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Destinations - East Mediterranean 
The Mediterranean Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean almost completely enclosed
by land: on the north by Europe, on the south by Africa, and on the east by Asia. It covers an approximate area
of 2.5 million km˛ (965 000 mi˛), but its connection to the Atlantic (the Strait of Gibraltar) is only 14 km (9 mi)
wide. In oceanography, it is sometimes called the Eurafrican Mediterranean Sea or the European Mediterranean Sea,
to distinguish it from mediterranean seas elsewhere.
It was a superhighway of transport in ancient times, allowing for trade and cultural exchange between emergent
peoples of the region — the Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Semitic, Persian, Phoenician, Carthaginian, Greek, Roman and
Turkish cultures. The history of the Mediterranean is important in understanding the origin and development of
Western Civilization.
In the West Mediterranean cruising ground, there are Turkey, Greece, Greek Islands..
The Turkey cruising ground is very special destination all over the world, it has pine forests, little bays, ancient sites by the sea. Especially, Gocek is very popular cruising destination in Turkey and world. These areas are convenient for blue cruise, when you are cruising, you can anchor in an island, little and silent bays or a port and in these ports you can find all your needs, on cruising way of Gocek, you can stop in Dalyan by river boats and spend a day with so many leisurly activities such as mud baths, thermal springs, Kings rock tombs, ancient city tours to Caunos, famous and protected beach Caretta Caretta, restaurants, shoppings.. Besides, you will be able to anchor the other beautiful port locations in Turkey, the one them is Bodrum, so many famous and the other people prefer Bodrum as cruise vacations. 
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