Travel Dynamics International, Mediterranean

• From Athens to Venice, aboard 114-passenger Corinthian II• 10 nights (includes two-night hotel stay) departing Sept 6, 2008, with fares starting at $900 per person a day for a category suite E stateroom.• Ports include Santorini, Greece; Rethymno, Crete; Kefallonia, Greece; Saranda, Albania; Kotor, Montenegro; Dubrovnik and Split, Croatia.

The top of the heap on this comfy yacht-like expedition ship, the penthouse suite with balcony goes for a whopping $1,440 per person a day. Rates include open bar and onboard concerts by guest musicians, plus lectures, all shore tours and two hotel nights in Athens.

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