhodes Lindos Agios Nikolaos Spinalonga Classics, University of Cambridge. 29 Sep Nauplia, Greece In port 7.00pm Theatre at Epidauros Santorini Volcano hike. ancient Minoan sites such as Malia Palace and See pages 84-87 for biographical notes. 30 Sep Piraeus, Greece 6.00am Disembark Gournia. Minerva anchors in the caldera of Santorini, Greece

62 Contact your Travel Agent, Call us at 866.923.9182 or visit www.swanhellenic.us 63 COASTS of the BLACK SEA SEPTEMBER 30 – OCTOBER 14, 2015 15 Days from $6,499pp

GREECE • TURKEY • GEORGIA • UKRAINE • BULGARIA 2 FOR 1 CRUISE UKRAINE FARES

Odessa Ukraine OPERA HOUSE  Includes AIR & TRANSFERS LIVADIA PALACE PANORAMA    Yalta Ukraine Sevastopol Ukraine

BLACK SEA ST STEPHEN’S CHURCH Nessebur Bulgaria  GEORGIA BULGARIA Sinop Turkey ADJARA DANCERS    Batumi Georgia TOPKAPI PALACE FISHING  BOTANICAL  PORT GARDENS Istanbul THE DARDANELLES Trabzon Turkey  SUMELA MONASTERY Çanakkale  Turkey Turkey  TROY GREECE TURKEY

ACROPOLIS 

Piraeus Alupka Palace, Ukraine Greece

General the Lord Richards of Herstmonceux – Odessa Opera House, Odessa OPTIONAL EXTENSIONS Former Chief of the UK Defence Staff Enhance your experience with a post cruise See pages 84-87 for biographical notes. options. Please see pages 80-83 for full details. FARES PER PERSON MIN150930

rom Athens, the oldest city in Europe, Sevastopol withstood siege for 11 months during the STATEROOM TYPE BROCHURE FARE 2 FOR 1 FARES YOUR CHOICE OF INCLUDED sail to the strategically important town Crimean War, an event recorded on a magnificent YOUR ITINERARY F SHORE EXCURSIONS Balcony Suites from $27,598 $13,799 of Çanakkale, your starting point for the Panorama. The city of Odessa was founded in the DATE PORT ARRIVE DEPART YOUR CRUISE HIGHLIGHTS Piraeus Acropolis, Canakkale Troy, Sinop City Outside Staterooms from $16,398 $8,199 legendary site of Troy. 18th century by Catherine the Great and you can Sep 30 Piraeus, Greece Embark Overnight • Marvel at Sumela Monastery, built Walk, Sinop Panorama, Trabzon Sumela Monastery, recall the city’s former splendour by visiting two Oct 1 Piraeus, Greece In port 3.00pm Inside Staterooms from $12,998 $6,499 high in the Pontic Alps Enjoy a morning sailing through the narrow St Sophia Church, Batumi Batumi Gardens, Adjara of its many mansions. Minerva’s final call in the Oct 2 Canakkale, Turkey 9.30am 7.00pm Bosphorus before entering the Black Sea to Dance Performance, Yalta Livadia & Alupka Palaces, Prices for all categories can be found on pages 102 - 104 • Enjoy an exhilarating performance of Black Sea is to the historic town of Nessebur, where Oct 3 Bosphorus Transit/ cruise east to Sinop, where the foundations of Botanical Gardens, Independent exploration, Cruise on Minerva Georgian song and dance carefully preserved Byzantine churches and typical Includes Air & Transfers from JFK. (See page 19 for details) the Temple of Serapis are to be found in the Sevastopol City Tour, Chersonesos, Balaclava, Oct 4 Sinop, Turkey 9.00am 2.00pm wooden buildings abound. Sailing back through the • Visit Livadia Palace following in the grounds of the Archaeological Museum. Further Bakchisarai Palace, Odessa Highlights of Odessa, Oct 5 Trabzon, Turkey 8.00am 7.00pm narrow Bosphorus, Minerva makes her way to the footsteps of Tsars and World Statesmen east along the Turkish coast lies the historic City Walk, Independent exploration, Nessebur City Oct 6 Batumi, Georgia 7.00am 10.00pm magnificent city of Istanbul. Explore the heart of this Oct 7 Cruise on Minerva • Explore the naval stronghold of town of Trabzon. Drive into the Pontic Alps Tour, Bulgarian Village, Istanbul Old Istanbul, iconic city, a melting pot of East and West. Oct 8 Yalta, Ukraine 8.00am 11.00pm Sevastopol and step back in time to to the stunning ruins of Sumela Monastery, Spice & Mosque Walk, Ottoman Heritage. Oct 9 Sevastopol, Ukraine 8.00am 6.00pm Crimean Wars as you gaze on the seemingly embedded into soaring cliffs. From Optional Shore Excursions include: Oct 10 Odessa, Ukraine 8.00am Overnight magnificent Panorama Batumi, drive along Georgia’s scenic coastline YOUR GUEST SPEAKERS Piraeus Corinth Canal, Canakkale Gallipoli, Oct 11 Odessa, Ukraine/ 6.00am • Recall the splendour of Catherine to the ‘Green Cape’ to explore the delightful Your guest speakers on this cruise include: Batumi Panoramic Batumi & Home Visit, Yalta Cruise on Minerva surrounds of the largest botanical gardens of the Oct 12 Nessebur, Bulgaria 8.00am 6.00pm the Great’s city, Odessa, visit the The Revd Dr Anders Bergquist – Archaeology Chekhov’s House, Massandra Palace & Wine, former Soviet Union. Cruise across the Black Oct 13 Istanbul, Turkey 7.00am Overnight sumptuous Opera House and walk and Theology, Vicar of St John’s Wood, London. Sevastopol Sevastopol Harbour Cruise, Odessa Oct 14 Istanbul, Turkey In port Disembark down the Potemkin Steps Sea to the Crimean Peninsula to Yalta, where Odessa Mansions – Music & Art, Evening Opera Lt Colonel Tony Coutts-Britton – History Chekhov spent the last years of his life. Explore House Performance, Nessebur Sozopol, • Wonder at the soaring Aghia Sophia Lecturer and Battlefield Guide. the White Palace of Livadia, once a summer Istanbul Byzantine. Your cruise fare excludes Turkey visa which must be and minarets of Istanbul’s skyline residence of the Russian Royal Family and the Ms Theodora Clarke – expert on Russian and obtained online prior to travel. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Yalta site for the historic Yalta Conference in 1945. Soviet art.

64 Contact your Travel Agent, Call us at 866.923.9182 or visit www.swanhellenic.us 65 AEGEAN and IONIAN CONTRASTS OCTOBER 14 – OCTOBER 27, 2015 14 Days from $5,699pp

TURKEY • GREECE • ALBANIA • CROATIA • MONTENEGRO 2 FOR 1 CRUISE FARES CROATIA Includes AIR & TRANSFERS  MOSTAR Dubrovnik Croatia Kotor Montenegro  MONTENEGRO

SCENIC FJORD AGHIA SOPHIA  Istanbul ALBANIA Turkey Sarandë Albania  BUTRINT GREECE TURKEY Itea DELPHI Greece  Piraeus EPHESUS Greece   SOUNION Kusadasi Katakolon CORINTH  CANAL Turkey Greece Delos OLYMPIA Syros Greece Greece BYZANTINE  Monemvasia VILLAGE Greece Delphi, Greece

Monemvasia Square, Greece

agnificent Istanbul sets the backdrop and the stunning Adriatic coastline before cruising Mto your cruise experience. Cruise the along Kotor Fjord to the medieval walled town of INCLUDED YOUR ITINERARY FARES PER PERSON YOUR CRUISE HIGHLIGHTS narrow Dardanelles and the Aegean Sea en Kotor. From the small Greek port of Itea, drive MIN151014 SHORE EXCURSIONS DATE PORT ARRIVE DEPART route to Kusadasi, on Turkey’s Aegean coast, up the slopes of Mount Parnasssus to discover the STATEROOM TYPE BROCHURE FARE 2 FOR 1 FARES • Wander the bustling streets of Istanbul Old Istanbul, Topkapi Palace, Spice & Oct 14 Istanbul, Turkey Embark Overnight where the spectacular Library of Celsus atmospheric site of Delphi before Minerva transits Istanbul and admire the ornate Mosques Walk Kusadasi Ephesus, Didyma & Oct 15 Istanbul, Turkey In port 7.00pm Balcony Suites from $23,998 $11,999 stands at Ephesus. the Corinth Canal to reach Piraeus, ancient port of Ottoman Blue Mosque Oct 16 Cruise on Minerva Miletus Delos Independent exploration Syros Outside Staterooms from $14,198 $7,099 Explore lesser known islands of the Cyclades: the hellenic Athens. • Walk along the marbled Street of the Independent exploration Monemvasia Town Walk Oct 17 Kusadasi, Turkey 7.00am 7.00pm uninhabited island of Delos – fabled birthplace Oct 18 Delos, Greece 8.00am 1.30pm Inside Staterooms from $11,398 $5,699 Kuretes, through the evocative site of Katakolon Olympia & Museum Sarande Butrint of Artemis and Apollo – before enjoying an YOUR GUEST SPEAKERS Oct 18 Syros, Greece 5.00pm 10.00pm Ephesus to the impressive theatre. Dubrovnik Dubrovnik on foot, Cavtat & Riviera Prices for all categories can be found on pages 102 - 104 evening on the delightful island of Syros, where Oct 19 Monemvasia, Greece 9.00am 2.00pm Your guest speakers on this cruise include: Kotor Town Walk, Montenegro Panorama Itea Includes Air & Transfers from JFK. (See page 19 for details) • Explore mythological Delos and its main town is known for its marble paved Oct 20 Katakolon, Greece 8.00am 4.00pm Professor David Abulafia – Professor of Delphi, Osios Loukas Monastery, Independent atmospheric medieval Monemvasia streets, churches and old mansion houses. Oct 21 Sarandë, Albania 8.00am 2.00pm Mediterranean History, University of Cambridge. exploration Piraeus Sounion. • Run in the wake of ancient Greek Discover the hidden gem of Monemvasia Oct 22 Dubrovnik, Croatia 8.00am 11.00pm See pages 84-87 for biographical notes. Optional Shore Excursions include: Oct 23 Kotor, Montenegro 8.00am 4.00pm athletes at Olympia’s stadium with its abandoned Venetian style houses and Istanbul Bosphoros Cruise, Byzantine Katakolon Oct 24 Cruise on Minerva • Discover jewels of the Adriatic amidst narrow streets before cruising to Katakolon YOUR CHOICE OF Mercouri Vineyard Dubrovnik Dubrovnik by cable Oct 25 Itea, Greece 8.00am 11.00pm from where you can explore ancient Olympia, the walled town of Dubrovnik and car, Mostar. Oct 26 Corinth Canal transit early morning along the majestic Kotor Fjord site of the former Statue of Zeus, one of the Oct 26 Piraeus, Greece 2.00pm Overnight ancient Wonders of the World. Enjoy lunch in • Consult the oracle at Delphi, Oct 27 Piraeus, Greece In port Disembark a sea front taverna prior to sailing towards the OPTIONAL EXTENSIONS dramatically situated in the mountains Adriatic to Albania and visit the ancient coastal Enhance your experience with pre cruise options. Your cruise fare excludes Turkey visa which must be Greek port at Butrint. Walk Dubrovnik’s city Please see pages 80-83 for full details. obtained online prior to travel. Acropolis, Athens walls for spectacular views over the city rooftops Dubrovnik, Croatia

66 Contact your Travel Agent, Call us at 866.923.9182 or visit www.swanhellenic.us 67 LANDSCAPES of the MEDITERRANEAN OCTOBER 27 – NOVEMBER 9, 2015 14 Days from $4,999pp

GREECE • SICILY • AEOLIAN ISLANDS • TUNISIA • MALTA 2 FOR 1 “Visiting Italy without going to Sicily leaves no image in the CRUISE spirit. It is Sicily that is the key to everything!”.

FARES Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (German writer and politician, 1749-1832) Includes AIR & TRANSFERS

ITALY

Santorini, Greece

GREECE STROMBOLI Lipari Italy  ACROPOLIS Palermo Sicily  MT VOLCANO    MT ETNA MONREALE  CORINTH Piraeus CATHEDRAL Catania Sicily CANAL Greece CARTHAGE  SICILY Santorini Greece La Goulette GRAND Tunisia HARBOUR  TUNISIA  AKROTIRI Valletta Malta CHANIA  Souda Bay Greece

MEDITERRANEAN SEA

Monreale, Sicily et off from Athens, the city with a glorious city in the 12th century and visit Byzantine history, to discover the restless landscapes Monreale with its glittering mosaics. Across the YOUR CRUISE HIGHLIGHTS S of the southern Mediterranean. Sailing into Mediterranean, alight on African shores at Tunis • Cruise into Santorini’s caldera and Santorini’s caldera in the early morning is where Carthage was once the richest sea port in YOUR ITINERARY FARES PER PERSON MIN151027 wonder at the ancient Minoan buried YOUR CHOICE OF INCLUDED DATE PORT ARRIVE DEPART an unforgettable experience while a hike up ancient times and destroyed by the Romans in STATEROOM TYPE BROCHURE FARE 2 FOR 1 FARES settlement of Akrotiri the slopes of volcanic Nea Kameni is truly 146BC. Sail into Valletta’s impressive fortified SHORE EXCURSIONS Oct 27 Piraeus, Greece Embark Overnight • Explore Sicily lying at the crossroads invigorating. Grand Harbour to explore this well-preserved city, Piraeus Acropolis, Ancient Corinth Santorini Oct 28 Piraeus, Greece In port 4.00pm Balcony Suites from $22,998 $11,499 Oct 29 Santorini, Greece 8.00am 9.00pm of Mediterranean culture bastion of the Knights of St John whose cathedral Oia or Akrotiri. Independent exploration Outside Staterooms from $13,998 $6,999 Minerva sails to Crete where you can spend a Oct 30 Souda Bay, Greece 7.00am 2.00pm abounds in riches, before transiting narrow, steep Souda Bay Chania, Akrotiri Peninsula • Ascend the slopes of Mt Etna, morning exploring the atmospheric streets in Oct 31 Cruise on Minerva Inside Staterooms from $9,998 $4,999 sided Corinth Canal back to Athens. Catania Town Walk, Syracuse, Mt Etna Lipari Europe’s highest active volcano the Venetian quarter of the harbour town of Nov 1 Catania, Sicily 7.00am 9.00pm Prices for all categories can be found on pages 102 - 104 Independent exploration Palermo Monreale, • Admire the impressive Chania. Catania, on the Italian island of Sicily, Nov 2 Lipari, Italy 8.00am 6.00pm Palatine Chapel & Drive La Goulette Includes Air & Transfers from JFK. (See page 19 for details) was constructed from the lava that poured down YOUR GUEST SPEAKERS Nov 2 Cruise past Stromboli late evening mosaics of Monreale, legacy of Carthage, Bardo Museum, Sidi Bou Said from Mount Etna and destroyed the city in the Nov 3 Palermo, Sicily 8.30am 3.00pm Palermo’s Norman heritage Your guest speakers on this cruise include: Valletta Island Drive, Valletta Town Walk 1669 eruption. Admire its elegant buildings Nov 4 La Goulette, Tunisia 8.00am 6.00pm • Visit the ruined city of Carthage, Professor Ian Beckett – Professor of Piraeus Sounion. before cruising the Tyrrhenian Sea to the Aeolian Nov 5 Valletta, Malta 2.00pm Overnight destroyed by the Romans in 146 B.C. Military History, University of Kent. Nov 6 Valletta, Malta In port 3.00pm island of Lipari. Close to Lipari is the island of Optional Shore Excursions include: Nov 7 Cruise on Minerva • An overnight stay in the fortified Vulcano which Homer described as the workshop Dr Peter Cattermole – Former lecturer in Lipari Island Drive, Volcano Cruise Valletta Nov 8 Corinth Canal transit early morning port of Valletta gives plenty of time of Hephaestus, the Greek god of fire. Close volcanology and planetary geology. Harbour Cruise. Nov 8 Piraeus, Greece 2.00pm Overnight to discover Valletta, bastion of the cruise the active volcano of Stromboli for the The Rt Revd Graham James – Historian and Nov 9 Piraeus, Greece In port Disembark Knights of St John evening spectacle of a lava firework display as Bishop of Norwich. Minerva sails toward Palermo, Europe’s grandest See pages 84-87 for biographical notes. Minerva, Corinth Canal

68 Contact your Travel Agent, Call us at 866.923.9182 or visit www.swanhellenic.us 69 “There is a special charm to journeys undertaken before Take the time daybreak in hot lands: the air is soft and cool and the coming of dawn reveals a landscape fresh from the to discover more night dew.”

from Letters from Burma, Aung San Suu Kyi, Grand Voyages 2014-15 Burmese Democracy Leader (b1945)

or those that love variety and appreciate value, Swan’s choice Fof Grand Voyages will be a tempting alternative to our individual itineraries. By combining two or more successive cruises – and perhaps adding in a pre- or post-cruise tour or city stay – you can tailor-make your own Grand Voyage.

Penang, Malaysia

70 71 GRAND INDIAN VOYAGE GRAND ORIENTAL ODYSSEY NOVEMBER 20 – DECEMBER 19, 2014 30 Days NOVEMBER 20, 2014 – JANUARY 3, 2015 45 Days

OMAN • INDIA • SRI LANKA • BURMA • MALAYSIA • SINGAPORE OMAN • INDIA • SRI LANKA • BURMA • MALAYSIA • SINGAPORE • CAMBODIA VIETNAM • HONG KONG

CHINA Porbandar India Hong Kong Muscat Muscat Halong Bay Oman Oman Porbandar India INDIA Vietnam OMAN Haiphong SOUTH OMAN BURMA Mumbai Vietnam CHINA SEA ARABIAN Mumbai India MYANMAR India SEA Yangon Yangon VIETNAM ARABIAN BAY OF Burma (Myanmar) BAY OF Burma BENGAL Danang Vietnam SEA Mangalore BENGAL INDIA India Qui Nhon Vietnam Mangalore India Nha Trang Tuticorin Vietnam India Tuticorin Sihanoukville Kochi India Cambodia Kochi India India CAMBODIA Colombo Langkawi Malaysia Galle Sri Lanka Colombo Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Langkawi Malaysia MALAYSIA Galle Penang Malaysia Penang Malaysia Kuantan Sri Lanka INDIAN MALAYSIA OCEAN Malaysia

Malacca Malaysia Malacca Malaysia INDIAN Singapore OCEAN Singapore

FARES PER PERSON MIN141120B he lingering images of former colonial FARES PER PERSON MIN141120A HOLIDAY CRUISE Including Shore Excursions and Gratuities empires, the sights and sounds of rural T Including Shore Excursions and Gratuities India and the scent of spices on the trade ruise the Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean, Andaman STATEROOM TYPE BROCHURE FARE 2 FOR 1 FARES winds, inspire a relaxing cruise from Muscat to STATEROOM TYPE BROCHURE FARE 2 FOR 1 FARES and South China Seas on a Grand Voyage C Balcony Suites from $53,198 $27,399 the Indian Subcontinent and on to Singapore. Balcony Suites from $33,598 $17,399 from the Arabian Peninsula to Hong Kong in Explore Porbandar, birthplace of Mahatma China. Sail down the western shores of the Indian Outside Staterooms from $26,198 $13,999 Outside Staterooms from $16,398 $8,799 Gandhi, the vibrant city of Mumbai, Kerala, Subcontinent, visit the enchanting island of Sri Inside Staterooms from $21,598 $11,699 Inside Staterooms from $13,398 $7,299 India’s most beautiful state and Tuticorin Lanka, sail up the Yangon River to the colonial city Prices for all categories can be found on page 104 on the very southern tip of India. Enjoy the Prices for all categories can be found on page 104 of Yangon, visit the ‘Pearl of the Orient’ Penang, relaxed charm of Sri Lanka’s capital, Colombo, the former Malay sultanate of Malacca and the and the ancient Muslim port of Galle before ‘Lion City’, Singapore before spending the festive cruising the Indian Ocean to sail up the period visiting the Cambodian capital Phnom Yangon River to Yangon in Burma (Myanmar). Penh and cruising north along the Vietnamese Finally, compare the natural beauty of coast discovering the legacy of the Cham’s kingdom Langkawi with the colonial architecture of at Po Nagar, the colonial city of Hanoi and the Penang and Singapore. atmospheric limestone islands of Halong Bay. Conclude your oriental odyssey in the fabulous city Full details for both itineraries can be of Hong Kong. found on pages 22 - 25 of this brochure. Full details for these itineraries can be found on pages 22 - 27 of this brochure. Merlion, Singapore Colours of India Pinnawela, Sri Lanka

72 Contact your Travel Agent, Call us at 866.923.9182 or visit www.swanhellenic.us 73 GRAND COLOURS of the EAST GRAND JAPAN AND CHINA DECEMBER 4, 2014 – JANUARY 3, 2015 31 Days DECEMBER 19, 2014 – JANUARY 24, 2015 37 Days

SRI LANKA • BURMA • MALAYSIA • SINGAPORE • CAMBODIA • VIETNAM • HONG KONG SINGAPORE • MALAYSIA • CAMBODIA • VIETNAM • HONG KONG • CHINA SOUTH KOREA • JAPAN • TAIWAN

CHINA Hong Kong JAPAN Miyajima Japan Jeju South Korea Kobe Japan Halong Bay Vietnam Uwajima Japan

Haiphong Vietnam Shanghai China Kagoshima Nagasaki Japan Japan MYANMAR CHINA Okinawa Japan Golden Pavilion, Kyoto, Japan Yangon Hong Kong Keelung Taiwan Burma njoy a leisurely cruise discovering the wonders SOUTH Halong Bay Vietnam CHINA SEA of Vietnam and Japan, beginning in Singapore VIETNAM Haiphong Vietnam E BAY OF and ending in one of China’s most dynamic cities, BENGAL Danang Vietnam SOUTH Danang Vietnam CHINA Hong Kong. Discover the capital of Cambodia, Qui Nhon Vietnam SEA Phnom Penh, before exploring the highlights of Qui Nhon Vietnam Nha Trang Vietnam HOLIDAY CRUISE Vietnam including the beautiful Cham city of Nha Trang, the imperial City of Hué, the bustling Nha Trang Vietnam Sihanoukville Cambodia FARES PER PERSON MIN141219A Vietnamese capital, Hanoi and the magnificent Hoi An market, Vietnam Sihanoukville Including Shore Excursions and Gratuities scenery of Halong Bay. Enjoy maiden calls to the Cambodia metropolis of Shanghai as well as volcanic island of STATEROOM TYPE BROCHURE FARE 2 FOR 1 FARES Kuantan Malaysia Jeju before discovering the Japanese city of Nagasaki, Colombo CAMBODIA Balcony Suites from $52,198 $26,299 the tropical paradise of Kagoshima, the sacred island Sri Lanka Singapore Outside Staterooms from $28,798 $14,599 of Miyajima, Kyoto, one of Japan’s most intriguing cities, as well as a call to Taiwan. Inside Staterooms from SOLD OUT SOLD OUT Langkawi Malaysia Full details for both itineraries can be found on Galle INDIAN MALAYSIA Prices for all categories can be found on page 104 OCEAN pages 26 - 29 of this brochure. Sri Lanka Penang Malaysia Kuantan Malaysia GRAND COLONIAL EMPIRES Malacca Malaysia FEBRUARY 28 – MARCH 29, 2015 30 Days Singapore FARES PER PERSON MIN141204A SINGAPORE • MALAYSIA• THAILAND • BURMA • SRI LANKA • INDIA • OMAN Including Shore Excursions and Gratuities

STATEROOM TYPE BROCHURE FARE 2 FOR 1 FARES HOLIDAY CRUISE xperience the lingering images of former Balcony Suites from $35,998 $18,499 Porbandar India Ecolonial empires, the sights and sounds Muscat Outside Staterooms from $17,798 $9,399 INDIA of India and the scent of spices on the trade elebrate Christmas and the New Year Mumbai India winds. Compare the colonial architecture Inside Staterooms from $14,598 $7,899 Yangon Burma (Myanamar) Con board Minerva cruising east from of Singapore, Penang and Yangon with the Colombo, Sri Lanka, to Hong Kong in China. Prices for all categories can be found on page 104 Marmagoa India natural beauty of the island of Phuket and Cruise the Indian Ocean, sail up the Yangon the limestone karsts of Krabi Bay. Cruise the River to the colonial city of Yangon in Burma Indian Ocean to the relaxed charm of Sri Kochi India (Myanmar), contrast the tropical scenery SRI Lanka’s capital, Colombo, before sailing to LANKA Phuket Thailand of Langkawi with the multi-ethnic city of Tuticorin India the Indian subcontinent to explore the rural Malaysia Georgetown and visit World War II sites in Colombo Sri Lanka Penang FARES PER PERSON MIN150228A life of Tuticorin and Kochi, Portuguese Goa Singapore. Spend the festive period discovering and the vibrant city of Mumbai. Continue Including Shore Excursions and Gratuities the highlights of Cambodia and Vietnam, toward Porbandar, the birthplace of Mahatma Singapore including Phnom Penh, Hoi An, Ho Chi Minh STATEROOM TYPE BROCHURE FARE 2 FOR 1 FARES Gandhi before concluding your cruise in the City and Halong Bay and, finally, explore one elegant Omani city of Muscat. Balcony Suites from $38,798 $19,599 of China’s most dynamic cities, Hong Kong. Full details for both itineraries can be Outside Staterooms from $21,198 $10,899 Full details for both itineraries can be found on pages 32 - 35 of this brochure. found on pages 24 - 27 of this brochure. Inside Staterooms from $16,998 $8,799 Schwedagon Pagoda, Yangon Hue, Vietnam Prices for all categories can be found on page 104

74 Contact your Travel Agent, Call us at 866.923.9182 or visit www.swanhellenic.us 75 GRAND INDIA & ARABIA GRAND REALMS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN MARCH 15 – APRIL 13, 2015 30 Days MAY 11 – JUNE 8, 2015 29 Days

SRI LANKA • INDIA • OMAN • DJIBOUTI • EGYPT • JORDAN TURKEY • GREECE • ALBANIA • MONTENEGRO • CROATIA • SICILY • ITALY AEOLIAN ISLANDS • ALGERIA • SPAIN •PORTUGAL

Aqaba Jordan Sharm el Sheikh

Safaga Egypt Portsmouth Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Mumbai Muscat Oman Porbandar India England EGYPT oin Minerva on an Arabian adventure as OMAN SAUDI ARABIA Jshe cruises from the Indian subcontinent to the Persian Gulf, around the Arabian peninsula Mumbai India and up the Red Sea to Egypt. From Sri Lanka’s INDIA Salalah Oman capital, Colombo, discover the rural charms Tipaz, Algeria of India before arriving among the Victoria ARABIAN Marmagoa India SEA Raj architecture of bustling Mumbai. Depart Djibouti Tuticorin India Porbandar, Gandhi’s birthplace, to sail across Kochi India CROATIA FARES PER PERSON MIN150315A SRI the Arabian Sea to visit the fascinating ancient LANKA trading ports of Muscat and Salalah. Continue Including Shore Excursions and Gratuities Hvar Croatia up the Red Sea to the little-visited port of STATEROOM TYPE BROCHURE FARE 2 FOR 1 FARES Colombo, Sri Lanka Dubrovnik Croatia Djibouti, a former French colony, before sailing Civitavecchia Italy Kotor Montenegro Balcony Suites from $33,198 $16,899 through the Red Sea to explore the fabled sites Oporto (Leixoes) ITALY MONTENEGRO Istanbul of the Valley of the Kings in Luxor, Egypt and Outside Staterooms from $18,398 $9,499 Portugal Turkey Salerno Italy the ‘rose-red’ city of Petra in Jordan. Inside Staterooms from $14,398 $7,499 Ponza Italy ALBANIA Sarande Albania Full details for both itineraries can be Prices for all categories can be found on page 104 TURKEY found on pages 34 - 37 of this brochure. GREECE PORTUGAL Lipari Italy CORINTH CANAL SPAIN Trapani Sicily Itea  Algiers Palermo Greece Algeria Sicily Bejaia Algeria SICILY Nauplia Greece GRAND ANCIENT HIGHLIGHTS Cadiz Spain TUNISIA Santorini Greece MARCH 29 – APRIL 27, 2015 30 Days ALGERIA New Ports OMAN • DJIBOUTI • EGYPT • JORDAN • ISRAEL • TURKEY • GREECE

FARES PER PERSON GREECE MIN150511A Including Shore Excursions and Gratuities ollow ancient trade routes from the Delos/Mykonos Piraeus Greece TURKEY STATEROOM TYPE BROCHURE FARE 2 FOR 1 FARES FArabian Peninsula, through the Red Kusadasi Turkey njoy the late spring sunshine of the Sea to the birthplace of civilisation, Athens. EAdriatic and Mediterranean on this Balcony Suites from $37,799 $18,899 Discover modern Islamic culture, visit towns MEDITERRANEAN Grand Voyage exploring ancient Roman sites Outside Staterooms from $22,599 $11,299 and countries still little frequented by western SEA Haifa Israel and great cities of Italy and Croatia. The travellers and explore the ancient wonders of Ashdod Israel Adriatic offers magnificent scenery as you sail Inside Staterooms from $16,799 $8,399 Alexandria Egypt Luxor, Cairo and Petra before transiting the Aqaba Jordan through the beautiful Kotor Fjord and along Prices for all categories can be found on page 104 Egypt Suez Canal to Israel to discover Jerusalem El Sokhna the scenic coastline of Dalmatia while Italy Sharm el Sheikh Egypt and the Sea of Galilee, some of the world’s brings the Norman jewels of Palermo, the EGYPT most sacred sites. Sail through the eastern Safaga Egypt grandeur of Rome and the volcanoes of the Mediterranean to Turkey to discover the SAUDI ARABIA Muscat, Oman Aeolian islands. Maiden calls to Algeria allow FARES PER PERSON magnificent Roman city of Ephesus, and into MIN150329A you to discover one of the best-preserved the Aegean to revel in the beauty of the small Including Shore Excursions and Gratuities Berbero-Roman ruins in North Africa at Greek islands of Delos and Mykonos as well as Djemila before Minerva sails through the STATEROOM TYPE BROCHURE FARE 2 FOR 1 FARES OMAN the wonders of Athens. Strait of Gibraltar and heads north to her Balcony Suites from $31,198 $15,899 Full details for both itineraries can be home port of Portsmouth, taking in the found on pages 36 - 39 of this brochure. Outside Staterooms from $16,398 $8,499 Salalah Oman delights of Cadiz and Oporto en route. Inside Staterooms from $13,198 $6,899 Full details for both itineraries can be ARABIAN Kotor, Montenegro Palermo, Sicily SEA found on pages 44 - 47 of this brochure. Prices for all categories can be found on page 104 Djibouti

76 Contact your Travel Agent, Call us at 866.923.9182 or visit www.swanhellenic.us 77 GRAND ISLAND VISTAS GRAND AZORES & MEDITERRANEAN JULY 21 – AUGUST 19, 2015 30 Days JULY 21 – SEPTEMBER 2, 2015 44 Days

CHANNEL ISLANDS • THE AZORES • MADEIRA • SPAIN • MOROCCO • MENORCA CHANNEL ISLANDS • THE AZORES • MADEIRA • SPAIN • MOROCCO • MENORCA • SARDINIA SARDINIA • CORSICA • FRENCH & ITALIAN RIVIERAS • ELBA • ITALY CORSICA • FRENCH & ITALIAN RIVIERAS • ELBA • ITALY • AEOLIAN ISLANDS • SICILY • TUNISIA • MALTA

njoy the summer sun of Ethe Mediterranean and FARES PER PERSON MIN150721B Adriatic discovering cities of art and centuries of fascinating Portsmouth Including Shore Excursions and Gratuities history. Explore the islands of the England STATEROOM TYPE BROCHURE FARE 2 FOR 1 FARES Portsmouth Azores and Madeira before sailing England Balcony Suites from $57,799 $28,899 through the Strait of Gibraltar to St Peter Port Guernsey Doge’s Palace, Venice discover the souks and kasbahs Outside Staterooms from $34,199 $17,099 St Peter Port Guernsey of Tangier, the ancient towns of Inside Staterooms from $26,599 $13,299 Ciudadela and Alghero, the towns Prices for all categories can be found on page 104 Venice and landscapes of the French FRANCE Italy Riviera that inspired great artists, FRANCE Portovenere and the elegant Italian cities of Italy Ravenna Italy Nice Pisa and Florence. Follow in the La Coruna Spain France Livorno Italy Sanary Sur Mer footsteps of the Romans as you France Terceira, The Azores Nice Portovenere Portoferraio Civitavecchia Italy Italy Elba Naples visit Rome and Pompeii and the France Ajaccio Corsica Italy Gallipoli awe-inspiring Roman theatre at El La Coruna Spain Livorno Portoferraio SPAIN Mahon Alghero Italy Sanary Sur Mer Italy Menorca Sardinia Djem. Sicily, and Italy’s Adriatic Elba Civitavecchia Angra do Heroismo ITALY France Azores SARDINIA coast, brings the glittering mosaics Lipari Ajaccio Corsica Italy Ponta Delgada Italy Horta Azores of Palermo and Ravenna and, Azores Malaga Palermo finally, Venice’s magnificent ITALY Spain Cartagena Mahon Cadiz Spain Sicily SPAIN Alghero Spain Doge’s Palace. Menorca Funchal Sardinia Tangier Valletta Malta Madeira Sousse Tunisia Full details for both itineraries Angra do Heroismo SARDINIA Morocco Azores TUNISIA can be found on pages 54 - 59 New Ports Ponta Delgada of this brochure. Horta Azores Azores Malaga Cadiz Spain Cartagena Spain Spain New Ports

Tangier GRAND CLASSICAL COASTS Morocco SEPTEMBER 2 – SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 29 Days Funchal FARES PER PERSON MIN150721A Madeira MOROCCO Venice SLOVENIA Including Shore Excursions and Gratuities Italy Koper Slovenia ITALY • SLOVENIA • CROATIA • MONTENEGRO Rab Croatia • ALBANIA • GREECE • TURKEY STATEROOM TYPE BROCHURE FARE 2 FOR 1 FARES Rovinj Croatia Balcony Suites from $37,599 $18,799 CROATIA oin Minerva on a Grand Voyage from oin Minerva on this Grand Voyage Šibenik Croatia Outside Staterooms from $22,399 $11,199 Jone of the world’s most remarkable south from Portsmouth to Civitavecchia, Korcula Croatia cities, Venice, to the oldest city in Europe, J Inside Staterooms from $17,399 $8,699 gateway to Rome and the Etruscan tombs Dubrovnik Athens. Walk the cobbled streets of Mljet Croatia Croatia at Tarquinia. Follow the pilgrim route to Prices for all categories can be found on page 104 the walled towns of Slovenia, Croatia Kotor MONTENEGRO Santiago de Compostela and enjoy exploring Montenegro and Montenegro, visit the unique site ITALY the islands of the Azores, sculptured by ancient of Butrint and discover atmospheric volcanoes and each with its own identity. Sail Thessaloniki Greece New Ports Delphi. Transit the narrow Corinth Canal to the magnificent garden isle of Madeira ALBANIA to Athens and the treasures of ancient TURKEY and discover Spain’s extraordinary Moorish FARES PER PERSON MIN150902A Sarandë Albania Greece, see the fabled monasteries of Dikili Alhambra and the well-preserved Roman Skyros Turkey Meteora and close cruise Mount Athos Including Shore Excursions and Gratuities GREECE theatre of Cartagena. Mediterranean islands Greece where monasteries dot the coast. Discover STATEROOM TYPE BROCHURE FARE 2 FOR 1 FARES Itea abound, with calls to Menorca, Sardinia, Greece Piraeus the Roman and Greek sites of Turkey’s Greece Corsica and Elba, while the French and Italian Balcony Suites from $41,799 $20,899 CORINTH  Aegean and Lycian coasts, including the CANAL Kusadasi Rivieras offer breathtaking coastal scenery and Turkey remarkable Roman city of Ephesus, before Outside Staterooms from $24,999 $12,499 Katakolon Nauplia elegant cities. Greece visiting an array of Greek islands and the Greece Santorini Symi Inside Staterooms from $19,799 $9,899 Greece Full details for both itineraries can be Milos Greece Kas legendary hilltop citadel of Mycenae. MEDITERRANEAN Greece Turkey found on pages 54 - 57 of this brochure. Corsica Prices for all categories can be found on page 104 SEA Full details for both itineraries can be Pisa, Italy Rhodes Greece found on pages 60 - 63 of this brochure. Agios Nicolaos Greece

78 Contact your Travel Agent, Call us at 866.923.9182 or visit www.swanhellenic.us 79 ANGKOR WAT AND BANGKOK 4-NIGHT ESCORTED TOUR PRE AND POST CRUISE OPTIONAL EXTENSIONS POST MIN141204: Dec 19-23, 2014** (see pages 24 - 25) PRE MIN141219: Dec 14-19, 2014* (see page 26 - 27) POST MIN150124: Feb 14-18, 2015** (see pages 30 - 31) PRE MIN150228: Feb 24-28, 2015* (see pages 32 - 33) Visit the truly staggering complex of Angkor. With three nights in Siem Reap, visit Angkor Wat, the South Gate of Angkor Thom and mysterious Ta Prohm Temple. You will also have the opportunity to enjoy sunrise and sunset visits of the Temples. A boat ride on Tonle Sap Lake reveals Cambodian rural life on floating villages. One night in Bangkok gives a taste of this frenetic city.

Your tour includes: • All sightseeing mentioned, entrances, transport as required, porterage and group flight airport transfers Temples of Angkor Wat • Three nights’ accommodation at the 5-Star Angkor Palace Resort & Spa, Siem Reap and one night’s accommodation at the 5-Star Ramada Plaza Menam Riverside Hotel, Bangkok • International flights from Singapore to Siem Reap and Siem Reap to Bangkok (for Post Tour) or Bangkok to Siem Reap and Siem Reap to Singapore (for Pre Tour) • All meals during the tour including one evening dinner with local Cambodian dance show • All gratuities for guides, drivers and group meals • Fully escorted with a local escort and Swan Hellenic escort (subject to minimum numbers)

RATES (per person) Twin: $2,999 Single: $3,299

This pre/post cruise extension starts/finishes in Bangkok. Passengers with international air booked through Swan Hellenic will have their cruise package outbound/inbound flight amended accordingly.

Buddhas, Bangkok

HIGHLIGHTS OF CHINA 5-NIGHT ESCORTED TOUR POST MIN141219: Jan 3-8, 2015** (see pages 26 - 27) POST MIN150103: Jan 24-29, 2015** (see pages 28 - 29) PRE MIN150124: Jan 19-24, 2015* (see pages 30 - 31) Discover China as she emerges as the new economic superpower of the 21st century. In Guilin, one of the country’s most picturesque regions, admire the wonderful karst landscapes on a Li River Cruise. In Beijing spend two nights visiting the Great Wall, Add more to Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City and Summer Palace. Enjoy a further two nights at Xian to discover the Terracotta Warriors, the Shaanxi History Museum and the Wild Goose Pagoda. enhance your Guilin Mountains, Li River, China Your tour includes: • All sightseeing mentioned, entrances, transport as required, porterage and group flight airport transfers. cruise • Flights from Hong Kong to Guilin, Guilin to Xian and Xian to Beijing (or vice versa) • One night’s accommodation at the 4-Star Sheraton Hotel, Guilin, two nights’ experience accommodation at the 5-Star Sofitel Wanda Hotel, Beijing and two nights’ accommodation at the 5-Star Sofitel on Renmin Square Hotel, Xian • All meals during the tour including one evening meal with a Tang Dynasty Show nhance your experience with this exciting • All gratuities for guides, drivers and group meals Eselection of pre- and post-cruise options to • Fully escorted with a Swan Hellenic escort (subject to minimum numbers) further explore the cultures and landscapes of RATES (per person) Twin: $3,299 Single: $3,799 distant lands. Marvel at the Temples of Angkor You are required to obtain a Chinese visa before departing North America. Wat or step into history at the Great Wall of China. Visit the iconic Taj Mahal, explore the unworldly This pre/post cruise extension starts/finishes in Beijing. Passengers with international air booked through Swan Hellenic will have their cruise package outbound/inbound landscapes of Cappadocia or stay longer in some of flight amended accordingly. the world’s great cities. Just a few of the exciting Taj Mahal, Agra Terracotta Army, Xian destinations awaiting further discovery.

80 Contact your Travel Agent, Call us at 866.923.9182 or visit www.swanhellenic.us 81 PRE AND POST CRUISE OPTIONAL EXTENSIONS

ANCIENT CITIES OF SRI LANKA 4-NIGHT ESCORTED TOUR PRE MIN141204: Nov 30 - Dec 4, 2014 (see pages 24 - 25) INDEPENDENT POST MIN150228: Mar 15-19, 2015 (see pages 34 - 35) Enjoy a night in Sri Lanka’s former capital, Colombo, before travelling inland to CITY STAYS discover some of the sights that make up the country’s Cultural Triangle. Visit the ruined 11th century city of Polonnaruwa, explore the sacred site at Anuradhapura, see Extend your holiday pre or post cruise with a variety of the 5th century Aukana Buddha statue, climb the rock fortress of Sigiriya and admire independent stays in this tempting selection of cities. the Dambulla Rock caves. All stays include bed and breakfast daily, porterage Your tour includes: and services of a local representative. All meals (except • All sightseeing mentioned, entrances, transport as required, porterage and group flight airport transfers breakfast) and sightseeing is on an independent basis. • One night’s accommodation at the 4-Star Galle Face Hotel, Colombo and three nights’ accommodation at the 5-Star Cinnamon Lodge Hotel, Habarana • All meals during the tour • All gratuities for guides, drivers and group meals Trevi Fountain, Rome • Fully escorted with a Swan Hellenic escort (subject to minimum numbers) ROME – 2-NIGHT CITY STAY RATES (per person) Twin: $2,099 Single: $2,899 Extend your cruise to explore the iconic sights of Rome at leisure. Whether your interests lie in the classical, renaissance or baroque, You are required to obtain a Sri Lankan visa before departing North America. Sigiriya, Sri Lanka or simply savouring the atmospheric plazas, culture and cuisine; Rome invites exploration. Explore Palatine hill, home to the once opulent Roman Imperial Palace, walk along the colonnaded streets of the Forum and enter the Colosseum where bloodthirsty gladiatorial games were once staged. At San Clemente Basilica discover layers of past civilisations that have shaped Rome. Or cross the River Tiber to visit St Peter’s Basilica within the Vatican City where, among the many art treasures on view, you can marvel Singapore at Michelangelo’s frescoed Sistine Chapel. RATES (per person) Twin: $499 Single: $629

Amber Fort, Jaipur

GOLDEN TRIANGLE, INDIA Singapore 6-NIGHT ESCORTED TOUR POST MIN141120: Dec 4-10, 2014 (see pages 22 - 23) SINGAPORE – 3-NIGHT CITY STAY PRE MIN150315: Mar 9-15, 2015* (see pages 32 - 33) Hong Kong Skyline Admire the wealth of cultural sights in this classic tour. Fly to Delhi and spend two nights here to see Jama Masjid, Raj Ghat and visit New Delhi. Take the train to Agra to discover the Immerse yourself in the melange of Chinese, Malay, Indian and ethereal beauty of the Taj Mahal and the red sandstone Moghul Fort. Travel to Jaipur, visiting Fatephur Sikri en route and spend two nights in Rajasthan exploring the hilltop Amber Fort western cultures that constitute the Lion City with a stay at the and Palace of the Winds. Enjoy a further overnight in Delhi before embarking Minerva or returning home. 5-Star Conrad Centennial Hotel, Singapore. Visit the Asian HONG KONG – 3-NIGHT CITY STAY Your tour includes: • All sightseeing mentioned, entrances, transport as required, porterage and group flight airport transfers Civilisations Museum or Chinatown, Singapore’s cultural heart, Crowded streets and empty wilderness, brash modernity and • Three nights’ luxury accommodation in Delhi, one night’s luxury accommodation in Agra, two nights’ luxury accommodation in Jaipur where you’ll catch glimpses of Old Singapore with its temples traditional observances, Hong Kong will take your breath away. • International flight from Colombo to Delhi (or vice versa) and decorated terraces. Spend a day discovering tropical flora Take a tram up the peak to view the myriad of skyscrapers; attend • First class train journey from Delhi to Agra at the botanical gardens or the superb new Gardens by the Bay. a race meeting at Happy Valley Racecourse; visit one of the many • All meals during the tour • All gratuities for guides, drivers and group meals Ride the Singapore Flyer, the world’s largest observation wheel, fascinating museums or browse one of the lively markets by day • Fully escorted with a local escort and a Swan Hellenic escort (subject to minimum numbers) for spectacular panoramic views of Singapore, and shop to your or night. Your base will be the centrally located 5-Star Mandarin heart’s content on Orchard Road. Oriental Hotel. RATES (per person) Twin: $3,299 Single: $3,899 RATES (per person) Twin: $849 Single: $1,349 RATES (per person) Twin: $1,199 Single: $1,899 You are required to obtain an Indian visa before departing North America. This pre/post cruise extension starts/finishes in Delhi. Passengers with international air booked through Swan Hellenic will have their outbound/inbound flight amended accordingly.

82 Contact your Travel Agent, Call us at 866.923.9182 or visit www.swanhellenic.us 83 PROFESSOR DAVID BRAUND, MA, PhD Numismatics. He is currently a Trustee of the LIEUTENANT COLONEL ANTHONY (Cantab) DLitt (Batumi) has been working in Royal Armouries and an Honorary Professor of COUTTS-BRITTON served as an infantry officer the Mediterranean and in the Black Sea region UCL. before pursuing a second career with NATO and its for over 30 years, mostly on ancient history and Partnership for Peace Programme. He is a history VOICES OF EXPERIENCE CANON DR RUPERT BURSELL, QC was archaeology. He has spent most of his career at lecturer and battlefield guide. He specialises in the called to the Bar and ordained in the same year Exeter University, where he has been Professor of wars of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and, since 1968, has combined the professions of THE REVD DR ANDERS BERGQUIST is Vicar of Black Sea & Mediterranean History since 1996. making the Balkans and the Black Sea Region a priest and lawyer. A former honorary chaplain to St John’s Wood in London. He studied archaeology at Fluent in Russian, Georgian and Modern Greek, specific area for study. the TA intelligence battalion, he is Chancellor of Cambridge and travelled extensively in Eastern Europe he is currently completing a book on Artemis and the Diocese of Durham and Chancellor Emeritus PROFESSOR SIR BARRY CUNLIFFE, CBE before studying theology at Oxford. He has written on Aphrodite. In 2014 he is an Onassis Fellow Our renowned the subject of Hebrew scholarship in fifteenth century of the Diocese of Oxford, Chairman of the Legal is Emeritus Professor, European Archaeology, in Greece. Florence, and is currently preparing a full-length study Advisory Commission of the General Synod of Oxford University. He has excavated widely in of the failed attempt to reunite the churches of East and SIR TONY BRENTON, KCMG is a the Church of England and an honorary Canon of Britain, France and Spain. He has served as a West at the Council of Florence (1438-9). distinguished British diplomat and a fellow of Christ Church, Oxford. Governor of the Museum of London, President Guest Speakers Wolfson College Cambridge where he is writing of the Society of Antiquities and the Council for DR PETER CADDICK-ADAMS, TD, FRHS PROFESSOR JEREMY BLACK, MBE studied a book on Russia at the time of Peter the Great. British Archaeology, Trustee of the British Museum was educated at Sandhurst and Wolverhampton at Queens’ College Cambridge, St John’s He joined the British Diplomatic Service in 1975. and Commissioner of English Heritage. His most Our eminent Guest Speakers’ talks University. Since May 1999 he has lectured at the College Oxford, and Merton College Oxford In a 33 year career he served in the Arab world, recent book is Britain Begins (2013). He is now illuminate the past and explain the UK Defence Academy where he gained his PhD. before joining the University of Durham as a the European Union, the USA and Russia; he working on a book about the prehistory and early He has also served in the Regular and Reserve present and, when Minerva lecturer in 1980. There he gained his PhD and was British Ambassador in Moscow (2004-2008) history of Eurasia. Forces and was NATO Historian in Bosnia ultimately his professorship in 1994. He joined Exeter during the most difficult period in British/Russian close-cruises iconic coastlines, (1996-7), and UK Historian in Iraq (2003). His SIR RICHARD DALES, KCVO, CMG University as Established Chair in History in 1996, relations. their deck talks add an extra specialising in post-1500 military history, 18th-century recent books are Monty and Rommel: Parallel is a former Ambassador to Norway and High dimension to your experience of British history, international relations, cartographic and THE VERY REV’D DAVID BRINDLEY has Lives (2011) and Monte Cassino: Ten Armies in Commissioner to Zimbabwe. He retired in 2002 newspaper history. been Dean of Portsmouth since 2002. He has Hell (2012). One of the UK’s most experienced after 38 years in the Diplomatic Service. Since countries, cultures and landscapes. worked in a variety of parochial and academic battlefield guides, Peter has led over 200 visits to retirement, he has been Chairman of the PROFESSOR DEREK BLUNDELL is Emeritus appointments, including Rector of Warwick and more than 50 battlefields around the world. Anglo-Norse Society and a member of the Professor of Geophysics, Royal Holloway, University Principal of an ordination training college. He is Governing Council of the University of East DR PETER CATTERMOLE Formerly a lecturer of London, member of Academia Europaea and a particularly interested in the interplay between Anglia and was Chairman of International Alert in volcanology and planetary geology at the former President of the Geological Society of London. theology and history, and also has an interest in the from 2006 to 2010. Universities of Sheffield and UCW Aberystwyth, His research has ranged from rock magnetism to relationship between religion and the arts. seismology, from earthquakes and volcanoes to Peter was for many years a Principal Investigator MR STEPHEN DUFFY has recently retired landscape evolution and glacial processes. He has THE REVD PROFESSOR JUDITH BROWN with NASA’s Planetary Geology and Geophysics as Senior Curator at the Wallace Collection. conducted seismic surveys across the Baltic Sea and was born in India and educated in England. As Program, specialising in the study of volcanoes Educated at Oxford University, his around Britain and worked on several major European an academic, specialising in South Asia and wider on Mars and Venus. Peter has travelled widely, specialist interest is the art of the late projects: the European Geotraverse, Europrobe, BIRPS aspects of imperial history, she taught as a Fellow working in South America, the Atlantic Islands and eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, and GEODE. of Girton College, in Manchester University, and the Mediterranean. He has written 20 books and but he is also fascinated by many other periods. A then in Oxford, as Beit Professor of Commonwealth many academic papers, several in collaboration with very experienced lecturer and exhibition organiser, DR MONICA BOHM-DUCHEN is a History and Professorial Fellow of Balliol College the late Sir Patrick Moore. his books include The Discovery of Paris, Richard London-based freelance lecturer, writer and (1990-2011). Most of her writing has been on Parkes Bonington and (with Jo Hedley) The Wallace THE RT REVD & RT HON DR RICHARD curator, who has worked for the Courtauld modern Indian politics (with biographical studies of Collection’s Pictures: A Complete Catalogue. CHARTRES, KCVO, DD, FSA has been the Institute of Art, Sotheby’s Institute of Art, Tate, Gandhi and of Nehru), the South Asian diaspora, 132nd Bishop of London and Dean of the Chapels MR TIM EARL has his roots in Guernsey where the Royal Academy of Arts and Birkbeck and more generally on the British empire. She Royal since 1995. After reading history at Trinity he still does a little wildlife journalism although College. She has lectured for NADFAS since 2011. Her trained for ordination at Cuddesdon. latest book, Art and the Second World War, was College, Cambridge, he taught ancient history he has recently moved to the Isle of Man. Most of published in 2013. MR ANDY BUNTEN is an obsessive enthusiast in the International School in Seville. He served his time is spent leading wildlife tours worldwide. about wildlife, who obtained degrees in Zoology as Gresham Professor of Divinity for some years He co-authored the Insight Guide to the Channel DR ALAN BORG, CBE, FSA started his museum and Environmental Technology at Newcastle and and was elected as a Fellow of the Society of Islands shortly after writing Explore Guernsey. He career in the Royal Armouries in the Tower of London, Imperial College, before embarking on a career Antiquaries after writing the history of Gresham helped set up most of the island’s nature reserves moving in 1978 to become the first Director of the in nature conservation. He has worked for local College. Dr Chartres has also published in the field including one at L’Eree which is now part of a Sainsbury Centre for the Visual Arts at the University government, wildlife trusts, and, for 26 years, the of science, religion and the environment. Ramsar wetland site of international importance. of East Anglia. He was subsequently appointed Director RSPB. Now a Consultant, Andy is an enthusiastic MISS THEODORA CLARKE is an expert MR OLIVER EVERETT, CVO is Librarian General of the Imperial War Museum, and from 1995 traveller who has led wildlife groups to numerous Dr Steve Kershaw – Classics on Russian and Soviet art and lectures Emeritus of the Royal Library, Windsor Director of the V&A. He is currently Librarian of the destinations around the world. Venerable Order of St John and Vice President of the widely on classical and modern painting. Castle, where he was Librarian and was, until She attained her Masters at the Courtauld Assistant Keeper of the Royal Archives, the Realm, written as Official Historian of MI5, Foundling Museum. DR ANDREW BURNETT, CBE, FBA We are delighted to introduce some recently, Deputy Director of the British Museum, Institute of Art. She is the Director of 1985-2002. He was in the Foreign & was 2010’s ‘Politics’ best-seller. of the Guest Speakers who will be MR CHRISTOPHER BRADLEY is a having spent his earlier career in the museum’s Russian Art Week in London and edits the online Commonwealth Office, 1967-78, including travelling on Minerva in 2014/15. DR MERI ARICHI is Senior Teaching Fellow NADFAS lecturer specialising in North Africa Department of Coins and Medals, being Keeper arts magazine Russian Art and Culture. As a postings in India and Spain. He was Assistant Please also refer to individual in the Department of History of Art and and the Middle East. He is also a guidebook from 1992 – 2003. His books include Coinage freelance art critic she has written for The Private Secretary to the Prince of Wales, 1978-80 itinerary pages. Archaeology at SOAS, the University of London. writer and photographer; his latest books in the Roman World and the first two volumes Telegraph and The Burlington Magazine. Her and Private Secretary to Diana, Princess of Wales, She received her PhD from SOAS in 2003 and a include The Berlitz Guides to Oman 2011 and of Roman Provincial Coinage. Dr Burnett was latest book on contemporary and avant-garde art is 1981-83. He lectures widely in Britain and abroad. PROFESSOR DAVID ABULAFIA is post-doctoral fellowship from the CSJR (Centre Egypt Red Sea Coast 2012 and the Insight Guide to appointed a CBE in the 2012 New Year Honours Re-imagining Russia. Professor of Mediterranean History at for the Study of Japanese Religions) at SOAS in Egypt 2009. He has also worked as a tour leader and List for services to The British Museum and Cambridge University and Fellow of the British 2003/4. Her area of research interest is Buddhist guide of specialist art tours to Oman, Eritrea, Egypt and Academy. He has written extensively on the art of Japan, particularly focusing on the Shinto- Jordan and as a cameraman and TV producer for the history of the Mediterranean and Atlantic, Buddhist syncretism in medieval Japan. She has National Geographic, BBC and Channel 4. especially southern Italy, Sicily and Spain. His been teaching History of Japanese Art at SOAS DR ROBERT BRADNOCK is a Senior Visiting best-selling The Great Sea: A Human History of since 2007. Research Fellow in Geography at King’s College the Mediterranean was published by Penguin PROFESSOR IAN BECKETT, FRHistS is London and Associate Research Fellow at Chatham Books in 2011 for which he was awarded one of House. His main interests are in the fields of geopolitics the inaugural British Academy Medals in 2013. Professor of Military History at the University of Kent. Having previously and environment. He was Director of the Geopolitics PROFESSOR CHRISTOPHER ANDREW held chairs in both Britain and the Research Centre at the School of Oriental and African is Emeritus Professor of Modern and United States, he is currently Chairman Studies, a founder of the Journal Geopolitics, and Head Contemporary History at Cambridge University, of the Council of the Army Records Society and of the Department of Geography at SOAS. His major Honorary Professor at Queen’s University, Secretary of the Buckinghamshire Military research has been in the political and environmental Belfast, former Visiting Professor at Harvard, geography of South Asia and its region. His latest book Museum Trust. He is internationally known for David Abulafia Meri Arichi Jeremy Black Richard Chartres Theodora Clarke Barry Cunliffe Toronto and Canberra, and Honorary Air his work on the First World War and on the is An Atlas of South Commodore. Christopher Andrew’s Defence of history of the British Army. Asian Affairs.

84 Contact your Travel Agent, Call us at 866.923.9182 or visit www.swanhellenic.us 85 MR NIGEL McGILCHRIST was a scholar at Museum, publishing widely on the Minoans and Priest Vicar at Westminster Abbey. Winchester College and a First Class graduate the Mycenaeans. Since leaving the British Museum PROFESSOR TONY STOCKWELL is Emeritus from Oxford, and has lived and worked in the she has made a programme with the BBC’s Horizon Professor of Modern History, Royal Holloway, Mediterranean – Italy, Greece and Turkey – for 30 team on Mycenae and the truth behind the story of University of London. His interest in Southeast Asia years. He is author of the twenty-volume series of the Greek sack of Troy. Her book The Mycenaeans began in 1965-66 as a VSO teacher in Sarawak. He cultural guides to the Greek Islands, McGilchrist’s (2007, reprinted 2013) looks in detail at the Bronze has published extensively on British imperial history Greek Islands, and of the Blue Guide to The Aegean Age Greeks and at their relationship with their and the recent history of Southeast Asia. He is on the Islands. He lectures widely in art and archaeology at neighbours on Crete, Santorini and the coast of Asia Council of the Royal Asiatic Society, of which he has museums and institutions in Europe and the USA. Minor. twice been president. THE REVD PROFESSOR TERESA MORGAN PROFESSOR GARY SHEFFIELD is Professor SIR ROY STRONG, FRSL is an historian, Tim Earl Lucia Gahlin Joanna Hardy Charles Higham Tom Higham John Lippiett is University Lecturer in Ancient History, Fellow of War Studies at the University of Wolverhampton. broadcaster, diarist and gardener. He is a former of Oriel College, Oxford, and an associate priest in A leading military historian with particular expertise Director of the V&A and of the National Portrait the parish of Littlemore. A historian of culture and in the two world wars, he has published many books Gallery. A prolific writer on a wide range of subject mentalité, she has written extensively on Greek and including, most recently, The First World War in 100 MISS LUCIA GAHLIN teaches Egyptology written books on Egyptian mythology and religion THE RT REVD GRAHAM JAMES read history matter his latest books are Visions of England (2011) Roman education, ethics, and early Christianity. She Objects (2013) and A Short History of the First World for the Universities of Exeter and Bristol, is and is the author of a two-volume history of the at the University of Lancaster and completed his and Self-Portrait as a Young Man (2013). He has a has also written two popular religious books: Seasons War (forthcoming in 2014). He regularly broadcasts a Research Associate at UCL’s Institute of Pharaohs. theological training at Oxford prior to his ordination keen interest in the British Raj and in recent years has Archaeology, and an accredited NADFAS in 1975. He was appointed Bishop of St Germans of the Spirit and Every-Person Ministry. on radio and television, writes for the national press, PROFESSOR CHARLES HIGHAM, FBA been exploring what remains of its architecture and lecturer. She is affiliated with the Petrie in his native Cornwall in 1993 and translated to and leads tours to the world's battlefields. is Research Professor at the University of Otago, MR JEREMY PATERSON taught ancient history artefacts on the Indian subcontinent. Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, and has worked Norwich in 1999. He is the lead bishop for the for nearly 40 years at Newcastle University, where MR ADRIAN SINDALL, CMG has – among New Zealand, a Fellow of the Royal Society of New MR NEIL TAYLOR is a specialist in 20th century on excavations at Amarna in Egypt. Her Church of England on media issues. He entered the he was also Dean of Arts. He studied in Oxford and other diplomatic postings – been British Ambassador Zealand and an Honorary Fellow of St Catharine’s political history with particular reference to the former publications include Egypt: Gods, Myths and House of Lords in 2004, and currently serves on the at the British School at Rome. Although primarily to Syria and Deputy Ambassador to Jordan. Since College, Cambridge. For over 40 years he has communist countries. After a career in the travel Religion. She has led many tours to Egypt. Select Committee on Communications. a social and economic historian, his research and leaving the FCO he has been Chairman of the Arab undertaken archaeological fieldwork in Southeast business which involved frequent tours behind the publications range widely and include the ancient British Centre in London, of the Council for British CANON RALPH GODSALL is a priest Asia and southern China, his most recent research PROFESSOR COLIN JONES, FBA is Professor Iron Curtain and to East Asia, he now divides his time wine trade, the archaeology of the Roman Empire, Research in the Levant and has served as a Council vicar of Westminster Abbey and a Canon involving the origins of the civilisation of Angkor. His of History at Queen Mary University of London and between London and Tallinn. His most recent book is early Christianity, and Cicero. He also chairs the Member of the Centre for Near and Middle East Emeritus of Rochester. A graduate of Queens’ books include an Encyclopaedia of Asian Civilisations, an historian of France. He has taught at universities the Bradt Guide to Estonia (2014). College, Cambridge in Classics and Theology, The Civilisation of Angkor and Early Mainland in Britain, France and the United States. President Minimus project to introduce Latin in primary Studies at SOAS, London University. schools. SIR MARK TULLY, KBE was born in Calcutta. he has travelled extensively in the Near and Southeast Asia: from First Humans to Angkor. of the Royal Historical Society (2009-2012), his DR MICHAEL SQUIRE is Lecturer in Classics Middle East. He has a particular interest in the books include The Cambridge Illustrated History of Based in Delhi he was the BBC’s India correspondent PROFESSOR TOM HIGHAM is a Professor of THE RT REVD STEPHEN PLATTEN, recently at King's College London, with a special interest in origins of Christianity across the region and an France (1994), The Great Nation: France from Louis for 22 years, becoming known as the ‘voice of India’. Archaeological Science at the University of Oxford. retired as Bishop of Wakefield, is a well-travelled Graeco-Roman art and the history of its reception. understanding of contemporary issues confronting XV to Napoleon (2002), Paris: Biography of a City He was knighted in 2002. Since leaving the BBC in He is a specialist in archaeological dating, using ambassador in international affairs, and was for His books include Panorama of the Classical Christians in Palestine/Israel, Syria, Iraq and (2004) and, forthcoming in summer 2014, The Smile 1994 he has written several books including India in radiocarbon methods. He is also the Director of the a number of years lead speaker on this for the World (2nd ed. 2008), Image and Text in Graeco- Egypt, who see their history and their destiny Revolution in 18th-century Paris. Slow Motion, India's Unending Journey and India: The Advanced Studies Centre at Keble College, Oxford, Bishops in the House of Lords. A former lecturer Roman Antiquity (2009), The Iliad in a Nutshell: bound up with the countries where they live and Road Ahead, and appears as a regular presenter on where he is a Fellow by Special Election. He is DR MARA KALNINS is a Life Fellow of Corpus in theology and Dean of Norwich, he has written Visualizing Epic on the Tabulae Iliacae (2011) and with the dominant Muslim/Jewish culture. Radio 4’s ‘Something Understood’. originally from New Zealand. Christi College and former University of Cambridge widely on theology and its historical and literary The Art of the Body: Antiquity and its Legacy (2011). background. He is at present Rector of St Michael’s PROFESSOR WILLIAM VAUGHAN, FSA is THE REVD ROBIN GRIFFITH-JONES Reader in Modern Literature. She has published MISS SARAH STANIFORTH worked for PROFESSOR CAROLE HILLENBRAND, OBE, Cornhill in the City of London and an assistant Professor Emeritus in History of Art at Birkbeck worked at Christie’s after leaving Oxford and, extensively in nineteenth and twentieth century the National Trust from FBA is currently Professor of Islamic History at the Bishop in that Diocese. College, University of London and Senior Research prior to ordination, worked with Mother Teresa’s studies, has edited several volumes in the scholarly 1985-2014, most recently as University of St Andrews. In 2005, she was awarded Fellow, Tate Britain. He is also a Trustee of the Art Sisters in India and with the long-term homeless in Cambridge University Press edition of D H Lawrence, GENERAL THE LORD RICHARDS OF Museums and Collections Director. She read the King Faisal International Prize in Islamic Studies Fund. He is a specialist on Romanticism, particularly London. Appointed Master of the Temple Church, and is General Editor of Conrad’s works for Oxford HERSTMONCEUX, GCB, CBE, DSO has chemistry at Oxford University and studied – the first non-Muslim ever to receive this award. in Britain, America and Northern Europe. He has London, in 1999, he has written books on the University Press. Her most recent book – The Ancient commanded operations in NI, East Timor, Sierra paintings conservation at the Courtauld Institute of She has published six books and many articles on organized several exhibitions, including one on the gospels, St Paul and Mary Magdalene, and has Amber Routes: Travels from Rīga to Byzantium – Leone, and Afghanistan. In 2010 he became Chief Art. She is President of the International Institute the Crusades, Islam, and Muslim history. She was German artist Caspar David Friedrich (Tate) and edited books on the Temple Church and on Islam explores the cultural links between the Baltic and the of the Defence Staff, the professional head of for Conservation and has a number of other awarded an OBE in the 2009 New Year’s Honours one on the British landscapist Samuel Palmer (British and English Law. civilisations of classical antiquity. Britain’s armed forces and their strategic commander non-executive roles. Her professional interests List. Museum and Metropolitan Museum of Art, MS JOANNA HARDY, FGA, DGA, FRSA is DR STEVE KERSHAW As a Classics Tutor for as well as the PM’s military adviser. He retired in include buildings and collections conservation, PROFESSOR ROBERT HILLENBRAND, FBA New York). a gemmologist and an independent Oxford University Department for 2013. His operational awards include a MiD, CBE, museum and heritage management and bringing taught Byzantine art for many years at Edinburgh jewellery specialist with over 30 years’ Continuing Education, Professor of History DSO and KCB; he was the first officer to receive historic places to life through excellent standards of PROFESSOR KEITH WARD, FBA has held University. He is an Emeritus Professor of Fine Art experience in the jewellery industry. She of Art for Rhodes College and the University an operational knighthood since WW2. A visiting presentation and interpretation. lecturer posts in Logic at the University of Glasgow, at Edinburgh University, and is currently Professor trained as a goldsmith before working at of the South, and as a lecturer for the V&A, Professor of Exeter University and a Fellow of Philosophy at St Andrew’s and Philosophy of Religion of Islamic Art at St Andrew’s University. His 170 THE RT REVD TIM STEVENS read Classics De Beers, where she valued and graded rough Steve Kershaw has travelled extensively in the world of Kings College London and Cardiff University, he at King’s College London. He was Fellow, Dean and publications include prize-winning books on Islamic and English at Cambridge and worked for BOAC diamonds. As a polished diamond dealer she the Greeks and Romans both physically and has edited or contributed to a number of books. Director of Studies in Philosophy and in Theology at architecture and Islamic painting. He has held visiting and at the FCO prior to ordination in 1976. He worked in Antwerp, Tel Aviv and Mumbai, and intellectually. His books include A Brief Guide to the In 2011, he received the annual Churchill Award Trinity Hall Cambridge, where he was also Lecturer in professorships at seven universities and was Slade was appointed Bishop of Leicester in 1999. He is later joined Philips Auctioneers. For 14 years she Greek Myths and A Brief History of the Roman Empire. for leadership. He became Baron Richards of Divinity. He was the F D Maurice Professor of Moral Professor of Art at Cambridge in 2008. particularly interested in interfaith relationships and was a senior specialist and auctioneer in the Herstmonceux in February 2014. and Social Theology at the University of London, MR STUART LAING was elected Master of Corpus in regeneration issues in cities. He is Convenor of jewellery department at Sotheby’s, London. PROFESSOR ANDREW HOPKINS is Associate where he was later Professor and Head of Department Christi College, Cambridge, in 2008, following a THE RT REVD BARRY ROGERSON retired the Bishop’s Bench in the House of Lords and a Joanna is a Freeman of the City of London and Professor at the University of L’Aquila and is a of History and Philosophy of Religion. An ordained career in the British Foreign Service. Specialising in as Bishop of Bristol in 2002 after forty years of member of the Joint Committee on Lords Reform. Liveryman of the Goldsmiths Company. recognised authority on Italian architecture. priest in the Church of England, he was, until 2003, Arab and Middle Eastern affairs, he served in Saudi ministry as parish priest, lecturer in theological He is a former member of the Archbishops’ Council He has been a fellow at Harvard University’s Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford. PROFESSOR LORD (RICHARD) HARRIES Arabia and in Cairo and then as Deputy Ambassador colleges in England and overseas and, for many and a former Chair of the Trustees of the Children’s Villa I Tatti in Florence, the Center for is a Lecturer in OF PENTREGARTH, FRSL is an Emeritus in Riyadh. He was appointed High Commissioner to years, a member of the World Council of Churches. Society. DR CHRISTOPHER WHITTON Advanced Studies in the Visual Arts at the National Gresham Professor and an Honorary Professor of Brunei, Ambassador in Muscat and Ambassador in His interests lie in interfaith dialogue and history, Classics at Cambridge University, where he teaches Gallery in Washington D.C., the Getty Research THE VERY REVD VICTOR STOCK has Theology at KCL. He has written 26 books on Kuwait. Stuart researches on Arab and East African with a growing penchant for post-colonial political Greek and Latin language and literature. His research Institute in Los Angeles and at the British School at discussed Religion and Science with Brian Cox, the interface of Christian faith and wider culture, history and is the co-author of a book on Omani- history. focuses on the literature and cultural history of the Rome. His books include Italian Architecture from taken people to Amsterdam, St Petersburg and including the arts, his most recent book being The British history, Unshook Till the End of Time. Roman empire, including a recent commentary on Michelangelo to Borromini (Thames & Hudson’s MISS LOUISE SCHOFIELD was, for 13 Venice, hosted 15 years of Dialogues at St Mary le Image of Christ in Modern Art. After retiring as Pliny the Younger’s Letters, but his interests extend World of Art series (2002), and Baldassare Longhena REAR ADMIRAL JOHN LIPPIETT, CB, CBE years, Curator of Greek Bronze Age Bow and, for 10 years, was Dean of Guildford. In Bishop of Oxford in 2006 he was made a Life Peer across the ancient Mediterranean world. He is also and Venetian Baroque Architecture for Yale University had a 36 year career in the Royal Navy culminating and Geometric Antiquities at the British retirement he looks at pictures and enjoys being a and continues to be active in the House of Lords. Director of Music at Emmanuel College, Cambridge. Press (2012). in three jobs as Rear Admiral. His book, War and MR GEORGE HART was principal lecturer on Peas: Intimate Letters from the Falklands War, based PROFESSOR TONY HOPKINS is Emeritus the British Museum’s antiquities collections from on his experiences ‘Down South’, was broadcast on Smuts Professor of Commonwealth History at the Egypt, Greece, the Levant and the civilisations of BBC radio to commemorate the 25th anniversary University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Pembroke the ancient world. For 12 years he was Chairman of the war. He became Chief Executive of the Mary College. He is known for his work on international of the Friends of the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Rose Trust in 2003 and has overseen the creation of a history, the British Empire, and globalization. He is Archaeology, and is on the Board of stunning new museum which opened in 2013. a Fellow of the British Academy and holds honorary Trustees of the Egypt Exploration Society. doctorates from the Universities of Stirling and Teresa Morgan Lord Richards Sarah Staniforth Roy Strong Mark Tully Keith Ward He is also an editorial advisor on its Birmingham. bulletin, Egyptian Archaeology. He has

86 Contact your Travel Agent, Call us at 866.923.9182 or visit www.swanhellenic.us 87 A WIDE CHOICE OF STATEROOMS

DELUXE BALCONY SUITE, Category B – a choice of 12 These Deluxe Balcony Suites feature a deep teak deck balcony with floor-to Stylish and ceiling patio doors and are 335 sq ft. including the balcony. Featuring a separate sitting area with sofa, chair, table, flat screen TV, refrigerator and tea and coffee making facilities, all Deluxe Balcony Suites on the starboard side have en suite shower facilities while all those on the port side have en suites well appointed with baths. With our compliments: A welcome bottle of Champagne and mineral water on embarkation. Mini Bar: first set up is complimentary. Fruit Basket: replenished balcony suites on a daily basis.

inerva now offers 44 Mbalcony suites – some of the most spacious and comfortable balcony suites afloat – as well as a choice of eight other categories of outside and inside staterooms. All staterooms are twin-bedded and, if requested at the time of booking, can be made into a single queen bed.

BALCONY SUITE, Category D – a choice of 20 AEGEAN DECK STATEROOM OUTSIDE These Balcony Suites, feature an expansive teak deck balcony with floor-to- Category F & G – a choice of 56 SUPERIOR BALCONY SUITE, Category C – a choice of 10 ceiling patio doors bringing the total size inclusive of balcony to 300 sq ft. These outside staterooms on Aegean Deck range from 130 sq ft. to 140 sq ft. in Featuring a separate sitting area with sofa, chair, table, flat screen TV and size and feature large picture windows. All Aegean Deck staterooms (including OWNER’S SUITE, Category A – Discovery or Explorer Suites – These Superior Balcony Suites, feature a balcony with floor to ceiling patio a choice of 2 unique suites refrigerator, all Balcony Suites on the starboard side have en suite shower inside staterooms, Categories K & L) feature en suites with showers. doors. Overall area is 330 sq ft. including the balcony. Featuring a separate facilities, while all those on the port side have en suites with baths. These premier suites are 369 sq ft. in total, including the private balcony with sitting area with sofa, chair, table, flat screen TV, refrigerator and tea and Outside staterooms on Baltic Deck, Categories H & I, are similar but have two floor-to-ceiling patio doors, a separate sitting area with sofa, chair, table, flat screen coffee making facilities, all Superior Balcony Suites on the starboard side portholes instead of picture windows. All staterooms on Baltic Deck (including TV, refrigerator and tea and coffee making facilities. The Owner’s Suite on the have en suite shower facilities, while all those on the port side have en suites With our compliments: Bottled mineral water: first set up is complimentary. Mini Bar: inside staterooms, Categories M & N) feature en suites with showers. charged as consumed. starboard side has en suite shower facilities while the Owner’s Suite on the port with baths. With our compliments: A welcome bottle of mineral water on embarkation. side has en suite bath facilities. With our compliments: A welcome bottle of Champagne and bottled mineral water With our compliments: Champagne on embarkation: replenished free of charge on request. on embarkation. Mini Bar: first set up is complimentary. Fruit Basket: replenished on Bottled mineral water: replenished free of charge on request. Mini Bar: replenished as per a daily basis. consumption. Fruit Basket: replenished on daily basis. Canapés: served on daily basis.

88 Contact your Travel Agent, Call us at 866.923.9182 or visit www.swanhellenic.us 89 In some ports Swan Hellenic is able to obtain group visas able to travel or embark the ship without a valid certificate of booking may result in you being denied boarding at upon arrival which will enable you to go ashore. Canadian as stated. Regulations requiring mandatory Yellow Fever port of embarkation. Citizens that are not a resident of the USA please contact Vaccinations and certificates are laid down by the local Health Care Companions: All passengers with special the Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada online Port and Health Authorities and the vessel will be unable GENERAL INFORMATION needs must be self-sufficient and must be accompanied at www.travel.gc.ca or call 1-800-267-6788. Swan Hellenic to obtain entrance to certain ports if the correct paperwork by a passenger who will take full responsibility for any may not always be able to obtain group visas for non U.S as stated above is not available. This requirement may assistance needed at all times during the cruise and in the America to book your cruise from this brochure. and Canadian passport holders. In some countries group differ from the advice given by the Centers for Disease event of an emergency. The terms and conditions that apply to residents visas are restricted to allow passengers to participate in Control and Prevention in Atlanta and your local doctor. of other countries are available on request. These shore excursions organised by Swan Hellenic only. If you Swan Hellenic will advise you at the time of booking (or as Pregnancy: Regulations vary from airline to airline, but terms and conditions also contain important wish to explore independently in the countries indicated soon as possible if regulations change), if Yellow Fever is some will refuse to carry women who will be 24 weeks information on cancellations. it will be necessary for you to obtain and purchase an a mandatory requirement on your cruise. pregnant on the date of return travel. If you are in doubt, individual visa prior to the cruise departure: St Petersburg, please check with the airline concerned and we would If you do not normally enjoy good health, you should Russia. This information is subject to change and it consult your doctor regarding the advisability of taking recommend that you consult your doctor in any case. BEFORE YOU GO may be necessary for other visas to be obtained and a cruise and being away from the usual medical and purchased. hospital facilities. Your insurance company must be Disabled Passengers: We are not always able to PASSPORTS AND VISAS Other nationalities should consult their travel agent/ advised of any pre-existing condition at the time of accommodate disabled passengers. if you or any person All United States and Canadian citizens require a full embassy regarding visa/entry requirements. booking and of any condition arising subsequently prior to travelling with you suffers from a disability, you must 5 or 10-year passport, valid for the countries visited Passengers with an Israeli visa or entry permit or with a departure, otherwise your insurance may be invalid. notify our office before you make your booking. PLEASE and must be valid for at least 6 months after the date visa for Egypt or Jordan at an Israeli border crossing in READ THE PASSAGE CONTRACT CAREFULLY AS TO of return travel for all countries visited and with spare their passport (whether valid or not) may not be permitted CHILDREN NOTIFICATION TO THE COMPANY AND THE CARRIER pages. For United States and Canadian citizens, There are no recreational facilities for children aboard to disembark in some countries. At the time of printing OF DISABILITY OR REDUCED MOBILITY AND THE when joining or departing the ship in some ports, Minerva and reservations for children are not advised. this includes Oman and Jordan. A new passport must be PROVISIONS OF EU REGULATION 1177/2010. individual visas may need to be obtained prior to obtained before travelling on the cruise. the cruise departure. At time of printing (May 2014) PASSENGERS WITH Wheelchairs/Mobility Scooters: If you require wheelchair Some countries place restrictions on certain nationalities you will need to purchase and obtain individual visas SPECIAL NEEDS assistance at ports of embarkation or disembarkation obtaining group or individual visas. In such ports you will prior to departure from your home city if your cruise Swan Hellenic will always try to accommodate passengers or at airports then you need to advise us at the time of not be permitted to disembark. includes the following countries: India multiple entry with special needs. However, the following conditions booking. Passengers using wheelchairs must provide their visa, Chinese visa (for pre and post tours). Sri Lankan All the information stated is correct at the time of apply: own collapsible chair. Mobility scooters must be gel or dry printing (May 2014) and is subject to change. Swan cell battery only with a width of no more than 30 inches to Tourist ETA (Electronic Travel Application), Sri Lankan Medical Situations: Any physical disability or medical Hellenic will endeavour to inform passengers of any enable access to the cabin and each part should weigh visa (post tour only). Visas are also required for Oman condition that requires special treatment or medical mandatory requirements and changes in the pre cruise no more than 50 pounds. ($15USD), Turkey (Electronic Visa in advance), Egypt apparatus must be reported to the Company’s documentation which is sent approximately 12 weeks prior ($23USD) and can be obtained upon arrival if by air Reservations Manager in writing along with the first Any passenger taking a mobility scooter aboard Minerva to the cruise departure. Rate’s are subject to change without notice. If arriving deposit, which is due at time of booking. These include must reside in a disabled cabin. There are four specially by sea, visas for Oman & Egypt will be obtained Please note that it is the responsibility of each but are not limited to wheelchairs, oxygen therapy, adapted cabins aboard Minerva, A37, A38, SB9 and DB11. In each of these cabins there is an 8.5cm rise into the onboard the ship and is included in the cruise fare. passenger to check with the various embassies dialysis, etc. Failure to disclose a medical situation at time bathroom. Mobility scooters cannot be used aboard The table below explains the entry requirements for US or consulates of those countries to be visited on passport holders. their particular cruise to ensure that they have A: Upon arrival the necessary visas/documentation to enter all V: Visa required for all travellers prior to travel. countries to be visited. Any passengers arriving E: Entry requirements will be dealt with by our ground at the departure port/airport without a passport agents on arrival and are included in your cruise fare. or correct visas (if required) will be refused This general information is provided to inform and named person on the booking and all persons on N: No visa required for US Citizens travelling as short stay permission to board the ship/aircraft. Failure in assist passengers and forms part of the terms whose behalf a booking is made or any other person tourists. this respect is not covered by insurance and no of booking which govern your contract. PLEASE to whom a booking is transferred. refund can be made. The ship’s purser deals with Cambodia – E Oman – A READ THESE SECTIONS CAREFULLY AS YOU A contract is concluded upon the acceptance of all immigration formalities onboard. WILL BE BOUND BY THEM. ALL PRICES IN THIS your deposit by the Company and the issuing of a China – V Philippines – N At least 75 days prior to departure we must BROCHURE ARE IN US DOLLARS. confirmation invoice. Egypt – E* Singapore – N have the following information relating to

These terms and conditions also cover the Company’s each passenger: name in full (as it appears on Passengers who have never cruised before, Djibouti – E South Korea – N passport), address, nationality, date and place who have not cruised with Swan Hellenic, or are air travel arrangements if a Swan Hellenic air program India – V Sri Lanka – V of birth; plus passport number, expiration date regular passengers will no doubt have many was purchased or obtained as part of your cruise and date and place of issue. Passengers cannot questions to ask about our ship, our operation and the land tour packages with cruises offered Indonesia – E Taiwan – N be included in group visas if this information and many other matters. This section (which by the Company. By making a reservation and Japan – N Thailand – N is not supplied in time. Visit our website www. forms part of our contract with you) has been paying your deposit you agree to be bound by the swanhellenic.us and go to the ‘Already Booked’ written to give you some general information provisions contained herein and to accept the terms Jordan – E Vietnam – E section to register passport details. about cruising with us, and we feel sure you will and conditions. Carriage by air is governed by the air carrier’s conditions of carriage copies of which can be Malaysia – N Turkey – V find it useful both before and during your cruise. HEALTH, VACCINATIONS provided on request or which may be obtained from Myanmar – E Our aim is your complete enjoyment of the cruise, AND MEDICAL INFORMATION and our staff, together with the ship’s crew will your travel agent or Swan Hellenic. Call us at (866) 923- As health regulations are ever changing, we recommend do all they can to ensure this. The information 9182 or visit www.swanhellenic.us for more information. Russia - US passport holders joining our organised tours that you consult your primary physician or contact the given here is correct at the time of printing (May The cruise is governed by the carrier’s Passage Contract in Russia do not at the present time require individual visas. If however the situation changes, it will be the Center for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta or 2014), but is subject to change without notice. which is also available on the Company’s website at www.swanhellenic.us. The air and cruise carriers’ responsibility of the passenger to obtain and purchase your local health department at least 8 weeks before your If you have any queries about your booking, intended departure to check the latest requirements for conditions of contract are contractual incorporated their own visa. Currently passengers who wish to go we will always be pleased to help you. Please ashore independently in Russia will require a visa the countries you will be visiting. Any passenger arriving into your contract with the Company. It is important call us Toll-Free at (866) 923-9182 or email us purchased and issued before arrival. at the airport/port without the correct certificate that you are aware that these terms and conditions will be refused permission to board aircraft/ship. at:[email protected] Notes: The above advice applies for short visits. US and the carrier’s Passage Contract contains important No passenger refund is applicable. Depending on Citizens on longer cruises making several visits may information including provisions regarding the limitation the itinerary, passengers should consult their primary TERMS & CONDITIONS have different visa requirements. This advice is subject to physician regarding the possibility of taking a course of Swan Hellenic cruises are offered for sale by All Leisure and exclusion of liability on the part of the carrier and change. Please see pre-cruise documentation. independent contractors. The cruise Passage Contract anti-malarial tablets prior to their departure. Holidays Limited trading as Swan Hellenic. These terms also contains information regarding required pre-suit All of the information above is subject to change and it In certain countries, and specifically for cruises calling and conditions together with the general information may be necessary for other visas to be obtained and notice to the Company and the cruise carrier and the in Eritrea, Yellow Fever inoculations are mandatory for purchased. Full information on visas for your cruise will and any other written information brought to your time limitation in which to sue. These provisions specify each passenger whether or not you intend to proceed be sent approximately 90 days prior to departure. It is ashore. You will be required to obtain and carry an attention before we have confirmed your booking, form that all law suits against the Company and the carrier the responsiblility of each passenger to obtain a valid original Yellow fever certificate stamped by an authorised the basis of your contract with All Leisure Holidays must be filed in the courts in England and such suits passport, visas & inoculation’s if required. Yellow Fever Vaccination Center. The certificate itself is Limited (“the Company”). Please read them carefully shall be governed by the laws of England. Passengers will be sent preliminary cruise documents valid from 10 days after vaccination for a period of ten as they set out our respective right and obligations. These terms and conditions contain health and prior to departure. These will contain visa and years. If you are excused on medical grounds you will THIS CONTRACT CONTAINS LIMITATIONS ON THE immigration requirements that are your responsibility, inoculation requirements to avoid loss of boarding be required to obtain and carry an original Yellow fever privileges. Or contact Visa Central for assistance at exemption certificate stamped by an authorised Yellow COMPANY’S LIABILITY TO PASSENGERS. and other relevant terms and conditions. You must www.visacentral.com Account code 75004. Fever Vaccination Center. Certificates will be inspected at References to “you” and “your” include the first be a resident of the United States, Canada or Latin your departure airport/upon embarkation. You will not be

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Minerva during your cruise. For the safety of the the Company reserves the right to amend, cancel or result from changes to or cancellation of air arrange- FLIGHT DELAYS Credit Cards. A cashless system operates on board LAUNDRY & PRESSING passengers and ship, all wheelchairs and other mobility substitute an included shore excursion and in these ments are the sole responsibility of the Guest. Due to Regrettably flight delays do sometimes occur. In with passengers settling accounts at the end of the Valet service is available for laundry and pressing. A aids must be stored in the passenger’s cabin when they circumstances is under no obligation to make a refund. government regulations, if you are delayed or unable to this event, it is the responsibility of the airline, at cruise. Visa, MasterCard and American Express credit laundry bag and order form are provided in your stateroom are not being used. Additional excursions, including some as mentioned in the cards (2% surcharge for American Express), and cash board at embarkation, you may not be able to board at a their discretion, to provide refreshments, meals, and wardrobe. Some passengers may wish to make use of the Some ports require tender boats to go ashore and brochure, may be available at supplementary cost. are accepted for payment of shipboard accounts only. later time. In such event, Carrier shall have no liability to depending on the length of the delay and time of self-service launderette on Aegean Deck – laundry detergent conditions may preclude a passenger who uses a At the time of going to press, (May 2014), the exact refund any cruise fares. day, overnight accommodation. Passengers will be is provided. Dry cleaning is not available on board. wheelchair/mobility scooter from leaving the vessel. content of the shore excursion program has not been responsible for hotel room accommodations and MEDICAL ATTENTION This decision must be made by the ship’s Captain finalised. All excursions should be pre-booked although transfers. Subject to airlines’ own restrictions, please We hope you will find it unnecessary to use the ship’s WHAT TO WEAR and is binding. Passengers should also be aware that it may also be possible (subject to space) to book your SEAT ASSIGNMENTS AND ensure that all medications are packed in your hand medical facilities during your cruise. If, however, the As a general rule, for days on board and ashore, summer facilities for the disabled in some destinations may be excursions on board. Shore excursion details will be PRE-FLIGHT ARRANGEMENTS luggage. The Company shall have no responsibility occasion does arise, it is comforting to know that we do clothing/casual wear is the order of the day. It should be very limited. In some destinations coaches may not be sent to you approximately 8 weeks prior to departure. carry a fully qualified doctor and nurse. All health and Any pre-flight arrangements, such as seat assignments, to the passenger for any flight delays, hotel light, comfortable and easy to care for. A sweater and jacket able to accommodate wheelchairs/mobility scooters. Please note that it is not possible to credit the non-use accommodations and/or transfers. medical services and personnel are provided for the for cooler evenings and a light raincoat are also advisable. frequent flyer programs, wheelchair requests, oxygen convenience of the passengers and work directly for Getting about once aboard Minerva is relatively easy, of an included shore excursion against the cost of a On cruises to northern latitudes, warmer, layered clothing or special meal requests, must be made by the Guest the passengers and are not under the control of Swan however certain parts of the ship may be inaccessible supplementary shore excursion. NOTES ABOUT FLIGHTS will be necessary. On more southerly cruises the weather directly with the airlines. Swan Hellenic cannot confirm Hellenic. A charge is made for their services and will for wheelchair users. For safety reasons there may be If a Swan Hellenic air program was purchased or will usually be suitable for sunbathing, so don’t forget your require payment for any medicines or drugs needed. a limit to the number of wheelchairs allowed on board JOINING YOUR CRUISE any special airline requests. Frequent flyer or past obtained, specific air routings will be determined wrap, bathing suit, sunglasses, sunhat and sunscreen. Such charges are normally reclaimable under your any particular cruise. We reserve the right to require any Complimentary coach transfers between London traveler discounts do not apply to air tickets issued by approximately 60 days prior to sailing. Passengers For trips ashore and for getting into and out of the ship’s travel insurance, less any excess. Minerva meets the passenger to produce medical evidence of fitness to Victoria Coach Station and the Minerva are available for Swan Hellenic. travelling with passengers from other gateways may tenders, comfortable, sturdy walking shoes are a must. You UK and CDC Vessel Sanitation Programme standards travel in order to assess whether that passenger can be passengers starting or ending their cruise in Portsmouth. not be routed on the same flights. Please note that the may also want to bring a camera, extra binoculars, umbrella and undergoes regular, unannounced inspections by carried safely. In the event of refusal, the passenger will be For passengers flying from London on Swan Hellenic Company reserves the right to change carriers when and insect repellent. In certain countries, shorts, short skirts, AIR DEVIATION these agencies and to date has not had an outbreak of informed of the specific reasons in writing within 5 days. dedicated flights and returning to Portsmouth aboard necessary and that sometimes you may travel out and bare arms and shoulders will not be appreciated locally and Any time prior to departure, guests opting to Norovirus on board. All passengers must complete a Special Diets: We can usually make provisions for special Minerva there will be a coach transfer from Portsmouth back on different carriers. For all flights, the Company you may be prohibited entry to certain sites. Advice will be deviate their air will be required to pay a $100 per person health declaration form prior to embarkation. diets provided that sufficient notice is given, although back to your departure airport in London at the end of reserves the right to determine the flight routings, which given beforehand. During the day, the general atmosphere the cruise. For passengers departing from Portsmouth non-refundable fee (hereafter “Administrative Fee”) plus we cannot cater for Kosher and Halal diets. A vegetarian may not be direct or non-stop. Airlines do not provide BARS & ALCOHOL on board is informal and casual clothing, including shorts, choice is available on board ship and vegetarian meals aboard Minerva and flying back to London on Swan applicable fees/penalties charged by the airlines (here- paper tickets and instead an e-ticket number will be is perfectly acceptable. However, just as at a land based Please note that bars may have to be closed for the are also available on flights. Please indicate any requests Hellenic dedicated flights there will be a coach transfer at after “Deviation Fee”). The Administrative Fee applies provided and confirmed in your final documentation resort, we ask you to cover swimwear when entering the ship sale of alcohol and cigarettes in certain waters. Only at time of booking. We will make every effort to satisfy your the start of the cruise from the airport to Portsmouth. For each time Swan Hellenic confirms an air deviation. The mailed at 30 days prior to embarkation. The Company from the open decks. In the evening, the dress code varies alcohol purchased in the ship’s bars and restaurants request, although this cannot be guaranteed. cruises departing from and returning to Portsmouth there Deviation Fee applies only when additional costs are has no control over seat assignments on board an according to your chosen restaurant. The Veranda is smart will be return coach transfers from London Victoria Coach may be consumed on Minerva. Note: The Company has the right to refuse or revoke incurred for changing travel dates, changing flight sched- aircraft. Passengers will need to contact each individual casual; for ladies that means dresses or blouses with skirts Station. airline for advance seat assignments, luggage passage to anyone who, in its judgement, is in a ules, and/or confirming a specific airline. Swan Hellenic DINING ARRANGEMENTS or trousers and, for gentlemen, long trousers and shirts with physical or mental condition unfit for travel, or who may allowances and/or restrictions. collars. In the Swan Restaurant gentlemen are required to will determine the Deviation Fee once requested and Breakfast, lunch and dinner are arranged on an open require care beyond that which the vessel can provide. Check-in at Portsmouth wear a jacket and tie. As a courtesy to other passengers, accepted & apply to booking. Deviation Fee is in addition sitting basis and may be taken in the Dining Room or Under such circumstances, no refund, assistance or Check-in at Portsmouth will generally begin 3 hours before INDEPENDENT AIR TRAVEL the dress code will be observed; please ensure you are the Veranda. Opening times will vary according to the compensation will be payable. the ship is due to sail. to the Administrative Fee. Fees are non-commissionable correctly dressed to avoid any embarrassment on entering the ARRANGEMENTS daily program. and will be collected with final payment, unless otherwise Swan Restaurant for dinner in the evening. On formal nights You must advise the company issuing your travel BAGGAGE POLICY The Company will have no responsibility, financial A reasonable amount of clothing and personal effects advised. Fees are non-refundable at all times, including (approximately two in a 15 day cruise), gentlemen are invited insurance of any pre-existing conditions at the time or otherwise, in regard to air, hotel, transport or TELECOMMUNICATIONS may be taken on board the ship without charge. For your but not limited to: changing from Air/Sea to Cruise-only, to wear black tie or dark suits and ladies to wear evening any other arrangements made by passengers with Our on board telecommunications systems mean that of booking and of any condition arising subsequently own comfort and convenience, we recommend no more gowns or cocktail dresses. deciding to travel on standard air program travel dates third parties. Passengers should ensure that any you are never more than a telephone call away from prior to departure, otherwise your travel insurance than two suitcases per passenger. However, the airlines after confirming a deviation, and complete cruise cancel- such arrangements are transferable or refundable, your home or office. All staterooms feature direct- may be invalid. You must advise us of any disability, may charge additional fees based on the size, weight or SMOKING lation. To request a deviation, guests may contact their or covered by their travel insurance, in the event of dial telephones, while fax facilities are available at illness or special needs so that we can advise our number of pieces of baggage carried aboard the aircraft. Smoking is only permitted in designated areas on the travel agent, or Swan Hellenic directly at 866-923-9182. delay, amendment or cancellation of any of these Reception. The Internet Lounge, situated on Bridge Some airlines allow only 44 pounds per person. A useful open decks. Smoking outside these areas, including in onboard medical team. independent arrangements, or of your cruise. Some Deck, allows you to access your email account (please resource for baggage information may be found at It typically will take approximately 72-business hours to staterooms and on excursion coaches, is strictly prohibited. ports of call require flights to arrive at least six hours note certain types of access, including Skype and If you do not normally enjoy good health, www.exlporeflightfees.com, however please contact process and reply to requests for deviations. Guests prior to departure or arrival of the ship. other VOIP protocols are blocked due to bandwidth you should consult your doctor regarding the individual airlines for current allowances and restrictions. requesting multiple changes to their air schedule will be EMERGENCY MUSTER DRILL restrictions). Internet cards are available for purchase advisability of taking a cruise and being away Porter service is included at the pier on embarkation and required to pay Fees per each confirmed deviation. Fees Normally before the ship sails, or exceptionally within 24 on board. WiFi is available for use on personal from your usual medical and hospital facilities. disembarkation. Please ensure that your luggage is labe- ONBOARD hours of embarkation, there will be a full muster stations drill. will not be refunded and will be deducted from any cruise laptops in certain areas. Satellite coverage cannot be led with your name and stateroom number, as your bags This exercise is to give all passengers precise information refund if due. Swan Hellenic requires the full name of CURRENCY AND PAYMENTS guaranteed. HOTELS & LAND TOURS will be taken directly to your stateroom. Hand baggage, the guest as it appears on his/her passport at the time on the correct route from their staterooms to the places travel documents, breakables, medicines and valuables On board Minerva all prices are in Pounds Sterling. The land packages contained in this brochure can only be of booking. Name changes are not allowed after initial ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES where they should muster in an emergency, together with purchased in conjunction with the cruises shown in this should be carried personally. The Company strongly rec- However, US passengers will be able to settle their confirmation without forfeiting the air schedule, the airline Staterooms and suites feature 220 volt current. The instructions about life jackets and emergency procedures. brochure. The Company reserves the right to assign your ommends baggage and medical insurance. The liability of account in U.S. dollars at the rate of exchange advised use of hairdryers, electric rollers, curling irons, electric This Muster Drill is a requirement of law and all passengers hotel based on pre-reserved space at hotels contracted. the Company for lost or damaged baggage commences tickets if issued, and any seats if pre-assigned by the at the start of the cruise. Foreign exchange facilities shavers and other small appliances should be checked must attend. Hotel rooms are not usually available until approx. 3.00pm only when the baggage arrives alongside the vessel and is airline. Payment of additional costs incurred for changing on board are very limited, we would recommend that with Reception, but, for safety reasons, the use of travel on day of arrival. Certain land packages and excursions a name on an airline reservation/ticket will be the sole you purchase any currency requirements you expect strictly limited as provided in the passage contract. irons and any tea/coffee making equipment is strictly GENERAL will not operate if minimum numbers are not met, and responsibility of the guest, regardless of Air Package to need before you travel. There is little opportunity to prohibited. Each stateroom is equipped with a hair dryer. others may have a maximum capacity. The sequence of AIR PROGRAMME booked. Swan Hellenic is required to provide the visit banks while on tour. For purchases ashore, many SPECIAL REQUESTS shops accept most Travellers’ Checks and major escorted land tours may vary from the brochure. If, for AIR TRANSPORTATION following information to the airlines: passport number/ex- Please advise any special requests clearly at the time of any reason, a hotel or entertainment feature is cancelled piration date, gender, date of birth, nationality, residential booking and we will do our best to comply with your wishes. or otherwise unavailable, the Company reserves the right Swan Hellenic, as an added service to our Guests, offers arrangements for air travel in conjunction with a address and destination address. This information is CANCELLATION POLICY We must point out that failure to fulfill a special request to cancel, make substitutions or omissions and is under cannot be considered a breach of Contract on the part of cruise. Air arrangements, including routings, are at Swan required at time of final payment. Failure to provide this no obligation except that in the event of cancellation you Period before departure within which the Company. Hellenic’s (or its agents’) discretion, and are based on information as required may result in complete cancel- Cancellation charge per paying passenger will receive a full refund of any payments received for that Swan Hellenic receives notice service. Please note that the terms for cancellation by the flight availability and agreements with airlines. Special lation of air schedules. Swan Hellenic cannot guarantee CHANGE OF ADDRESS passenger of any pre-booked land stays and excursions requests, including class of service upgrades, specific the rebooking of original air schedule, if cancelled, and 121 + days prior to departure Loss of deposit We particularly ask you to tell us in writing of any are as per our general cancellation terms. carriers and routing, are at the discretion of Swan additional airline fees/penalties may be assessed. Airline alterations to your address before departure, and in any Hellenic. Occasionally, due to scheduling conflicts, an tickets and cruise documents will not be released until 120 to 91 days prior to departure 25% of invoiced charge communication, please state the cruise on which you are ONLINE SERVICES – ALREADY en-route overnight might be necessary. Costs associat- required information and additional payment is provided travelling. BOOKED ed with an overnight stay are at the Guest’s expense. in full to Swan Hellenic. Guests are at all times respon- 90 to 61 days prior to departure 60% of invoiced charge Our website www.swanhellenic.us features an Already Upgrades apply to intercontinental flights only. Air allow- sible for contacting the airline(s) directly to add frequent CHANGES TO YOUR CRUISE & Booked section. Here you will be able to find useful ance is subject to prevailing rates at time of change. In flyer number(s) & request pre-assigned seats, special 60 to 0 days prior to departure 100% of invoiced charge ITINERARY information such as: Frequently Asked Questions and meals, wheelchair assistance, and any other service item The information in this brochure outlines details of our Your Cruise Book (available prior to departure). You should making these arrangements, Swan Hellenic acts only as an agent on the Guest’s behalf, and does not operate, that may have been previously requested. Airline tickets carefully planned program. Should any subsequent events also update your Required Passenger Information online. Some reasons for cancellation maybe covered by your travel insurance. In such cases your insurance campany will cannot be changed onboard ship. Change charges are cause us to change our plans or affect the published control, or supervise any airlines and is not responsible refund the cancellation charge less the insurance premium and any policy excess. Please note that travel insurance not assessed for stateroom upgrades or for the addition itinerary in any way, we shall let passengers know as soon SHORE EXCURSIONS for carriers failing to meet schedules. Air tickets are premiums purchased through Swan Hellenic are non-refundable. as possible. However, in the event of war or threat of Shore excursions are included in your cruise fare in refundable to Swan Hellenic only and considered a part of services, unless air reservations are altered and/or every port of call, where available. Please note that of the total cruise fare. Any airline-imposed fees that travel documents must be reissued.

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IMPORTANT NOTICE: control of the Carrier. It includes war, or war-like commences regardless of the reason the Passenger is conditions, terrorist activities, breakdown, fire unable to complete their travel. THIS PASSAGE CONTRACT SETS OUT THE TERMS perils of the seas, storms, “foundering” or other THAT GOVERN THE RELATIONSHIP, RESPONSIBILITIES weather related occurrences, earthquake, fire flood, If the Passenger wishes to cancel the booking made AND LIABILITIES AS BETWEEN ALL PASSENGERS vandalism, destructive acts of God or of government, directly with the Contracting Carrier, written notice of AND THE CARRIER AND IS BINDING ON THE PARTIES political disturbances, legislative enactments, cancellation must be sent to the Contracting Carrier. INCLUDING MINORS. embargo, riot, civil commotion, regulatory Any refund Passenger may be entitled to will be based interference, strikes, lockouts, shortages, industrial on when the required notice of cancellations is received THIS CONTRACT CONTAINS IMPORTANT by Carrier and the number of days before the scheduled LIMITATIONS ON THE RIGHTS OF ALL and labor disputes and all other causes beyond the reasonable control of the Carrier. sailing date that notice is received. If the cancellation PASSENGERS. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU READ request is received more than 120 days prior to the ALL THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT AND PAY “Passage Contract” means this “Contract,” or departure date, the full amount of the deposit will be PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO ARTICLE 10 WHICH “Passenger Contract,” which is a legally binding between retained by the Carrier as a cancellation charge. CONTAINS IMPORTANT LIMITATIONS ON THE Passenger and Carrier. CARRIERS’ LIABILITY AND YOUR RIGHT TO SUE Cruise cancellation requests received by the Contracting THE CARRIER, ITS AGENTS AND EMPLOYEES . “Passenger” means each and any person travelling Carrier within 120 days of the departure date will be hereunder, including any persons travelling with the refunded as follows: This contract describes the terms and conditions person or persons named on the ticket or carried which are legally binding upon the passenger. according to this Contract. The benefits and limitations If received 120-91 days prior to the date of embarkation, Purchase of the ticket for the cruise for which of this Ticket shall equally apply, be binding upon and passenger will receive a refund of 75% of the total cruise this passenger contract is issued, whether or be effective against, any claims brought by the heirs, fare per person; not signed by the Passenger, shall constitute successors, legal representative and/or assigns of If received 90-61 days prior to the date of embarkation, agreement by the Passenger, on behalf of Passenger. passenger will receive a refund of 40% of the total cruise himself, and all other persons travelling fare per person under this passenger contract, including any ”Shipping incident” means shipwreck, capsizing, accompanying minors or other persons for whom collision or stranding of the ship, explosion or fire in If received 60-0 days prior to the date of embarkation, the passenger contract is purchased. In addition the ship, or defect in the ship; passenger will not be entitled to a refund. to conferring benefits on the Passenger, the “Ticket” means the document permitting Passenger Cancellation charges will apply in accordance with the passenger contract, is binding on Passenger’s to embark on the Cruise. passengers terms and conditions of contract regardless spouse, heirs, executors, administrators, and of the reason for cancellation. Carrier shall not be liable legal representatives, dependents and next of “Travel Package” means your travel arrangement including air, pre and post-cruise tours, local transfers, for any refund to Passenger for lost Tickets, or Tickets kin. Passenger agrees to abide by the terms wholly or partially not used by Passenger. No refund will and conditions appearing below. The terms and and other services that may be provided by travel agencies and providers other than the Company. be issued for a voluntary or involuntary termination by conditions of this shall apply to persons who the Passenger of a cruise or a tour in progress. Changes embark the vessel and to those persons who have The Carrier bears responsibility to you in respect to the in the identity of any Passenger as well as changes booked a cruise, regardless of whether or not they cruise, which is only from the time you embark the vessel in the departure dates are considered reservation have embarked the vessel. until the end of the ocean voyage. The tour operator or cancellations and are subject to the foregoing PLEASE READ ALL SECTIONS CAREFULLY other Travel Package provider is responsible for the non- cancellation fees. Separate insurance or cancellation AS THEY AFFECT YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS, cruise aspect of the Travel Package. charge waiver provisions may be available through a travel agent or through Contracting Carrier. PARTICULARLY ARTICLE 9, “LIMITATIONS ON ART. 1 CRUISE IS NON-TRANSFERABLE LEGAL LIABILITY, INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS AND VENUE”, AND ARTICLE 10, “LIABILITY AND The cruise booking and any documents issued are Yangon, Burma LIMITATION OF LIABILITY”, which limit your ability non-transferable and are valid only for the Passenger to sue and recover from the Carrier. Sections 9 and 10 or Passengers for whom it is booked and for whom provide information regarding limiting the Carrier’s liability the tickets are to be issued, for the date and for the for death, illness or personal injury, as well as limiting the Vessel indicated (or any substitute vessel the Carrier war, political unrest, terrorist activity, piracy, natural or, BROCHURE ACCURACY office of the Company are in US dollars. American Express, carrier’s liability for damage claims relating to baggage may designate), and cannot be sold, transferred, or COMPLIMENTARY nuclear disaster, we maintain the unreserved right to The information contained in this brochure is checked for MasterCard, Visa, travel agency checks and personal checks and personal property and provide information regarding assigned to any other person or persons. cancel, postpone or alter without prior consultation, are accepted for deposits and final payment. Passengers required pre-suit notice to the carrier, and the time RHS MEMBERSHIP accuracy by our staff, our overseas staff and our agents. ART. 2 NO AMENDMENT OF PASSAGE any itinerary in whole or in part, in order to safeguard who do not make deposits or final payments at appropriate limitation in which to sue and specifies that any lawsuit Nevertheless, we would ask you to bear in mind that CONTRACT AND SEVERABILITY OF passengers, ship and employees. things can change and often these things can happen times may be subject to cancellation without notice. In most must be filed in England pursuant to the laws of England. A Flemish & French Masterpiece & cases, we are able to provide you with travel documents, CONTRACT TERMS Impressions of the Riviera without our prior knowledge. However, should we become DEFINITIONS GUEST SPEAKERS/SPECIALIST aware of any long term or permanent change which it is including your passage contract and airline tickets (where No amendments of this Passage Contract shall be ENTERTAINMENT considered would have a permanent effect upon your applicable), approximately 4 weeks prior to sailing. Travel “Company” means All Leisure Holidays Limited and All valid unless made in writing and signed by a Director documents are issued only after final payment and completed If any of our confirmed Guest Speakers or specialist enjoyment of the cruise, we will do our utmost to advise Leisure Holidays Limited Inc. doing business as Swan of the Carrier. Should any of the terms of these Required Passenger Information form has been received by entertainers are unable to travel on their allotted cruise, you. Hellenic Conditions of Passage be deemed invalid, illegal, the Company. Swan Hellenic reserves the right to engage alternative or unenforceable, that term, or part thereof, shall For all bookings on the above cruises a one year TRAVEL WITH CONFIDENCE “Contracting Carrier” means All Leisure Holidays be severed and the invalidity of any one or more Guest Speakers, specialist entertainers or to alter the CHANGE CHARGES Limited doing business as Swan Hellenic or any other complimentary membership to the RHS is included. advertised program. Travelling with Swan Hellenic (hereinafter called “the provisions shall not impair the validity of any other Changing your air itinerary after reservations have been made entity which has sold the Cruise to the Passenger as provision, or of these Conditions of Passage as a If you’re already a member, the RHS will renew your Company”) is one of the world’s best vacation values. Your principal. OVERSEAS STANDARDS cruise fare includes all meals and entertainment onboard may have disadvantages. To cover administrative costs, a whole and all remaining provisions herein shall remain existing membership on a complimentary basis. charge of up to $100 per person will be made each time you Membership of the RHS has many benefits. As well It is a fact of life that when we travel to different countries, ship, gala Captain’s cocktail parties, flights transfers if the “Performing Carrier” includes the owner or any in full force and effect. request a change in your travel arrangements between 59 we often find that the customs, traditions and general pace Air Program was purchased or obtained, gratuities, port charterer, whether bareboat/demise charterer, time as supporting the work as the UK’s leading and 30 days prior to sailing. The passenger is responsible ART. 3 CANCELLATION OF PASSAGE at which things are done can be very different from what charges and detailed port briefings. Not included, however, charterer, sub charterer or operator of the vessel and or gardening charity, you will receive: for costs or penalties incurred as a result of such changes. In CONTRACT we are used to in North America. So as far as standards are items of a personal nature including optional shore technical or crew managers or any other entity which addition, no refund will be made for unused or partially used • Free entry to RHS Gardens as well as to 80 other of safety are concerned, the suppliers of services must excursions, onboard shopping and photographs, meals performs part or all of the carriage. References to The Performing Carrier reserves the right to cancel, portions of the air/land/cruise package. Once airline tickets gardens around the country all year and a further comply with the rules and regulations of their own country ashore, beverages, laundry, medical services, telephone, “Carrier” is a reference to all or any of the above. advance or postpone any Cruise at any time prior are issued, any changes resulting in additional costs are at 60 at selected periods and these are not always as strict as they are in North telefax, email/internet facilities, hair styling or massage. to the scheduled sailing date and is under no the passenger’s expense. Any cancellation penalties imposed “Cruise-Tour” means a combination of ocean carriage America. Every care is taken to contract the best available They are also subject to change. Also not included are obligation except in the event of cancellation, you will •  Priority booking and discounted tickets to RHS by the carrier will be deducted from your refund. Airline with non-ocean carriage which is purchased from the transport. Standards can vary and not all vehicles will have government taxes, airline fuel surcharges (if any), customs, receive a full refund of any payments received by the Shows, from the celebrated RHS Chelsea Flower tickets cannot be changed on board ship. Change charges Carrier. . air-conditioning or seat belts. immigration and airport security charges, and excess Contracting Carrier. In addition, situations may arise Show to many other RHS Shows that run are not assessed for stateroom upgrades or for the addition which, in the opinion of the Carrier make it necessary baggage charges imposed by airlines. “Vessel” means the ship or any substitute vessel throughout the year around the country DANGEROUS GOODS of services, unless air reservations are altered and/or travel upon which passenger has booked passage and/ to change itineraries or make substitutions or documents must be reissued. • The Garden Magazine – free every month, and We direct your attention to the fact that it is an offence to RESERVATIONS AND PAYMENTS or embarked or any other passenger against which omissions, involving hotels, ports of call, restaurants, carry on board aircraft or ship any goods of a dangerous We are unable to accept ‘optional bookings’. Passenger may assert a claim. other travel components, vessels or other modes of packed with ideas on how to make the most of AIR TRANSPORTATION transportation, whether before or after the sailing of or damaging nature. Remember that petrol and other The per person, per cruise deposit required to secure your membership The Company does not operate, control or supervise any “Cruise” means the Voyage from the port of the vessel, without previous notice to the Passengers. lighter fluids, including fluids for hair curlers, come under your reservation at time of booking is 10% of the total • Free personalised gardening advice airline and will not be responsible for carriers failing to meet embarkation to the port of disembarkation. If this should occur, the Carrier does not assume the terms of the Explosives Act; their inclusion in heavy cruise cost and is none refundable. The balance of the schedules whether or not air tickets were issued by the responsibility or liability for any losses, inconvenience Joining Details baggage is strictly prohibited. price of your travel arrangements must be paid at least “Force Majeure” means the impossibility of Company. Air transportation is based on scheduled or the or expenses incurred by Passengers as a result, 121 days before your departure date. If the deposit and/ performance due to an Act of God, or the act of a Membership forms and details will be available occasional charter service and is subject to availability and except as detailed in the Passage Contract. The or balance is not paid in time, we shall retain your deposit. superseding and/or intervening event beyond the on board Minerva during the cruise. change without notice. Carrier is not required to make refunds once travel All payments and charges handled by the North American

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(h) In the event that the duration of the cruise is such services. Passenger accepts and uses medicine, (b) Passengers shall arrive on board the vessel by the Person” or “Person with Reduced Mobility” under lengthened, Passenger shall not be entitled to medical treatment and other personal services available time fixed by Carrier. If no time is specified by Carrier, this Regulation means any person whose mobility any compensation from Carrier for the lengthened on the vessel or elsewhere at Passenger’s sole risk and Passenger shall arrive early enough to complete when using transport is reduced as a result of any cruise. expense without liability or responsibility of Carrier. Doctors, departure procedures. physical disability (sensory or locomotor, permanent or temporary), intellectual or psychosocial disability (i) The Master of the Vessel shall have the full nurses or other medical or service personnel work directly (c) For security reasons, it may be necessary for servants or impairment, or any other cause of disability or authority to cause the vessel to proceed without for Passenger as independent contractors engaged by or agents of Carrier to search Passenger’s person, impairment or as a result of age, and whose situation pilots, to tow and be towed, to assist other vessels Passenger and do not act under the control or supervision Passenger’s personal property (including baggage and needs appropriate attention and adaptation to his/her in all circumstances, to deviate from the ordinary of Carrier. The doctor(s) and nurses on board charge goods travelling with Passenger), or Passenger’s cabin. particular needs for the services made available to all route, to delay or terminate the voyage, or to put Passengers for their services. A charge will also be made Passenger agrees to permit such search upon the request Passengers. back or to put in to any port. Further the Master for drugs and any other medical requisites. Passenger will of authorized servants and agents of Carrier. Passenger shall have the authority to transfer Passenger and be responsible for the cost of any medicine or medical further agrees to the removal, confiscation or destruction of Where necessary in order to comply with applicable Passenger’s baggage to any other vessel whether treatment received on the Vessel, as well as any diversion of any object which may, in the opinion of Carrier, impair the safety requirements, Carrier may require a Disabled belonging to Carrier or not, whether or not bound the vessel, local and air transportation, medical evacuation, safety of the vessel, her crew or any Passenger, or which Person or Person with Reduced Mobility to be for the cruise’s port of destination, regardless of and repatriation expenses incurred by Carrier on behalf of may cause inconvenience to any Passenger. accompanied by another fully able bodied person who whether delay may result. Passenger. Carrier assumes no obligation, and shall have is fit and able to assist them in day to day activities. (d) The Passenger represents and warrants that he/she no liability to Passenger to provide or pay for any medical This requirement may vary from ship to ship and (j) If any component of your cruise-tour purchased is and will be fit to travel and that his/her conduct will not treatment, on board or ashore, or to provide medical itinerary to itinerary. Passengers who may fall into this from Carrier, other than the vessel, is changed impair the safety of the Vessel or inconvenience other evacuation or repatriation and Passenger warrants that category may include those who require assistance or substituted, as for instance the hotel where Passengers. If it appears to Carrier that Passenger is he or she is financially able to pay for such services, or with personal care including feeding. All personal you were scheduled to stay is changed, the unfit to travel or is likely to endanger the health or safety has acquired travel, medical and evacuation insurance for care or supervision must be arranged by you at your Carrier will use reasonable efforts to obtain a of him/herself or others on board the Vessel, or impair this purpose. Passenger acknowledges and understands expense. Carrier is unable to provide respite care, substitute for that component of the cruise-tour the comfort or well-being of others on board, or seems that travel by sea carries the inherent risk that advanced one-to-one personal care or supervision or any other which is substantially equivalent to that originally likely to be refused permission to land at any port, or medical care may be delayed or impossible due to the form of specialized care for Passengers. scheduled, but Carrier shall have no liability to location of the Vessel, prevailing weather conditions or other render Carrier liable for his or her support, maintenance Passenger in connection with such substitution or circumstances. or repatriation, Carrier shall be entitled to take one or Passengers must inform Carrier prior to boarding and change. more of the following courses of action: in advance of the Cruise of any medical equipment (c) Taxes, fees and charges imposed by governmental or which is required on board so that Carrier can (k) If Passenger has arranged his or her own air i. refuse to embark or disembark Passenger at quasi-governmental authority are extra and in addition to determine if the equipment can be carried safely on travel to or from a cruise departure or cruise-tour any particular port; the cruise fare and must be paid by Passenger prior to board. The ship cannot carry liquid oxygen or refill and the schedule of the cruise-tour operation and embarkation. This shall include any increase or additional or supply oxygen cylinders. Failure to notify Carrier vessel departure or arrival is changed, Carrier shall ii. disembark Passenger at any port; taxes, fees or charges imposed by such authorities. of such equipment may result in that equipment not have no obligation to Passenger in respect to any iii. transfer Passenger from one cabin to another, being allowed on board the ship and consequently costs of changing the air travel arrangements, (d) Carrier may impose charges in addition to the fare up to and including the imposition of medical may affect your ability to participate in the Cruise. No cancellation and re-booking of flight reservations, quoted at any time prior to the date of sailing. These quarantine on Passenger in his or her cabin; more than two pieces of such medical equipment are loss of return travel on round trip air travel, charges may be due to, but are not limited to, currency allowed per stateroom unavailability of air travel on the rescheduled fluctuations, increases in government taxes or levies, or iv. confine Passenger to the ship’s hospital or to dates, and all similar costs, expenses and increased security costs and the increased of fuel. A “fuel his or her cabin under a doctor’s supervision; If any Passenger embarking in a EU Port requires a inconvenience suffered by Passenger in changing supplement” is an additional charge to defray a portion of recognized assistance dog, then a risk assessment Carrier’s costs. Carrier reserves the right to charge a fuel v. through the services of the doctor(s) on board air travel arrangements booked by Passenger. and/or such doctor’s staff, administer any drug, will need to be carried out to ensure that the dog can supplement of $10 dollars per passenger per day without be carried. This will be subject to National Certificate (l) If for any reason, whether or not due to causes medicine or other substance or treatment, prior notice in the event that the price of sweet crude oil Regulations and the ability for the dog, to not only be beyond Passenger’s control, the cruise-tour or to admit and/or confine the Passenger to according to the NYMEX (in the price of fuel in the price of carried on board but also for the dog to be landed in booked by Passenger with Carrier and which is a hospital ashore or any similar institution at fuel New York Mercantile Exchange Index) is greater than the Ports in which the Vessel calls. covered by this Contract is not used by Passenger USD $90 per barrel of oil. Such charges will be added to the any port, provided that the doctor(s) on board on the date and for the Vessel indicated, or if Passenger’s on-board account. Additionally, expenses not consider such step necessary for the well-being Passengers must make complaints relating to EU Passenger joins the Cruise in progress, or departs covered by the cruise fare, which are reasonably incurred by of Passenger, or for the health, and well-being of Regulation 1177/2010 to the Carrier within 2 months prior to the scheduled debarkation, or prior to end the Carrier on board the Vessel or in any port for or on behalf the other Passengers, the crew or the medical from the date of service. Within 1 month after receipt of the tour portion of a cruise package, so that of Passenger shall be payable by Passenger and may, at staff of the Vessel. of the complaint the Carrier will respond informing only part of the specified cruise and related tour Carrier’s option, be presented and paid before Passenger (e) The Passenger agrees to abide by all of the Carrier’s the Passenger whether the complaint has been are used, there shall be no right to any refund on disembarks. health and medical rules and regulations, as well as all substantiated, rejected or is still being considered. The the part of the Passenger, and the Carrier shall related enforcement orders of the Master of the Vessel, Carrier will provide a final response to the complaint no supplement for exclusive occupation has been paid. (e) Passenger’s cruise fare is not considered paid until ART. 4 ALTERATION OF OR MODIFICATION OF have no liability or obligation to the Passenger to subordinate officers, and medical staff, or any medical later than 2 months after the receipt of the complaint. If CRUISE, NON-USE BY PASSENGER provide accommodations or tour services at a Carrier receives full payment, and the amount thereof is not satisfied with the Carrier’s response the Passenger (d) In the event that the scheduled date of embarkation is subject to change at any time prior to Carrier’s receipt officer representing any government. The Passenger (a) Carrier reserves the right to alter, advance, cancel, or delayed and accommodations are not available on board later time. will complete any pre boarding health questionnaire may lodge a complaint with CLIA UK and Ireland by of payment. Passenger shall at all times remain liable to sending the complaint to: www.cruiseexperts.org/clia. postpone any cruise at any time prior to the scheduled the vessel, Carrier may, at no additional expense to the ART. 5 EXTRAS AND ADDITIONAL Carrier for the cruise fare.. Carrier reserves the right to administered by the Carrier prior to boarding and any sailing date and is under no obligation to Passenger, Passenger, arrange hotel accommodations for Passenger CHARGES refuse embarkation if all fares, charges and surcharges required during the Cruise. In the event of illness the (g) Where EU Regulation 1177/2009 does not apply except in the event of cancellation, to refund any for the duration of the delay. have not been paid in advance of departure. Passenger undertakes to report this to the Carrier and Passengers with any physical or mental conditions payments received. If the entire Cruise is cancelled by The fare paid by the passenger includes agrees to remain in their state room if requested or (e) In the event that the schedule port of embarkation that may require special treatment or assistance Carrier for any reason, Passenger shall have no claim transportation on the vessel and full board. It does not (f) Without prejudice to any other lien, Passenger agrees required to do so by the Vessels doctor or the Master or is changed, Carrier will, at no additional expense to the during the Cruise, including the use of a wheelchair for damages other than for a full refund of the cruise include beer, wine, liquors, soda, or mineral water, or that Carrier shall be entitled to prevent any luggage or his officers. Passenger, arrange transportation from the original port or service animal, must notify Carrier in writing of the fare paid by the Passenger from the contracting carrier. expenses for incidental or personal services. goods belonging to or travelling with the Passenger from of embarkation to the rescheduled port of embarkation. If nature of such conditions at the time that booking is Additionally, Carrier reserves the right, without previous leaving the vessel until all money owed the Carrier by the substitute transportation is not available, Carrier will refund (a) All personal services used by Passenger while made, or promptly upon the development of such notice to Passengers, to change itineraries or make Passenger has been paid in full. f) This Clause relates only to cruises where Passengers Passenger the amount it received for the cruise portion of on cruise, such as medical services, beauticians, condition, if it arises after the booking has been made. substitutions or omissions involving, hotels, ports of call, embark the Vessel to commence the Cruise in a the cruise-tour. Carrier will have no further or additional masseurs, photographers, art auctioneers, gift ART. 6 DOCUMENTS, HEALTH, CONDUCT AND Passengers who require the use of a wheelchair must restaurants, vessels, other travel components, or other European Union port where Regulation EU 1177/2010 obligation to the Passenger for such an occurrence. shop personnel, instructors and other service SEARCH furnish their own standard-size wheelchair and must modes of transportation. Under such circumstances, personnel shall be considered independent (the “Regulation) with respect to Rights of Passengers be accompanied by a travel companion who is fit and Carrier shall not be liable for any losses, inconvenience, (f) In the event that the scheduled port of debarkation contractors who work directly for the Passenger. (a) Passenger shall comply with any governmental travel when Travelling by Sea applies. able to assist Passenger in all respects. Wheelchairs or expense incurred by Passengers as a result, except is changed, Carrier will, at no additional expense to requirements, including having received all medical Unless otherwise specified, all accounts for At the time of booking Passengers must notify Carrier supplied by Carrier and placed on board the Vessel as otherwise specified in the Passage Contract. If the Passenger, arrange transportation to the port of debarkation inoculations necessary for the Cruise and having in their services and goods provided while on board the in writing if they are a “Disabled Person” or “Person are only for use in emergencies or for persons whose Cruise has commenced and Passenger, for any reason, from the nearest port at which the vessel calls. Carrier will possession the cruise ticket, passports, visas, medical vessel or while ashore which are not included in with Reduced Mobility” that may require special needs arise during the course of the Cruise. is unable to complete the Cruise, Carrier shall not be have no further or additional obligation to Passenger for the fare charged must be settled in cash, or by cards, and all other travel and health documents required arrangements, medical equipment and/or supplies, or (h) Any Passenger who has any form of mental or liable to Passenger for any refund. such an occurrence. travellers check or credit card in U.S. dollars at the for the scheduled ports of call and disembarkation. care or assistance at the terminal of embarkation or physical condition, illness or disability or who is prevailing exchange rates before the Passenger Passenger must retain all necessary documentation (b) If, in its absolute discretion, Carrier considers (g) In the event that any scheduled port call is omitted, or if disembarkation, during embarkation or disembarkation experiencing any illness or disability which could affect disembarks. A list of the currently accepted credit throughout the voyage. Passenger further agrees to comply, it necessary to transfer Passenger from one cabin the duration of the cruise is shortened for any other reason, or during the Cruise; of any specific needs with regard his or her fitness for travel must submit to Carrier cards is available upon request. Personal checks without delay, with the requirements of all immigration, accommodation to another, it may do so. In the event of Carrier’s sole liability to Passenger, if any, shall be to make a to accommodation, seating or services required; a certificate from Passenger’s physician attesting are not accepted on board for any payment. port, health, customs and police authorities, and all other such an occurrence, Passenger’s fare will be adjusted pro-rata refund to the Passenger of the cruise portion of the laws and regulations of each country or state from or to and, whether they need to bring any specific medical to Passenger’s condition and fitness for the travel accordingly, considering the difference in the fare in the cruise-tour fare received by Carrier based on the number of (b) All health, medical or other personal services which Passenger will travel. Carrier shall not be liable equipment or assistance dogs onboard. If a Passenger’s contemplated when booking the cruise or upon the cabin. whole days the cruise is reduced. Carrier will not be liable provided in connection with Passenger’s cruise for Passenger’s failure to comply with such regulations. circumstances change between the date of booking development of such condition(s) if development for any reduction of cruise length which is less than twenty- and the cruise, the Passenger must inform Carrier as (c) A Passenger shall not have the exclusive occupancy are provided solely for the convenience and Passenger agrees to reimburse Carrier for any resulting occurs after the time of booking. four (24) hours. benefit of Passenger who may be charged for expense or fines that it may incur in such circumstances. soon as possible and advise of the need of any special of a cabin with two or more berths unless the full fare arrangements including medical equipment. “Disabled (i) Pregnant women are required to supply a medical

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certificate attesting to her fitness for travel. Carrier ART. 7 PHOTOGRAPHY AND USE OF Article 8 (4) of the Athens Convention. DEATH AND OR PERSONAL INJURY CAUSED BY OF HULL, MACHINERY, APPURTENANCES, OTHER THAN ON THE VESSEL OR LAUNCHES OWNED reserves the right to refuse passage to women who LIKENESS A SHIPPING INCIDENT IS LIMITED TO 400,000 EQUIPMENT, FURNISHINGS OR SUPPLIES OF OR OPERATED BY CARRIER. ALL CLAIMS, SUITS AND LITIGATION OF ANY KIND are more than twenty-four (24) weeks pregnant at the SDR’S (AS OF MAY 2013 APPROXIMATELY USD THE VESSEL, FAULT OR NEGLECT OF PILOTS, During the Cruise, Carrier, its agents or WHETHER AGAINST CARRIER AND OR VESSEL IN REM time of embarkation. $596,559.94). TUGS, AGENTS, INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS, PRE- AND POST-CRUISE TOURS, SHORE EXCURSIONS, concessionaires may photograph or record OR OTHERWISE SHALL BE BROUGHT TO THE COURTS GUESTS OR OTHER PERSONS ON BOARD AND ANY AND ALL CONNECTING GROUND, (j)It is the Passenger’s obligation and responsibility to video images of Passengers individually or as OF ENGLAND.. (D) FOR CASES INVOLVING WAR OR TERRORISM OR IN THE COMPANY’S EMPLOY OR FOR VESSEL OR AIR TRANSPORTATION AND OTHER seek medical assistance from the qualified doctor on general participants in activities. Carrier and its ART. 10 LIABILITY AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY THE MAXIMUM PAYABLE BY THE CARRIER IS ANY OTHER CAUSE WHATSOEVER EXCEPT TOURS MAY BE OWNED AND/OR OPERATED BY board the Vessel as and when necessary during the concessionaires will take reasonable steps to 250,000 SDR’S PER PASSENGER (AS OF MAY INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS AND CARRIER IF THE CRUISE DOES NOT EMBARK OR DISEMBARK THE NEGLIGENCE OF THE COMPANY OR ITS cruise. avoid including Passenger in such photographs 2013 APPROXIMATELY USD $372,849.96); OR MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS AND ASSUMES NO AT A EUROPEAN UNION PORT: EMPLOYEES ACTING WITHIN THE COURSE AND and videos, provided Passenger informs Carrier 340 MILLION SDR’s PER SHIP (AS OF MAY 2013 SCOPE OF EMPLOYMENT. RESPONSIBILITY FOR SUCH SERVICES. (k) The Vessel’s doctor is not a specialist and the and those individuals taking photographs and THE CARRIER SHALL BE ENTITLED TO THE BENEFIT APPROXIMATELY USD $507,075,932). Vessel’s medical Centre is not required to be and is videos of his or her desire not to be included OF ANY AND ALL RESTRICTIONS, EXEMPTIONS, WHERE THE CARRIER IS LEGALLY LIABLE TO NOTHING IN THIS TICKET IS INTENDED TO (NOR not equipped to the same standards as a land-based in such. Notwithstanding such notice given by IMMUNITIES AND LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY SET (E) FOR DEATH OR PERSONAL INJURY OF A THE PASSENGER FOR LOSS OF OR DAMAGE SHALL IT OPERATE TO) LIMIT OR DEPRIVE CARRIER hospital. The Vessel carries medical supplies and Passenger, Carrier shall have the right to publish, FORTH IN THE ATHENS CONVENTION . PASSENGER CAUSED BY A NON “SHIPPING TO LUGGAGE OF ANY NATURE WHEN THE OF ANY STATUTORY LIMITATION OF LIABILITY OR equipment as required by its flag state. Neither the INCIDENT”, THE BURDEN OF PROOF IS ON THE EXONERATION FROM LIABILITY, OR OF THE BENEFITS in any medium, and for any business purpose, THE ATHENS CONVENTION LIMITS THE CARRIER’S LUGGAGE IS NOT ON THE SHIP AND OR THE Carrier nor the doctor shall be liable to the Passenger without obligation to compensate Passenger for PASSENGER TO PROVE THAT THE DEATH OR ATHENS CONVENTION AND OR THE 2002 OF ANY STATUTE OR LAW OF ANY COUNTRY OR STATE as a result of any inability to treat any medical LIABILITY FOR DEATH OR PERSONAL INJURY OF A PERSONAL INJURY OF A PASSENGER WAS WHICH MIGHT BE APPLICABLE TO PROVIDING FOR such usage, an image taken in good faith that may PASSENGER TO NO MORE THAN 46,666 SPECIAL PROTOCOL OR THE PASSENGER LIABILITY condition as a result. include those of the Passenger. CAUSED BY THE CARRIER. WHERE THE DEATH REGULATION DO NOT APPLY THEN THE EXONERATION FROM LIABILITY OR LIMITATION OF DRAWING RIGHTS (SDR’S) PER PASSENGER PER AND OR PERSONAL INJURY IS CAUSED BY A CARRIER’S LIABILITY. (l) In the event of illness or accident, Passengers ART. 8 NOTICES AND PAYMENTS CARRIAGE AND LIMITS THE COMPANY’S LIABILITY LIABILITY OF THE CARRIER SHALL BE LIMITED DEFECT IN THE VESSEL AS DEFINED BY THE TO USD $100 PER PASSENGER. may have to be landed ashore by the Carrier and/ a) The Carrier shall be under no liability whatsoever FOR A PASSENGER’S LUGGAGE OR OTHER PASSENGER LIABILITY REGULATION THEN IT IN THE EVENT THAT IT IS DETERMINED THAT CARRIER or Master for medical treatment. The Carrier makes in respect of any claim arising from an accident PROPERTY TO 833 SDR’S PER PASSENGER PER IS FOR THE CARRIER TO PROVE THAT THE NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE IS NOT ENTITLED TO ANY OR ALL OF THE BENEFITS no representations regarding the quality of medical which was not reported by the Passenger to the CARRIAGE. DAMAGE WAS NOT CAUSED BY ITS FAULT OR CARRIER SHALL IN NO EVENT BE LIABLE OF THE ATHENS CONVENTION OR 2002 PROTOCOL treatment at any port of call or at the place at which the Master whilst on board the Vessel in accordance NEGLECT. THE CARRIERS MAXIMUM LIABILITY TO THE PASSENGER IN RESPECT OF ANY OR THE PASSENGER LIABILITY REGULATION, CARRIER Passenger is landed. AS OF MAY 2013 THE VALUE OF 46,666 SDR’S WAS AND PASSENGER AGREE THAT CARRIER SHALL BE with the Passage Contract or at all. APPROXIMATELY IS LIMITED TO 400,000 SDR’S (AS OF MAY 2013 OCCURRENCE ASHORE, PRIOR TO EMBARKING APPROXIMATELY USD $596,559.94 ) OR 250,000 OR AFTER DISEMBARKING THE VESSEL, EXCEPT ENTITLED TO THE BENEFITS OF ANY APPLICABLE (m) Passengers are advised to ensure that their (b) The Carrier shall not be liable for any claims STATUTES AND/OR LAW. insurance covers medical treatment. whatsoever for personal injury, illness or death of USD $69, 597.67 AND THE VALUE OF 833 SDR’S WAS SDR’S PER PASSENGER IN CASES INVOLVING FOR NEGLIGENCE OF THE COMPANY OR ITS the Passenger, unless full particulars in writing are APPROXIMATELY USD $1, 242.34. WAR OR TERRORISM (AS OF MAY 2013 EMPLOYEES ACTING WITHIN THE COURSE EACH PASSENGER AGREES TO INDEMNIFY CARRIER (n) The Carrier accepts no responsibility whatsoever in APPROXIMATELY USD $372, 849.96); AND SCOPE OF EMPLOYMENT DURING given to the Carrier within 185 days after the date AN SDR IS AN INTERNATIONAL MONETARY UNIT FOR ANY DAMAGES LIABILITIES, LOSSES, PENALTIES, relation to medical facilities provided ashore. TRANSPORTATION BY WATER TO OR FROM THE of the injury, event, illness or death giving rise to CREATED BY THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FINES, CHARGES OR EXPENSES INCURRED OR (F) THE CARRIERS LIABILITY FOR A PASSENGER’S VESSEL WHICH IS CARRIED OUT BY MEANS OF A (o) Medical facilities and standards vary from port the claim. Suit to recover on any such claim shall FUND. IT IS EXCHANGED FOR FREELY USABLE IMPOSED UPON CARRIER AS A RESULT OF ANY ACT, LUGGAGE OR OTHER PROPERTY IS LIMITED TO CONVEYANCE PROVIDED BY THE CARRIER to port and the Carrier makes no representations or not be maintainable unless filed within two years CURRENCY. THE VALUE OF THE SDR FLUCTUATES 2,250 SDR’S (AS OF MAY 2013 APPROXIMATELY OMISSION OR VIOLATION OF LAW BY PASSENGER OR warranties in relation to such standards ashore. after the date of disembarkation in accordance DEPENDING ON A DAILY EXCHANGE RATE WHICH USD $3,355.65) PER PASSENGER. ANY INCIDENT OR ACCIDENT RESULTING IN ANY MINOR PASSENGER FOR WHOM PASSENGER IS with the Athens Convention and where applicable CAN BE FOUND IN THE WALL STREET JOURNAL PERSONAL INJURY, ILLNESS, OR DEATH MUST RESPONSIBLE. (p) Passenger acknowledges and agrees that Carrier The Passenger Liability Regulation and unless THE REQUIREMENTS AND EFFECTS OF THESE AND ON THE INTERNET AT: http://www.imf.org/ BE REPORTED IMMEDIATELY TO THE VESSEL’S ART. 11 ENTIRE CONTRACT is not responsible or obligated to provide any special served on the Carrier within 4 months after issue of CLAUSES CANNOT BE WAIVED BY AN AGENT OR services or equipment other than the services or external/np/fin/data/rms_five.aspx. THE ATHENS OFFICERS. CARRIER WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR proceedings. CONVENTION MAY BE VIEWED AT: http://www. EMPLOYEE OF THE CARRIER OR ITS INSURER; ANY LOSS UNLESS WRITTEN NOTICE OF THE All prior understandings and agreements entered into equipment normally provided by Carrier to Passengers THEY MAY BE WAIVED ONLY BY EXPRESS WRITTEN prior to the booking of the cruise including prior to the unaffected by illness or disability. Passenger agrees (c) THE ATHENS CONVENTION, 2002 PROTOCOL admiraltylawguide.com/conven/passengers1974.html CLAIM WITH FULL PARTICULARS IN WRITING ARE AND THE PASSENGER LIABILITY REGULATIONS AGREEMENT OF A DIRECTOR OF THE CARRIER GIVEN TO THE CARRIER WITHIN 185 DAYS AFTER issuance of the Contract in the name of the Passenger to provide Carrier with full and adequate advance FOR VOYAGES THAT COMMENCE AFTER APRIL 23, as set out in 9 and 10 below presume that luggage HAVING ACTUAL AUTHORITY IN THE PREMISES. THE DATE OF INJURY, EVENT, ILLNESS, OR or Passengers, whether oral or written, are superseded notice, and obtain written agreement by Carrier, of any 2014 by and merged into this Contract which alone fully intentions to make arrangement for, or bring onto the has been delivered undamaged to the Passenger THE PASSENGER AGREES THAT ALL PROTECTIONS, DEATH GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM. LAWSUITS unless written notice is given to the Carrier: THE ATHENS CONVENTION WILL BE REPLACED BENEFITS, DEFENCES, AND EXCLUSIONS FROM AND MUST BE FILED BY PASSENGER WITHIN TWO and completely expresses the agreement between the Vessel, special services or equipment not provided Passengers and the Carrier. Nothing contained in any in the case of apparent damage, before or at BY THE 2002 PROTOCOL TO THE ATHENS LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY IN FAVOR OF THE CARRIER YEARS OF THE DATE OF INJURY, EVENT, by Carrier, including an oxygen therapy apparatus. Travel Packages, the offers for sale of Travel Packages, Breach of such restrictions may make Passenger liable the time of disembarkation or redelivery; or CONVENTION WHICH WILL INCREASE THE LIMITS SHALL ALSO EXTEND FULLY TO AND BE FOR THE ILLNESS, OR DEATH GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM AFTER WHICH THE CLAIMS WILL BE or in communications with Travel Package providers shall to statutory penalties including fines, liens, or penalties in the case of damage which is not apparent FOR INTERNATIONAL CARRIAGE FOR DEATH BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES, TIME BARRED. vary the terms and conditions of this Contract. on Carrier and Carrier’s Vessel. or of loss, within 15 days from the date of AND OR PERSONAL INJURY AND OR LOSS OF AFFILIATED OR RELATED COMPANIES. OR DAMAGE TO LUGGAGETO THE SAME VALUES disembarkation or redelivery or from the time when THE CARRIER SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS/LIMIT OF LIABILITY (q) Every adult Passenger booking passage for, or AS THOSE SET OUT BELOW IN RESPECT OF THE THE CARRIER SHALL IN NO EVENT BE LIABLE such redelivery should have taken place. ANY CLAIMS AGAINST CARRIER, INCLUDING travelling with any minor Passenger shall be liable PASSENGER LIABILITY REGULATION. FOR THE LOSS OF OR DAMAGE TO CASH, This Passage Contract constitutes the sole agreement BUT NOT LIMITED TO CLAIMS RELATING TO to reimburse Carrier for any loss, damage, or delay ART. 9 LIMITATIONS ON LEGAL LIABILITY, NEGOTIABLE SECURITIES OR OTHER FINANCIAL between the performing Carrier and Passenger. A PASSENGER’S BAGGAGE OR ANY OF HIS sustained by Carrier as a result of the act or omission INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS AND IF THE CRUISE IS FOR DOMESTIC CARRIAGE IN THE INSTRUMENTS, GOLD, SILVERWARE, JEWELLERY, Independent Contractors Participating in the cruise or OR HER PROPERTY, EXCEPT AS STIPULATED of the minor Passenger. All minor Passengers (under VENUE UK AND THE CARRIER HAS A PLACE OF BUSINESS IN ORNAMENTS, WORKS OF ART, PHOTOGRAPHIC/ cruise-tour, including providers of Travel Packages, the age of eighteen) shall be subject to all of the terms THE UK: VIDEO/AUDIO EQUIPMENT OR SUPPLIES, IN THIS TICKET, UNLESS FULL PARTICULARS will enter into separate contractual arrangements with CARRIER DOES NOT WAIVE ANY REMEDIES LAPTOP COMPUTERS, CELLULAR PHONES IN WRITING ARE GIVEN TO THE CARRIER and conditions of the Passage Contract which have THE LIMITS FOR DEATH AND OR PERSONAL INJURY Passenger. Passenger assumes the risk of utilizing the UNDER THE LAW. CARRIER EXPRESSLY OTHER VALUABLES UNLESS THE SAME HAVE WITHIN 15 DYAS FROM THE DATE OF been deemed accepted on the minor Passenger’s INCREASE TO 300,000 SDR’S PER PASSENGER PER services and facilities of such independent contractors. INVOKES ANY AND ALL LIABILITY LIMITATIONS, BEEN DEPOSITED WITH THE MASTER OR OTHER DISEMBARKATION. SUIT TO RECOVER behalf by his or her parent, guardian, or other adult CARRIAGE (AS OF MAY 13, 2013, APPROXIMATELY IMMUNITIES AND RIGHTS SPECIFIED DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVE AGAINST RECEIPT ON ANY SUCH CLAIM SHALL NOT BE Carrier shall not be responsible to Passenger for services or booking the Cruise on behalf of such minor USD $447,419.95). UNDER THE “CONVENTION RELATING TO FOR THE AGREED PURPOSE OF SAFEKEEPING IN MAINTAINABLE UNLESS FILED WITHIN TWO treatments provided by the Vessel’s physician, nurse, medical (r) Expenses of any kind, including fines, penalties, THE CARRIAGE OF PASSENGERS AND ON INTERNATIONAL CRUISES WHERE THE THE EVENT OF SUCH DEPOSIT, THE COMPANY’S YEARS AFTER THE DATE OF EMBARKATION personnel, barber, beautician, fitness instructor, laundry, duties or other charges incurred by Carrier and THEIR LUGGAGE BY SEA” OF 1974 AND THE PASSENGERS EMBARK THE CRUISE OR WHERE LIABILITY FOR LOSS OR DAMAGE THEREOF AFTER WHICH THE CLAIMS WILL BE TIME photographer, or any other concessionaries or persons in the attributable to Passenger’s failure to comply with PROTOCOL TO THE ATHENS CONVENTION OF THE PASSENGERS DISEMBARK AT THE END OF SHALL BE LIMITED IN THE CASE OF THE ATHENS BARRED. employ of Carrier providing personal services to Passengers. regulations of the Vessel or any governmental authority 1976, (“ATHENS CONVENTION” ) AND FROM Passenger accepts and uses medicine, medical treatment THE CRUISE IN A PORT LOCATED IN A EUROPEAN CONVENTION TO 1,200 SDR’S (AS OF MAY 13, IF PASSENGER FAILS TO PROVIDE THE shall be paid to Carrier by Passenger on demand. APRIL 2014 THE ATHENS CONVENTION AS and other personal services available on the vessel or UNION MEMBER STATE, OR THE VESSEL HAS A 2013 APPROXIMATELY USD $1,789.68) OR IN THE REQUIRED WRITTEN NOTICE OR FILE SUIT Passenger shall not bring any goods, merchandise, AMENDED BY THE 2002 PROTOCOL, (“2002 elsewhere at Passenger’s sole risk and expense without EUROPEAN UNION FLAG THE CARRIER SHALL CASE OF THE 2002 PROTOCOL TO THE ATHENS WITHIN THE REQUIRED PERIOD THEN THE cultural or historical artifacts, controlled substances, PROTOCOL) AND WHERE APPLICABLE EU liability or responsibility of Carrier. Carrier shall not be liable BE ENTITLED TO THE BENEFIT OF ANY AND ALL CONVENTION OR THE PASSENGER LIABILITY PASSENGER WAIVES AND RELEASES ANY animals or animal parts, contraband, weapons or REGULATION 392/2009 ON THE LIABILITY OF for the consequences of any examination, advice, diagnosis, RESTRICTIONS, EXEMPTIONS, IMMUNITIES, REGULATION TO THE MAXIMUM SUM OF 3,375 RIGHT HE/SHE MAY HAVE TO MAKE ANY dangers products or other items that may subject CARRIERS TO PASSENGERS IN THE EVENT medication, or treatment thus furnished. Doctors, nurses or AND LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY SET FORTH IN SDR’S (AS OF MAY 13, 2013 APPROXIMATELY USD CLAIM AGAINST CARRIER ARISING UNDER, Passenger or Carrier to criminal or civil liability, penalty OF ACCIDENTS ( THE PASSENGER LIABILITY other medical or service personnel work directly for Passenger THE PASSENGER LIABILITY REGULATION. THE $5,033.47) IN CONNECTION WITH, OR INCIDENT TO THIS or other sanction. The breach of such restrictions or REGULATION”). PASSENGER LIABILITY REGULATION MAY BE VIEWED as independent contractors. Charges for such medical conditions may cause Passenger to become liable to THE CARRIER AND THE VESSEL SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TICKET OR THE VOYAGE. and other professional services are the sole responsibility of THE ATHENS CONVENTION 1974 AND THE 2002 AT:http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ. statutory penalties and may impose liens, penalties FOR ANY DELAY, DETENTION, PERSONAL INJURY, GENERAL LIABILITY LIMITATIONS FOR LOSS Passenger. PROTOCOL AND THE PASSENGER LIABILITY do?uri=OJ:L:2009:131:0024:0024:EN:PDF or fines on Carrier and Carrier’s Vessel. In such case, ILLNESS, EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, MENTAL SUFFERING, OF LIFE OR PERSONAL INJURY Passenger shall be liable to Carrier for any injury, loss REGULATION LIMIT THE CARRIER’S LIABILITY (B) EXCEPT FOR CASES INVOLVING WAR AND PSYCHOLOGICAL INJURY, DEATH, DAMAGE, DELAY, Independent contractors are entitled to all of the limitations or damage suffered as a consequence of Passenger’s FOR DEATH, OR INJURY TO PASSENGERS TERRORISM DAMAGES UP TO A FURTHER 150 000 LOSS OR DETRIMENT CAUSED BY ACT OF GOD, WAR CARRIER IS NOT LIABLE FOR INJURY, ILLNESS, on liability and legal protection afforded to Carrier under this breach of the warranties of this subpart and Passenger AND LOSS OF OR DAMAGE TO PASSENGERS SDR’S MAY BE PAYABLE WHERE THERE HAS BEEN OR WARLIKE OPERATIONS, CIVIL COMMOTIONS, OR DEATH OF ANY PASSENGER UNLESS Contract. shall indemnify Carrier from all related injury, loss LUGGAGE. A SHIPPING INCIDENT UNLESS THE COMPANY LABOR TROUBLE, INTERFERENCE BY AUTHORITIES, DIRECTLY CAUSED BY THE FAULT OR NEGLECT LIMITATION ON EMOTIONAL DISTRESS DAMAGES PERIL OF THE SEA, DELAYS IN CONSTRUCTION, OF CARRIER. or damage. Passenger shall be liable to and shall Any damages payable by the Carrier up to the PROVES THAT THE DEATH OR PERSONAL INJURY MAINTENANCE OR REPAIR OF THE VESSEL OR CARRIER SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO PASSENGER reimburse the Carrier for all loss, damage or delay Athens Convention or 2002 Protocol or Passenger OF A PASSENGER CAUSED BY A “SHIPPING ANY OTHER CAUSE BEYOND THE CONTROL OF THE PASSENGER ASSUMES THE NORMAL FOR DAMAGES FOR EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, MENTAL sustained by the Carrier because of any wrongful, Liability Regulation limits shall be reduced in INCIDENT” OCCURRED WITHOUT ITS FAULT OR THE CARRIER FIRE, THEFT OR ANY OTHER CRIME, RISKS OF TRAVEL BY SEA. IN NO EVENT SHALL SUFFERING/ ANGUISH OR PSYCHOLOGICAL INJURY neglectful or intentionally harmful act or omission of proportion to any contributory negligence by the NEGLECT. ERRORS IN THE NAVIGATION OR MANAGEMENT OF CARRIER BE LIABLE TO PASSENGER WITH OF ANY KIND UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES WHEN Passenger. Client and by the maximum deductible specified in (C) THE CARRIER’S MAXIMUM LIABILITY FOR THE VESSEL OR DEFECT IN OR UNSEAWORTHINESS RESPECT TO ANY OCCURRENCE TAKING PLACE SUCH DAMAGES WERE NEITHER THE RESULT OF

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100 Contact your Travel Agent, Call us at 866.923.9182 or visit www.swanhellenic.us 101 STANDARD FARES 2015 PRICES INCLUSIVE OF FLIGHTS (WHERE APPLICABLE), AN EXTENSIVE PROGRAMME OF TAILOR-MADE SHORE EXCURSIONS & ALL GRATUITIES CRUISES – MAY - AUGUST 2015

CRUISE CODE MIN150511 MIN150525 MIN150608 MIN150623 MIN150707 MIN150721 MIN150805

DURATION (NIGHTS) 15 15 16 15 15 16 15

All prices are per person - $ Aegean & Empires of White Nights of Islands and Highlands A Flemish and French Azores Archipelago Impressions of Adriatic Odyssey Mediterranean the Baltic of Britain Masterpeice Adventure the Riviera

Brochure 2 for 1 Brochure 2 for 1 Brochure 2 for 1 Brochure 2 for 1 Brochure 2 for 1 Brochure 2 for 1 Brochure 2 for 1 OCCUPANCY Fare fares Fare fares Fare fares Fare fares Fare fares Fare fares Fare fares

Cat Deck Description $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ A BRIDGE DECK Owner’s Suite with Balcony 26,598 13,299 23,998 11,999 33,998 16,999 SOLD OUT SOLD OUT 30,998 15,499 25,998 12,999 23,998 11,999

Orpheus Lounge Owners Suite Internet B SUN DECK Deluxe Balcony Suite 24,398 12,199 21,998 10,999 29,998 14,999 26,998 13,499 28,398 14,199 23,798 11,899 21,998 10,999

C BRIDGE DECK Superior Balcony Suite 23,998 11,999 21,198 10,599 29,398 14,699 25,998 12,999 27,798 13,899 23,198 11,599 21,798 10,899

D SUN DECK Balcony Suite 21,998 10,999 19,598 9,799 26,998 13,499 23,998 11,999 25,398 12,699 21,398 10,699 19,998 9,999

STANDARD FARES 2014/2015 F AEGEAN DECK Outside Forward Window 15,998 7,999 14,598 7,299 19,998 9,999 17,998 8,999 18,598 9,299 15,598 7,799 14,798 7,399 PRICES INCLUSIVE OF FLIGHTS (WHERE APPLICABLE), AN EXTENSIVE PROGRAMME OF TAILOR-MADE G AEGEAN DECK Outside Aft Window 15,198 7,599 13,998 6,999 18,998 9,499 16,998 8,499 17,998 8,999 14,998 7,499 13,998 6,999 SHORE EXCURSIONS & ALL GRATUITIES H BALTIC DECK Outside Forward Port Holes 13,998 6,999 12,998 6,499 17,398 8,699 15,798 7,899 16,398 8,199 13,798 6,899 12,998 6,499 I BALTIC DECK Outside Aft Port Holes 13,198 6,599 12,398 6,199 16,398 8,199 14,998 7,499 15,798 7,899 12,998 6,499 12,398 6,199

K AEGEAN DECK Inside Forward 11,998 5,999 10,998 5,499 14,998 7,499 13,998 6,999 14,398 7,199 11,998 5,999 10,798 5,399 FARES per person NOVEMBER 2014 - MAY 2015 L AEGEAN DECK Inside Aft 11,599 5,799 10,598 5,299 14,598 7,299 13,598 6,799 13,998 6,999 11,598 5,799 SOLD OUT SOLD OUT M BALTIC DECK Inside Forward 11,198 5,599 SOLD OUT SOLD OUT 13,998 6,999 12,998 6,499 13,398 6,699 11,198 5,599 SOLD OUT SOLD OUT Jewels of Indian To Burma Travels Japan & China Islands of Shores of India and the Black Sea Arabia and Holy Lands N BALTIC DECK Inside Aft 9,998 4,999 SOLD OUT SOLD OUT 13,398 6,699 11,998 5,999 12,598 6,299 10,598 5,299 SOLD OUT SOLD OUT CRUISE NAME: Exploration and Beyond in Indochina Discovery East Asia the Orient Malabar Coast Empires the Red Sea Government Fees (additional) $20 $20 $10 $10 $20 $10 $40 CRUISE CODE MIN141120 MIN141204 MIN141219 MIN150103 MIN150124 MIN150228 MIN150315 MIN150329 MIN150413 MIN150427

DURATION (NIGHTS) 14 15 15 21 21 15 14 15 14 14 CRUISES – AUGUST - NOVEMBER 2015

Brochure 2 for 1 Brochure 2 for 1 Brochure 2 for 1 Brochure 2 for 1 Brochure 2 for 1 Brochure 2 for 1 Brochure 2 for 1 Brochure 2 for 1 Brochure 2 for 1 Brochure 2 for 1 FARES Fare fares Fare fares Fare fares Fare fares Fare fares Fare fares Fare fares Fare fares Fare fares Fare fares CRUISE CODE MIN150819 MIN150902 MIN150916 MIN150930 MIN151014 MIN151027

Cat Deck Description $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ DURATION (NIGHTS) 15 15 15 15 14 14

All prices are per person - $ Hidden Treasures of the The Sparkling Coasts of the Aegean and Landscapes of the Medi- A BRIDGE DECK Owner’s Suite with Balcony 23,598 11,799 22,598 11,299 26,598 13,299 43,198 21,599 39,598 19,799 26,398 13,199 25,598 12,799 18,998 9,499 SOLD OUT SOLD OUT 25,598 12,799 An Italian Mosaic Adriatic Aegean Black Sea Ionian Contrasts terranean

Brochure 2 for 1 Brochure 2 for 1 Brochure 2 for 1 Brochure 2 for 1 Brochure 2 for 1 Brochure 2 for 1 B SUN DECK Deluxe Balcony Suite 21,198 10,599 20,198 10,099 23,998 11,999 38,998 19,499 35,598 17,799 23,798 11,899 22,998 11,499 17,198 8,599 20,598 10,299 23,198 11,599 OCCUPANCY Fare fares Fare fares Fare fares Fare fares Fare fares Fare fares

C BRIDGE DECK Superior Balcony Suite 20,598 10,299 19,598 9,799 23,398 11,699 37,998 18,999 34,598 17,299 22,998 11,499 22,398 11,199 16,798 8,399 19,998 9,999 22,598 11,299 Cat Deck Description $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ A BRIDGE DECK Owner’s Suite with Balcony 28,598 $14,299 26,998 13,499 29,398 14,699 33,998 16,999 29,998 14,999 27,998 13,999 D SUN DECK Balcony Suite 18,598 9,299 17,598 8,799 20,998 10,499 34,198 17,099 31,198 17,299 20,598 10,299 20,198 10,099 14,998 7,499 17,998 8,999 20,598 10,299 B SUN DECK Deluxe Balcony Suite 26,198 13,099 24,598 12,299 26,998 13,499 31,198 15,599 27,198 13,599 25,798 12,899

C BRIDGE DECK Superior Balcony Suite 25,598 12,799 23,998 11,999 26,398 13,199 30,398 15,199 26,398 13,199 25,198 12,599 F AEGEAN DECK Outside Forward Window 12,198 6,099 11,398 5,699 13,798 6,899 22,798 11,399 20.798 10,399 13,798 6,899 13,398 6,699 9,998 4,999 12,198 6,099 SOLD OUT SOLD OUT D SUN DECK Balcony Suite 23,398 11,699 21,998 10,999 23,998 11,999 27,598 13,799 23,998 11,999 22,998 11,499 G AEGEAN DECK Outside Aft Window 11,398 5,699 10,798 5,399 12,798 6,399 21,198 10,599 19,198 9,599 12,998 6,499 12,598 6,299 9,398 4,699 11,598 5,799 SOLD OUT SOLD OUT F AEGEAN DECK Outside Forward Window 16,998 8,499 15,998 7,999 17,798 8,899 19,798 9,899 17,398 8,699 16,598 8,299 H BALTIC DECK Outside Forward Port Holes 9,998 4,999 9,398 4,699 11,398 5,699 18,998 9,499 17,398 8,699 11,398 5,699 SOLD OUT SOLD OUT 8,398 4,199 10,198 5,099 SOLD OUT SOLD OUT G AEGEAN DECK Outside Aft Window 15,998 7,999 14,998 7,499 16,998 8,499 18,598 9,299 16,598 8,299 15,998 7,999

I BALTIC DECK Outside Aft Port Holes 9,398 4,699 8,598 4,299 10,798 5,399 SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT 7,798 3,899 9,598 4,799 SOLD OUT SOLD OUT H BALTIC DECK Outside Forward Port Holes 14,798 7,399 13,998 6,999 15,598 7,799 17,198 8,599 14,998 7,499 14,598 7,299

I BALTIC DECK Outside Aft Port Holes 14,398 7,199 13,398 6,699 14,798 7,399 16,398 8,199 14,198 7,099 13,998 6,999 K AEGEAN DECK Inside Forward 7,798 3,899 7,198 3,599 8,998 4,499 SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT 6,198 3,099 8,198 4,099 SOLD OUT SOLD OUT

K AEGEAN DECK Inside Forward 12,998 6,499 12,198 6,099 13,398 6,699 14,798 7,399 12,998 6,499 11,798 5,899 L AEGEAN DECK Inside Aft SOLD OUT SOLD OUT 6,798 3,399 SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT 5,998 2,999 7,998 3,999 SOLD OUT SOLD OUT L AEGEAN DECK Inside Aft 12,598 6,299 SOLD OUT SOLD OUT 12,998 6,499 14,398 7,199 12,398 6,199 11,398 5,699 M BALTIC DECK Inside Forward SOLD OUT SOLD OUT 6,198 3,099 SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT 5,598 2,799 SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT M BALTIC DECK Inside Forward 12,198 6,099 SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT 13,998 6,999 11,998 5,999 10,998 6,499 N BALTIC DECK Inside Aft SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT N BALTIC DECK Inside Aft 11,598 5,799 SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT 12,998 6,499 11,398 5,699 9,998 4,999

Government Fees (additional) $20 $20 $50 $60 $40 $50

TERMS & CONDITIONS: All fares shown are per person in US dollars based on two people sharing lowest cabin category currently available; are for new bookings only, cannot be combined with any other offer; are capacity controlled, subject to availability, may be withdrawn or modified at any time, without notice; and include port charges. Travel insurance is not included. 2 for 1 fares are based on double occupancy published Full Brochure Fares. Full Brochure Fares may not have resulted in actual sales in all stateroom categories, may not have been in effect during the last 90 days. Full Brochure Fares are Cruise Only. Every effort has been made to ensure accuracy. We reserve the right to correct errors and to change any fares, fees, itineraries and surcharges at any time. Fares include port charges and service fees. Government fees and taxes range from $10 to $70 per person, are additional, apply to all guests, and are subject to change. All fares may be subject to fuel surcharges. Additional terms and conditions may apply. For full terms 102 and conditions visit www.swanhellenic.us or call 866.923.9182. Ship’s registry: Bahamas.Contact © Swan your Hellenic Travel2014. All rights Agent, reserved. Call us at 866.923.9182 or visit www.swanhellenic.us 103 STANDARD FARES 2014/15 PRICES INCLUSIVE OF FLIGHTS (WHERE APPLICABLE), AN EXTENSIVE PROGRAMME OF SWAN HELLENIC DISCOVERY CRUISES TAILOR-MADE SHORE EXCURSIONS & ALL GRATUITIES NOVEMBER 2014 – NOVEMBER 2015 GRAND VOYAGES – NOVEMBER 2014 - MARCH 2015 Departs Cruise No.Days From/To Cruise reference Pages CRUISE CODE MIN141120A MIN141120B MIN141204A MIN141219A MIN150228A MIN150315A CRUISES NOVEMBER 2014 – APRIL 2015 DURATION (NIGHTS) 29 44 30 36 29 29 NOV 20, 2014 INDIAN EXPLORATION 15 MUSCAT, Oman / COLOMBO, Sri Lanka MIN141120 22-23 All prices are per person - $ Grand Oriental Grand Colours Grand Japan Grand India Grand Indian Voyage Grand Colonial Empires Odyssey of the East & China & Arabia DEC 4, 2014 TO BURMA AND BEYOND 16 COLOMBO, Sri Lanka / SINGAPORE MIN141204 24-25

Brochure 2 for 1 Brochure 2 for 1 Brochure 2 for 1 Brochure 2 for 1 Brochure 2 for 1 Brochure 2 for 1 OCCUPANCY DEC 19, 2014 TRAVELS IN INDOCHINA 16 SINGAPORE / HONG KONG, China MIN141219 26-27 Fare fares Fare fares Fare fares Fare fares Fare fares Fare fares JAN 3, 2015 JAPAN AND CHINA DISCOVERY 22 HONG KONG, China / HONG KONG, China MIN150103 28-29 Cat Deck Description $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ JAN 24, 2015 ISLANDS OF EAST ASIA 22 HONG KONG, China / SINGAPORE MIN150124 30-31 A BRIDGE DECK Owner’s Suite with Balcony 43,798 21,899 68,998 34,499 46,598 23,299 66,398 33,199 49,198 24,599 42,398 21,199

B SUN DECK Deluxe Balcony Suite 39,398 19,699 61,998 30,999 41,998 20,999 59,798 29,899 44,398 22,199 38,198 19,099 FEB 28, 2015 SHORES OF THE ORIENT 16 SINGAPORE / COLOMBO Sri Lanka MIN150228 32-33

C BRIDGE DECK Superior Balcony Suite 38,198 19,099 60,398 30,199 40,798 20,399 58,198 29,099 43,198 21,599 36,998 18,499 MAR 15, 2015 INDIA AND THE MALABAR COAST 15 COLOMBO Sri Lanka/ MUSCAT, Oman MIN150315 34-35

D SUN DECK Balcony Suite 34,198 17,099 53,998 26,999 36,598 18,299 52,198 26,099 38,798 19,399 33,198 16,599 MAR 29, 2015 JEWELS OF ARABIA AND THE RED SEA 16 MUSCAT, Oman / SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt MIN150329 36-37 APR 13, 2015 HOLY LANDS 15 SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt / PIRAEUS, Greece MIN150413 38-39 F AEGEAN DECK Outside Forward Window 22,398 11,199 35,398 17,699 23,798 11,899 34,598 17,299 25,598 12,799 22,198 11,099

G AEGEAN DECK Outside Aft Window 20,998 10,499 32,998 16,499 22,198 11,099 31,998 15,999 24,198 12,099 20,798 10,399 APR 27, 2015 BLACK SEA EMPIRES 15 PIRAEUS, Greece / ISTANBUL, Turkey MIN150427 40-41

H BALTIC DECK Outside Forward Port Holes 18,398 9,199 28,998 14,499 19,598 9,799 28,798 14,399 21,198 10,599 18,398 9,199 CRUISES MAY – OCTOBER 2015 I BALTIC DECK Outside Aft Port Holes 16,998 8,499 26,998 13,499 18,398 9,199 SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT MAY 11, 2015 AEGEAN & ADRIATIC ODYSSEY 15 ISTANBUL, Turkey / CIVITAVECCHIA, Italy MIN150511 44-45

K AEGEAN DECK Inside Forward 13,998 6,999 22,598 11,299 15,198 7,599 SOLD OUT SOLD OUT 16,998 8,499 14,398 7,199 MAY 25, 2015 EMPIRES OF THE MEDITERRANEAN 15 CIVITAVECCHIA, Italy / PORTSMOUTH, England MIN150525 46-47

L AEGEAN DECK Inside Aft SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT JUN 8, 2015 WHITE NIGHTS OF THE BALTIC 16 PORTSMOUTH, England / PORTSMOUTH, England MIN150608 48-49

M BALTIC DECK Inside Forward SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT 15,398 7,699 SOLD OUT SOLD OUT JUN 23, 2015 ISLANDS & HIGHLANDS OF BRITAIN 15 PORTSMOUTH, England / PORTSMOUTH, England MIN150623 50-51

N BALTIC DECK Inside Aft SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT JUL 7, 2015 A FLEMISH AND FRENCH MASTERPIECE 15 PORTSMOUTH, England / PORTSMOUTH, England MIN150707 52-53 JUL 21, 2015 AZORES ARCHIPELAGO ADVENTURE 16 PORTSMOUTH, England / MALAGA, Spain MIN150721 54-55 GRAND VOYAGES – MARCH 2015 - SEPTEMBER 2015 AUG 5, 2015 IMPRESSIONS OF THE RIVIERA 15 MALAGA, Spain / CIVITAVECCHIA, Italy MIN150805 56-57

CRUISE CODE MIN150329A MIN150511A MIN150721A MIN150721B MIN150902A AUG 19, 2015 AN ITALIAN MOSAIC 15 CIVITAVECCHIA, Italy / VENICE, Italy MIN150819 58-59 DURATION (NIGHTS) 29 28 29 43 28 SEP 2, 2015 HIDDEN TREASURES OF THE ADRIATIC 15 VENICE, Italy / PIRAEUS, Greece MIN150902 60-61 Great Realms All prices are per person - $ Grand Grand Azores & Grand Grand Ancient Highlights of the SEP 16, 2015 THE SPARKLING AEGEAN 15 PIRAEUS, Greece / PIRAEUS, Greece MIN150916 62-63 Island Vistas Mediterranean Classical Coasts Mediterranean SEP 30, 2015 COASTS OF THE BLACK SEA 15 PIRAEUS, Greece / ISTANBUL, Turkey MIN150930 64-65 Brochure 2 for 1 Brochure 2 for 1 Brochure 2 for 1 Brochure 2 for 1 Brochure 2 for 1 OCCUPANCY Fare fares Fare fares Fare fares Fare fares Fare fares OCT 14, 2015 AEGEAN & IONIAN CONTRASTS 14 ISTANBUL, Turkey / PIRAEUS, Greece MIN151014 66-67 Cat Deck Description $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ OCT 27, 2015 LANDSCAPES OF THE MEDITERRANEAN 14 PIRAEUS, Greece / PIRAEUS, Greece MIN151027 68-69 A BRIDGE DECK Owner’s Suite with Balcony 39,598 19,799 46,198 23,099 45,598 22,799 70,998 35,499 51,798 25,899 GRAND VOYAGES NOVEMBER 2014 – SEPTEMBER 2015 – PAGES 70-79 B SUN DECK Deluxe Balcony Suite 35,798 17,899 42,198 21,099 41,798 20,899 64,598 32,299 47,198 23,599

C BRIDGE DECK Superior Balcony Suite 34,798 17,399 41,198 20,599 40,998 20,499 63,398 31,699 45,998 22,999

D SUN DECK Balcony Suite 31,198 15,599 37,798 18,899 37,598 18,799 57,798 28,899 41,798 20,899

F AEGEAN DECK Outside Forward Window 20,998 10,499 27,198 13,599 26,998 13,499 41,398 20,699 30,398 15,199

G AEGEAN DECK Outside Aft Window 19,798 9,899 25,998 12,999 25,798 12,899 38,998 19,499 28,598 14,299

H BALTIC DECK Outside Forward Port Holes 17,598 8,799 23,798 11,899 23,598 11,799 35,798 17,899 26,398 13,199

I BALTIC DECK Outside Aft Port Holes 16,398 8,199 22,598 11,299 22,398 11,199 34,198 17,099 24,998 12,499

K AEGEAN DECK Inside Forward 13,798 6,899 19,998 9,999 19,798 9,899 30,398 15,199 22,598 11,299

L AEGEAN DECK Inside Aft 13,198 6,599 19,198 9,599 SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT

M BALTIC DECK Inside Forward 12,398 6,199 SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT

N BALTIC DECK Inside Aft SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT

Government Fees (additional) $40 $50 $70 $70

AIRFARE & TRANSFERS: Airfare and Transfers Included: offer includes ground transfers and applies to coach class to/from flights from JFK on select cruises. Airfares are available from all other U.S & Canada gateways and all other cruises upon request; an additional charge may apply. Airfares are available when booking a Swan Hellenic Cruise. Specific air routings will be determined approximately 60 days prior to sailing. Guests traveling with passengers from other gateways may not be routed on the same flights. Please note that Swan Hellenic reserves the right to determine the flight routings, which may not be the most direct or non-stop. Airlines will provide an e-ticket number which will be mailed with final documentation 45 days prior to departure. Any advertised fares that include the “Airfare and Transfers Included” offer include all airline fees, surcharges and taxes. Airline imposed personal charges such as baggage fees may apply. For 104 details visit www.exploreflightfees.com. Swan Hellenic has no control over seat assignments, luggage allowances and or airline restrictions. Airline fuel surcharges are subject to change without notice. Airport transfers are available only Contact your Travel Agent, Call us at 866.923.9182 or visit www.swanhellenic.us 105 in conjunction with Swan Hellenic’s air program.