A truly exceptional experience; seeing this magnificient destination from the comfort of an elegant cruise ship.

I have never been fond of these huge ocean cruisers; but this 100 cabin ship was just what the doctor ordered.

small enough to get close enough to each island and port, large enough for the 50 crew members to care for those 200 passengers.

the eight day cruise started and ended in Dubrovnik - what better place.

the full itinerary can be found here:

Croatia Cruise itinerary

 

Main street Hvar

Dramatic scenery along the wayCruising along the Dalmatian coast

 

Montenegro-earlymorningsail - How is this for an early morning view?

 

 

Croatia - summer snoozeGA on Belle d'Adreatique

the ship was just super; we couldn't have asked for more

GA climbing ships stairs

the Mediterranean how it once was and how it should be: colours, friendly people and easy going life

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great markets

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its a hard life on board..isn't it?

A typical day for Eric

Belle in Montenegro

 

Big neighbours taking away the sunlight

Big neighbours taking our sunlight away

 

and the sunset shot just has to be in there, taken from the sun deck of Belle de l'Adreatique

Eric Green and Gabrielle -last day of our cruise