AQABA TO ISTANBUL ON 5 STAR MINERVA

This travel offer is valid until 28 February 2010 For the latest prices call one of our luxury cruise specialists now on 0845 643 1878.

Lovers of antiquity will delight in this absorbing journey from the rose-red Nabatean city of Petra to the teeming streets of Istanbul. Your 14-night cruise through Suez to Alexandria includes a visit to the heart of Cairo and a call at the Pyramids on the city’s outskirts. Across the Mediterranean, the walls that ring Rhodes Old Town await, whitewashed villages in the Dodecanese, the Graeco-Roman ruins of Ephesus and the ancient mountain citadel of Pergamum. Join Peter Snow CBE and other lecturers on this amazing voyage.

Save over £1,275 per cabin - fares from £1,595 per person. Departs 1 May 2010 for 14 nights.

• Jordan
• Egypt
• Greece
• Turkey

Travel in comfort with no more than 320 like-minded passengers.
Discover the history and culture of civilisations ancient and modern.
Enjoy a tailor-made programme of inclusive escorted shore excursions.
Travel with eminent guest speakers who bring you closer to each destination.
Dine in the restaurant of your choice in the company of your friends.
Be assured of exceptional value for money, including all tips on board and ashore.
Travel with a British company, established in 1954.

• Brochure Fare from = £2,233 Our Fare from = £1,595

GEORGE HART was staff lecturer at the British Museum on Civilisations of the Ancient Mediterranean World. A successful author who has travelled extensively, he is also an authority on the Bronze Age, Classical Greece and Egypt.

MR PETER SNOW CBE joined ITN in 1962 and during his career there worked as a scriptwriter, reporter, newscaster, Diplomatic and Defence correspondent and also covered elections and other live political programmes. He transferred to the BBC in 1979, covering elections and other live political programmes, presenting Newsnight, Tomorrow’s World and -with his son, Dan - Battle of Alamein: Battleplan, which led to them presenting further series of programmes including Battlefield Britain, 20th Century Battlefields and Whose Britain is it anyway? At the Royal Television Society in 1998 he won the Judges’ Award for services to broadcasting and was awarded a CBE in 2006.

PROFESSOR CAROLE HILLENBRAND is Professor of Islamic History at the University of Edinburgh and Vice President of the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies. In 2005 she was awarded the King Faisal International Prize in Islamic Studies - the first non-Muslim to receive this award. She has written several books as well as many articles on medieval Islamic history.

PROFESSOR ROBERT HILLENBRAND has long-standing research interests in the clash of civilisations, especially between East and West. A Professor of Fine Art at Edinburgh University, his publications include studies on mosques, palaces and decorative arts in Islamic Spain, and on the relationship between architecture and society in medieval Morocco.

Fares shown include applicable savings and are per person based on two people sharing a cabin. Includes flights, transfers, excursions. Offer applies to new bookings only, is subject to availability and may be withdrawn at any time. Booking terms and conditions apply. Cabin number will be assigned at a later date. Travel insurance not included. Swan Hellenic is a trading name of All Leisure Holidays Ltd ABTA W0302 ATOL 3897.

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