^ '.^■S'.* A*"*, v t ^ \, v .«•» Cruises of the Athena 1911 BUREAU OF UNIVERSITY TRAVEL TRINITY PLACE, BOSTON, MASS. CRUISES of the ATHENA IN GREECE AND THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN 191 I BUREAU OF UNIVERSITY TRAVEL TRINITY PLACE. BOSTON l^QrimQ ..OS ©-vt/-C^i^- y^j\-A^L, (si^iaAJL. r^ ALfiAvU^A. 0_^-c-cXa_ ^W^O.^.VjgnX^ Oc &trvM> •t» 1.V*. -Ojwcc^b-j **~cfc: 'etc »3^^v*ou^ <*i> The Cruising Yacht " Athena Greece presents to the ordinary traveler ob- stacles sufficient to deter all but the most coura- geous — poor roads, inadequate railway service, primitive conveyances, and unspeakable sleep- ing accommodations in hotels and local steam- ers. On the other hand, it offers facilities to be found nowhere else in the world for cruising with moderate-sized steamers. The entire JEgean is surrounded with promontories and dotted with islands offering convenient shelter, while it reaches out its long tentacle-like inlets or fjords deep into the heart of the land, touching almost every point of interest. Here the small steamer — not the ocean liner whose size bars it from all but the widest open doors — bears a charmed life, affording transportation and ac- commodation alike where both are otherwise denied. The Athena is but the culmination of a long evolution. A series of chartered steamers, all of them compromises between local conditions and our own ideals, have led the way to our present more serious undertaking. The yacht was built in a British shipyard for a gentleman of wealth, A Restful Summer Afternoon whose purpose was to cruise in distant seas, and, though no larger than many a private yacht, it is of most extraordinary construction. Built to stand the rudest tests, she has met every ex- pectation. She has repeatedly crossed the At- lantic in the stormiest winter months, and has once made an Arctic voyage, returning from all without scratch or strain. Her machinery is so perfectly adjusted that no tremor betrays whether she is in motion or not. She is some- what broader of beam than most yachts of her size, with corresponding advantage in accommo- dations and steadiness. While the yacht as purchased disclosed no de- fect to expert inspectors, she required complete rebuilding as regards accommodations and in- ternal arrangements to meet our requirements. This was accomplished by an expenditure of over $50,000 in addition to the purchase price. The changes include new cabins and toilets throughout, a refrigerating plant, additional deck space, together with furnishings and fittings of every description. All changes were carried out under the superintendence of Lloyd's in- spectors, the highest authority in naval construc- tion, and have secured for the Athena a place in the highest recognized class in Lloyd's Reg- istry of Shipping. Further extensive changes The Sleeping Deck : Curtained Alcoves open to the Sea were made as the result of our first season's ex- perience, and each season witnesses new additions to our comfort and convenience. (See plan, page 32.) The Main Deck. The Athena^ has three decks for the accommodation of passengers. The lowest or main deck is completely enclosed and divided into two parts by a solid bulkhead. The larger of these is devoted to the women, al- ways in the majority in these cruises, and the smaller to the men. They are divided into nu- merous staterooms, each fitted with running water and electric light. This deck is regularly used only for toilet purposes, the sleeping accom- modations being on the open deck above. The stifling air of confined ship's quarters, elsewhere a necessity, is here avoided, thus removing the one serious objection to cruising in summer seas. The Middle Deck. This deck is roofed in by the upper deck, and closed fore and aft by steel bulkheads, with no openings save portholes. The sides are protected by a water-tight bulwark and teak rail about three and one-half feet high. Above this, all is open. This space, however, may be closed wholly or in part by a tightly laced canvas capable of standing any sea. In an emergency, therefore, this too becomes a completely enclosed deck, but The Dining Room in good weather it can be made as open as de- sired. This is our sleeping deck. Solid standards of steel are set up between the middle and upper decks, and in these the berths are firmly secured in alcoves resembling staterooms. Canvas and curtains complete the arrangements for privacy without excluding the all-important air, for the sake of which we abandoned the too confined deck below. This arrangement has met the severest tests, and never once have passengers been obliged to abandon their berths or suffered danger or discomfort by remaining. Toilet and bathrooms are conveniently situated on this deck. A broad middle space, carpeted and furnished, serves as cabin or meeting room in cooler weather. The Upper Deck. This is identical in size with the middle deck and is the chief scene of social life. At the after end is located the gallery or serving pantry, and adjacent are set our tables, while the forward portion of the deck, equipped with willow cushioned chairs and settees, is re= served for lounging and conversation. A broad double awning covers the whole. The yacht has an ample outfit of life boats, life preservers, life rafts, and all necessary devices for safety and convenience. A magnificent naphtha launch completes the outfit. While the thoughtful "The Splendor falls on Castle Walls" traveler will realize that neither these nor any other provisions can guarantee comfort under all conditions, it is difficult to exaggerate the charm of life on board such a yacht when skies are serene and winds are fair, with the ineffable blue of the Mediterranean about us and the storied shores of Greece on either hand. And though these conditions are not assured, they are the rule, unkindly experiences being the rare exception. Our aim is to make life on board the yacht simple and unconventional. The table is plain but abundant and wholesome. The cruise may be described as a camping party at sea. The Shrine of the World The most interesting part of the world lies about the shores of the yEgean. Its scenery, though less overpowering in sheer immensity than the fjords of Norway or the high Sierras, is shrouded in a mystery and transfigured with a color and light to which northern lands are a stranger. No coast is more diversified and pic- turesque; no waters and skies are so blue. It may be that the infinite poetry of Greece lends to her mountains and seas a charm not their own; but it is, after all, their own, for they The Erechtheion, Athens nursed the imagination of Greece and created her poetry. The history of Greece is not less unique. Greek achievements in arms and in civic life, when stripped of all their doubtful glamor, still border on the superhuman. Nor were they idle displays of valor, but heroic deeds in defense of the civilization of which we are a part. As Greece to the sympathetic eye is the stepping stone twixt reality and dreamland, so Greek history is the borderland between history and romance. Every bay and headland, every moun- tain and valley, has its memories of men who were heroes and held converse with gods. Better yet, but farther from our western thought, is the Greek legacy of culture. Venice has given us painting, Germany music, England has her gardens, France her cathedrals; each people makes its one-sided contribution to the many-faceted gem of art. Which art did not Greece make hers? Have we any temples like the Parthenon; any trio of dramatists like (Es- chylus, Sophocles, and Euripides; any voice for our poetized historic consciousness like Homer? Which of our philosophers surpasses Plato? What orator rivals Pericles? Was not Apelles their Raphael? And whom shall we set over against Praxiteles and Scopas and Lysippus, not The "Walls of Tiryns to mention Phidias, the name that is above every name? Elsewhere art grows up one-sided and askew; in Greece it grew up symmetrical and complete. Elsewhere culture grows old and rot- ten; in Greece alone it grew ripe. And all this is in the line of our own spiritual ancestry. The civilization of Egypt was a mem- orable one, but it has made no connection with our own. We dig it up as a thing strange and dead. The civilization of Greece has never died. It is more as patriots than as cosmopoli- tans that we turn our faces toward this birth- place of our ideals. The glories of Greece, however, are not the only attraction of the cruise. Recent discoveries in Crete have electrified the world as nothing has done since Schliemann telegraphed to the king of Greece that he had found the grave of Agamem- non. Knossos is second in interest only to Athens. Sicily, visited in all its extent for the first time in 1909, is a second and greater Greece. Constantinople still remains the city without a parallel, and Dalmatia, chief among these all for scenic grandeur, reveals a surprising wealth of ancient monuments. This addition to the trav- eler's practical domain can never again be du- plicated, for the world contains no other area of equal interest for enterprise and energy to unlock. 9 Corfu; a Glimpse of the Citadel The midsummer cruises are this year extended to the mission stations of the Levant, live centers where the regenerative influences at work in modern Turkey are peculiarly manifest. A Typical Cruise The movements of the Athena are given in the outline of the several cruises on pages 26 to 30. These include eight trips to Greece, six to Constantinople, three to Crete, one to Dal- matia, and three to Sicily. The traveler, there- fore, finds it possible to visit Greece during every month of the spring and summer from April to August, while the other countries mentioned are visited at frequent intervals. The following de- scription covers all points visited by the Athena, the program in the several places being essentially the same for all cruises. We especially recommend this early summer cruise to all who can sail at the date required. Weather and all other conditions are at their best, the itinerary is the fullest, and the leadership the strongest that we can furnish. The cruise makes connection with tours in Italy and the fete** i&Jk Ragusa, Dalmatia north, both preceding and following. The Spring Cruise (5) is a close second as regards weather and itinerary. Atlantic steamer con- nections are indicated in the calendar of the tours. Thursday, May 18. The yacht touches at Brindisi for the benefit of those who join via Naples, — Pompeii, Capri, Amalfi, Ravello, and Paestum having been visited before the trip to Brindisi. From Brindisi the yacht crosses to Cattaro on the eastern side of the Adriatic. Dalmatia Friday, May 19. Cattaro. The ap- Saturday, May 20. proach by a long wind- ing fjord resembling and surpassing Lake Lucerne is one of the grandest in the world. The old fortified town itself is most attractive. The great lion of Cattaro, however, is the famous drive up into Montenegro, the mountain fast- ness of one of the hardiest and most indomi- table of peoples. The scenery of this splendid road has no equal in the civilized world. The The Path of the ' Athena " drive is continued as far as Njegus, the end of the scenic route, with return the same day to the Athena. Sunday, May 21. Ragusa, one of the best preserved and perhaps the most picturesque of mediaeval cities. The commerce, which once rivaled that of Venice, has not wholly dis- appeared. Monday, May 22. Spalato, Salona. In Tuesday, May 23. this picturesque and sheltered retreat the world-weary Diocletian built his huge fortress-like palace, whose vast extent, enclosing temples, halls, living rooms, baths, barracks, offices, etc., as a ruin now shelters houses and dwellers of humbler mold. Spalato has its cathedral, too, a quaint circular one, and a museum with no mean collection of the antiquities of this famous locality. From Spalato we drive to Salona, a few miles distant, an ancient Roman war harbor and arse- nal most beautifully situated. The voyage is continued as far as possible by day on account of the beauty of the mountain- ous archipelago, which increases in grandeur as we proceed. Wednesday, May 24. Abbazia. This Aus- trian Newport with its fine grounds and beautiful walks deserves a brief visit. The few hours de- voted to it will not delay our journey. .. The Placid Harbor of Candia Thursday, May 25. Pola. The most Ro- man of all the Adriatic cities. The Roman ruins include a Triumphal Arch, a finely preserved Temple, and above all a magnificent Amphi- theater, excellently preserved and imposing in situation. Friday, May 26. Ravenna, perhaps the most unique city in Italy. In addition to its mosaics, the most important in the world, the remarkable Tomb of Theodoric is of exceptional interest. (See note on page 31.) Saturday, May 27. Venice. A brief stop is made on behalf of those who began the cruise earlier, and, having already visited Sicily and Greece, finish their cruise with Dalmatia. It is assumed that members of the cruise have visited or will visit the Queen of the Adriatic at some other time. Sunday, May 28, we are steaming down the Italian coast. Monday, May 29. We again stop briefly at Brindisi to release or receive members of the cruise. Then on, along the coast. Tuesday, May 30. We are still coasting southward, this time along Calabria, rounding the heel of the boot, and following toward the toe. The day is full of suggestion, however, passing Tarentum and Sybaris and Croton and 13 A Popular Occupation on the "Athena" Metapontum, with memories of great Greeks and greater Greece. SICILY Wednesday, May 31. Taormina. Our Sicilian cruise begins with the grandest of all outlooks, the view from the rock-hewn Theater of Taormina, justly famed as the finest in the world. Then on through the Straits of Messina, past Scylla and Charybdis. (See note on page 3i.) June 1. Cefalu, a place seldom visited be- cause unprovided with hotels, but the possessor of perhaps the finest mosaics in the world. The visit here, as in so many other cases, is made easy by the Athena. June 2-4. Palermo. The splendid Sicilian' metropolis rivals Naples in beauty of situation, and far surpasses it in the interest of its historic monuments representing the blended Saracenic- Norman civilization. June 5. Segesta. The impressive excursion to this city which lured Athens into the fateful Syracusan campaign is facilitated by the Athena, which now heads toward Africa. June 6-8. Tunis. The growing interest in Africa and the Orient warrants this visit to one of the most significant of historic sites. In addi- 14 Girgenti: Temple of Juno tion to the interest always felt in the native life, the stay finds its climax in a visit to the extensive ruins of Carthage near the modern city. Note. In our earlier visit to Tunis (Cruise) advantage is taken of the favorable spring season to visit Biskra, so famous in recent travel plans, Timgad with its imposing ruins, and Constan- tine the picturesque ancient capital. June 9. Selinunte. Returning to Sicily, our first call is at this mightiest of sanctuaries, where men and gods combined to hold the island for Hellas against Carthage. The ruined tem- ples are the largest ever built by Greeks. (See note on page 31.) June 10. Girgenti, loftily situated and proud of the most perfect of Greek temples in Sicily. June 11. Malta, a delightful excursion to this mightier Gibraltar of the mid-Mediterranean. June 12. Syracuse, the Athens of Magna Grecia. In addition to visiting the Greek Theater, the quarry prisons of the ill-fated Athenians, and the Fountain of Arethusa, we drive to distant Fort Euryselus from whose lofty towers we can trace, in the loveliest landscape in Sicily, the moves in that fateful Syracusan campaign which cost Athens her empire. June 13-14. Taormina. This is the scenic climax of travel in Sicily, the double view from r~- Corinth ; a Ruin that St. Paul saw the Theater of Taormina being justly famed as the finest in the world. The hardier will find time to climb to Mola, that seems to look down on Taormina from among the stars. An extra day is allowed here to meet unex- pected exigencies. The party is free to arrive a day later or leave a day earlier than here scheduled. June 15. Crossing to Greece. June 16-17. The Peloponnesus. Time may possibly permit a stop at " sandy Pylos " and Sphacteria, where Sparta suffered her first great humiliation. Then we enter the Gulf of Messenia for the excursion to the wonderful ruins of the ancient city and its great citadel, Mt. Ithome. From this point there will be an opportunity for the hardier to cross the mountains to the scanty ruins of Sparta, while the rest content themselves with a sail up into the Gulf of Laconia. June 18. Knossos. Crossing to Crete, we visit the ruins of the Palace of King Minos, the 16 The Agora ; Mycenae most wonderful archaeological discovery since the days of Schliemann, and then study the re- markable civilization of the Minoan Empire in the beautiful Museum at Candia, the harbor of Knossos. We leave in the afternoon for Greece again. (See note on page 31.) June 19. Mycenae. The excursion to the far-famed capital of Agamemnon, with its Lion Gate and its great beehive tombs or " treasure houses," is made by special train, supplemented by native carts for the ascent of the Acropolis. On the return the train stops at " wall-girt Tiryns " for a visit to the remains of the Ho- meric Palace and the great walls so impressive to Homer. June 20. Epidauros. From the same moor- ing place we take carriages to Epidauros, the most famous seat of the healing art in the an- cient world. The entire community constituted one vast sanitarium, with almost every modern device. The site is of great beauty. At evening we weigh anchor and sail for the Piraeus. June 21-27. Athens. A week spent here The Theater at Epidauros is none too much for a study of the most signifi- cant group of monuments of the ancient world. No thoughtful traveler would be content with the mere survey which elsewhere suffices. The monuments of Athens, representing the taste and refinement of the most artistic and cultured of all races of which we have any knowledge, deserve prolonged study. Our visit will include such a study of the Theseion; the Kerameikos, with its marvelous and grave reliefs and its ancient forti- fications; the Stadion, recently rebuilt in its ancient splendor; the National Museum, the most significant of all collections of ancient art, and, above all, of the Acropolis, to which we shall go day by day and with deepening interest. There will be excursions to Salamis, Eleusis, the Grove of Daphne and other points of interest, either during the stay, or as we touch here on the return. June 28. Marathon. Embarking late on the preceding evening, the Athena slowly proceeds along the Attic Coast and around Cape Sunion, with its ancient harbor of refuge for the Athenian grain ships, and enters the sheltered waters be- tween Attica and Eubcea. We anchor off Mara- thon, where of old Hippias guided the Persian fleet in its attack upon Athens. The battlefield is perfectly seen from the deck of the. steamer, 18 The Ruins of Man's One Perfect Work marked by the still conspicuous tumulus erected over the remains of the Athenian soldiers who fell in the fight. There will be plenty of time to land for those who desire to do so. Steaming along up the coast, we pass the narrow Euripus, where island and mainland almost join, and cast anchor in the harbor of Chalkis. June 29. Platea. The early morning train by the best railroad in Greece takes us to Thebes and within easy reach of the battlefield of Platea, where the Greeks settled their final score with the Persians. The whole region is eloquent of some of the most important events in Greek history. At night we return to the Athena. June 30. Thermopylae. Still skirting the coast northward, we come as near as the broad- ening shallows will permit to the narrow pass between mountain and sea, where, of old, the inscription proudly told that Leonidas and three hundred Spartans withstood three hundred myriads of men. Access is difficult from the sea on account of the shallowness of the water. July 1. Vale of Tempe. The drive through this exquisite vale will more nearly recall the scenery that we have learned to love at home than any other excursion in Greece. Its extreme naturalness to us is due to its unlikeness to any- The Pnyx: Town-Meeting Place, Athens thing else in Greece, which accounts for its ancient fame. July 2. Eleusis. Returning southward we again head for Athens. Some time in the day we approach the Piraeus, where, if not already visited before, we shall have time for an excursion in the late afternoon to Eleusis. The Athena an- chors in the harbor of Athens for the night and much of the following day. July 3. Salamis. Before leaving these waters a cruise through the Bay of Salamis will add a climax to the historical associations of the place. Think of one brief week which takes us to Marathon and Platea and Thermopylae and Salamis. In all the wars of this warring world, there are no other four names so memorable as those, no other battles fought against such odds, or with such prowess, or for such a stake. It was the supreme effort of the East to dominate the West, and had not the West at that moment shown its utmost reach of manhood, the effort would have been crowned with success. Leaving Salamis in the sunset light, we steam out into the JEgean and head for the stepping- stone between Europe and Asia. July 4. Delos. The tiniest of the Cyclades, nestled in the midst of the larger circle. Here was the fabled birthplace of Apollo, and here one of the most potent shrines of his worship. The island still shows perhaps the oldest- built sanctuary in Greece, and abundant remains of the magnificent shrine of later days. The visit will not fail to recall the moment when this tiny island served as a nucleus for the grouping of the scattered maritime cities of Greece into that league which formed the empire of Athens. ASIA July 5. The Troad. A night's journey from Delos brings us in sight of low-lying Tenedos, behind which the Greek ships lay in hiding when the wooden horse was drawn into Troy. The mounds of Troy are dimly visible as we pass, and the tomb of Achilles rises conspicuously along the water's edge as we round into the Hellespont. July 6-7. Constantinople. With favoring conditions, we approach by early morning light the wonderful line of minarets which crowns the curving crest of Stamboul. There is no city on earth like Constantinople. Built to protect the empire of Rome against the limitless bar- barian hosts of the East, it performed its work for a thousand years, and is to-day, as it was then, the most strategic city in the world. Its museum is one of the loveliest in Europe. Its Athens and the Acropolis mosques, with the incomparable Santa Sophia, are the most remarkable group of buildings created in a thousand years. Yet when all de- tails are ended, the crowning glory of Constanti- nople is the city itself as it is seen from the west- ern approach or from the Bosphorus beyond. Our stay terminates with the trip up the Bos- phorus to the broad entrance into the Black Sea, an excursion unequalled in the world for beauty in like space. July 8. The Hellespont. We return as we came, but with more of day-time for the long passage of the Hellespont. Here is Lampsacus, the ill-gotten perquisite of the faithless Themis- tocles. Here is Abydos with its memories of Hero and Leander, of Lord Byron, and of less romantic but more important feats. Here is ^Egospotami, where Athens lost her last fleet and stolid Sparta snuffed out the light of Greece; then on into the broad JEgean, and into the starlit night. GREECE July 9. ^Egina. The morning should find us nearing again the coast of Attica, where another stop is made at the Piraeus for supplies and last glimpses and commissions, and then, some time in the afternoon, we cross the narrow waters to The Temple, /Egina yEgina. old-time rival and latervictimof Athenian prosperity. A short climb to the temple brings us to the most magnificent double view in Greece, — Athens and Salamis on the one side and the Peloponnesus and the waters of the Saronic Gulf on the other. The temple is of exceptional inter- est to the student. Embarking again toward sunset, we pass, by the fading light, the rock-hewn Corinthian canal with its ribbon of blue joining the eastern and the western gulfs. July 10. Delphi. Sunrise finds us anchored in the little harbor of Itea, where for a thousand years the pilgrims started on their toilsome excursion up the slopes of the Parnassus to the high-perched shrine of Delphi. This shrine, which ruled the destinies of men more perhaps than any other shrine that has ever existed, still shows abundant reminders of its greatness, though the four thousand statues, which even after a second plundering it could show within its narrow precincts, have vanished. Eating our lunch under the plane trees that owe their origin to Agamemnon, we return by the most beautiful route in Greece to the Athena before nightfall. Steaming through the most beautiful of gulfs at the most beautiful of moments, we pass into the night and the Western Sea. 23 Amphissa, near Delphi July 11. Olympia. Anchoring at the little harbor of Katakolon, we take a special train to Olympia, where, nestled amid gentle hills, lay another shrine, strangest of all the world's pil- grimage places, and headquarters for the ath- letics which, more than our own, were the character builders of the Grecian youth. Aside from the extensive ruins, the little place is the proud possessor of the Hermes of Praxiteles, the most precious statue in the world. Then we return to the Athena and embark for Italy. July 12. Corfu. Time will hardly permit us to stop here if we are to make the morning train at Brindisi, but there is little to stop for and much to see in passing. Not only is the island reputed the most beautiful in the world, but it has its historical associations, too, as the fateful origi- nator of the " saddest war in history," whose first battle was fought off her coast. July 13. Brindisi. The cruise terminates early next morning at Brindisi where we arrive in time for the morning trains to Naples, Rome and The North. 24 Ulysses' Ship at Corfu CONNECTIONS All the cruises of the Athena make compara- tively close connections with Atlantic sailings both to and from America. These are indicated in the following calendars. We are prepared to furnish tickets as desired. All cruises make connection with University Tours or with the European Summer School, either preceding or following. Tours may be arranged in indefinite variety, and covering every part of the world, in convenient connec- tion with these cruises. CALENDAR OF CRUISES, 1911 The Athena cruises only in the Mediterranean. Convenient transatlantic connections are indicated in italics below, but these connections are not included in the price. Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. April April April April April April April April April April April April April April April April April April April April April April April April April April April April April April May May May May May May May May May May May Cruise 1. $470 Naples (or Salerno) . Messina Palermo Palermo Segesta To Constantine .... Constantine To Biskra Biskra Biskra To Tunis Tunis Carthage Selinunte Girgenti Malta Syracuse Taormina Taormina Pass Calabria Brindisi Pass Corfu Corinth Smyrna Ephesus Hellespont Constantinople Constantinople Pass The Troad Delos Knossos Mycenae, Tiryns. . . . ^Egina, Piraeus Athens Athens Athens Athens Athens Athens Athens Athens Athens Athens Eleusis Delphi Olympia Pass Corfu Brindisi From New York March 8; in New York May 29. Cruise 2. $430 Cruise 3. $270 Algiers To Constantine Constantine . . . To Biskra Biskra Biskra To Tunis Tunis Carthage Selinunte Girgenti Malta Syracuse Taormina Taormina Pass Calabria . . Brindisi Pass Corfu .... Corinth Smyrna Ephesus Hellespont Constantinople Constantinople Pass The Troad Delos Knossos Mycenae, Tiryns Mgina, Piraeus . Athens Athens Athens Athens Athens Athens Athens Athens Athens Athens Eleusis Delphi Olympia Pass Corfu .... Brindisi From Boston March 18; New York May 29. Brindisi ' Pass Corfu .... Corinth. ...... Smyrna Ephesus Hellespont Constantinople Constantinople Pass The Troad Delos Knossos Mycenae, Tiryns ^Egina, Piraeus . Athens Athens Athens Athens Athens Athens Athens Athens Athens Athens Eleusis Delphi Olympia. Pass Corfu .... Brindisi From New York March 29; in New York May 29. See Notes on page 3 1 . 26 CRUISES IN MAY April April April May- May May May May May May May Mav May May May May May May May May May May May May May May May May Cruise 4 Brindisi. . . Pass Corfu Corinth . . . Smyrna . . . Ephesus. . . Hellespont. Constantinople $470 $MH) Cruise 5. Brindisi. . Pass Corfu Corinth . . . Smyrna. . . Ephesus. . . Hellespont. Constantinople Constantinople Constantinople Pass The Troad . . ;Egina Athens Athens . . , Athens Athens Athens Athens Mycenae, Tiryns. Delphi Olympia Pass Corfu Brindisi Cattaro Cattaro Ragusa Spalato Salona Abbazia Pola May May May May May May June June June June June June June June June June June June June Pass The Troad /Egina Athens Athens Athens Athens Athens Athens Mycenae, Tiryns Delphi Olympia Pass Corfu .... Brindisi Cattaro Cattaro Ragusa Spalato Salona Abbazia Pola Ravenna Venice The East Coast Brindisi Pass Calabria Taormina Cefalu Palermo Palermo Palermo Segesta Tunis Tunis Carthage Selinunte Girgenti Malta Syracuse Naples From Boston April 8, in Boston June 26. Ravenna . Venice. . Cruise 6. $210 Brindisi Pass Corfu .... Corinth Smyrna Ephesus Hellespont Constantinople Constantinople Pass The Troad ^Egina Athens Athens Athens Athens Athens Athens Mycenae, Tiryns Delphi Olympia Pass Corfu .... Brindisi From Boston April 8; in Boston Junes. From Boston April 8; in New York June 10. Cruise 7. $180 Or including Dal- matia {from Brindisi, May 18), $270. Venice The East Coast Brindisi Pass Calabria . . Taormina Cefalu Palermo Palermo Palermo Segesta Tunis Tunis Carthage Selinunte Girgenti Malta Syracuse Naples From New York May 10; in New York June iq. 27 CRUISES IN EARLY SUMMER May May May May May May May May May May May May May May June June June June June June June June June June June June June June June June June June June June June June June June June June June June June June July July July July July July July July July July July July July Cruise 8. $570 Brindisi Cattaro Cattaro Ragusa Spalato Salona Abbazia Pola Ravenna Venice East Coast. . Brindisi Pass Calabria Taormina. . . Cefalu Palermo Palermo Palermo Segesta Tunis Tunis Carthage .... Selinunte. . . . Girgenti Malta Syracuse Taormina. . . . Taormina. . . . Ionian Sea . . . Messenia Sparta Knossos Mycenae, Tiryns Epidauros Athens Athens Athens Athens Athens Athens Athens Marathon Platea Thermopylae .... Vale of Tempe . . Eleusis Salamis Delos Pass The Troad . Constantinople . . Constantinople . . Hellespont iEgina Delphi Olympia Pass Corfu Brindisi From Boston April 20; in N. Y. July 27. Cruise 9. $420 c June rui 2X June 25 June 26 June 27 June 28 June 29 June 30 July 1 July 2 July 3 July 4 July 5 July 6 July 7 July 8 July 9 July 10 July 11 July 12 July 13 Naples . . . Palermo . . Palermo . . Segesta . . Tunis. ... Tunis. . . . Carthage . Selinunte . Girgenti . . Malta Syracuse. . Taormina . Taormina . Ionian Sea Messenia . Sparta . . . Knossus. . Mycenae, Tiryns Epidauros Athens Athens Athens Athens Athens Athens Athens Marathon Platea Thermopylae. . . . Vale of Tempe . . Eleusis Salamis Delos Pass The Troad . Constantinople . . Constantinople . . Hellespont #Lgina Delphi Olympia Pass Corfu Brindisi From Boston May 20; in N. Y. July 27. 28 se 10. $200 Brindisi Pass Corfu .... Corinth Athens Athens Athens Athens Athens Athens Athens Delos Pass the Troad . Constantinople Constantinople Hellespont iEgina Delphi Olympia Pass Corfu .... Brindisi From Boston June 10; in New York July 27 Cruise 11. $310 Naples Taormina Ionian Sea Messenia Sparta Knossos Mycenae, Tiryns . Epidauros Athens Athens Athens Athens Athens Athens Athens Marathon Platea Thermopylae Vale of Tempe . . . Eleusis Salamis Delos Pass the Troad . . Constantinople. . . Constantinople . . . Hellespont ^Egina Delphi Olympia Pass Corfu Brindisi From New York May 27; in New York July 27. MIDSUMMER CRUISES July July July July July July July July July July July July July July July July July July July Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Sept. Sept. Cruise 12. $475 Brindisi Pass Corfu Corinth ^Egina Mycenae, Tiryns Epidauros Sparta Messenia Olvmpia Delphi Salamis Marathon Chalkis, Platea . Salonica Hellespont Constantinople. . Constantinople . . Constantinople. . Troy Mytilene Ephesus Pergamon Halicarnassus . . . Rhodes Knossos ........ Athens Athens Athens Athens Athens Athens Athens Athens Athens Athens Athens Athens Athens Athens Athens Athens Eleusis Pass Corfu Brindisi Pass Calabria. . . Taormina Syracuse Girgenti Selinunte Palermo Palermo Naples From New York June 24; in Boston Sept. is Cruise 14. $395 Brindisi Pass Corfu Corinth ^Egina Mycenae, Tiryns Epidauros Sparta Messenia Olympia Delphi Salamis Marathon Chalkis, Platea . Salonica Hellespont Constantinople. . Constantinople. . Constantinople. . Troy Mytilene Ephesus Pergamon Halicarnassus . . . Rhodes Knossos Athens Athens Athens Athens Athens Athens Athens Athens Athens Athens Athens Athens Athens Athens Athens Athens Eleusis Pass Corfu Brindisi From New York June 24; in Boston Sept. 8. $330 Cruise 15. Brindisi .... Pass Corfu Corinth /Egina Mycenae, Tiryns . Epidauros Sparta Messenia Olympia Delphi Salamis Marathon Chalkis, Platea . . Salonica Hellespont Constantinople. . . Constantinople . . . Constantinople . . . Troy Mytilene Ephesus Pergamon Halicarnassus .... Rhodes Knossos Athens Athens Athens Athens Athens Athens Corfu Brindisi From New York June 24; in New York Aug. 30. 29 CRUISES IN LATE SUMMER Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Sept. Sept. Cruise 16 $100 Brindisi .... Pass Corfu . Olympia Corinth .... Athens Athens Athens Athens Athens Mycenae .... Delphi Pass Corfu . Brindisi .... From Boston July 22; in New York Sept. 2. Cruise 18 $150 Brindisi Pass Corfu . . Olympia. . . . Delphi Mycenae .... Athens Athens Athens Athens Athens Corfu Brindisi Pass Calabria Taormina . . . Syracuse .... Girgenti Selinunte .... Palermo Palermo Naples From Boston July 22; in Boston Sept. 14. Cruise 17 $100 Brindisi Pass Corfu Olympia Delphi Mycenae Athens Athens Athens Athens Athens Corfu Brindisi From Boston July 22; in Boston Sept. 7. Cruise 19 $200 Brindisi Pass Corfu .... Olympia Corinth Athens Athens Athens Athens Athens The Hellespont Constantinople Constantinople Constantinople Piraeus Athens Corfu Brindisi Pass Calabria. . Taormina Syracuse Girgenti Selinunte Palermo Palermo Naples From Boston July 22; in Boston Sept. 14. Cruise 20 is the Cruise to Mission stations of the Levant, connecting at Beyrout with Autumn Tour in Pales- tine and Egypt. We offer also an ex- tension eastward round the world, leav- ing Cairo for India Nov. 22. Sept 23 Sept 24 Sept 25 ?n -30 1 Oct. Oct. 2 Oct. 3 Oct. 4 Oct. 5 Oct. 6 Oct. 7 Oct. 8 Oct. Oct. 10 II Oct. 12 Oct. 13 Oct. 14 (Jet. I.S Oct- 16 Oct. 17 Oct. 18 Oct. 10 Oct. 20 Oct. 21 Oct. 22 Oct. 23 Oct. 24 Oct. 25 Oct. 26 ,,27- -2Q Oct. 30 Oct. 31 Nov. I Nov. 2 „ 3-6 Nov. 7 Nov. 8 Nov. Nov. 10 Nov. II Nov. 12 Nov. 13 Nov. 14 Nov. 15 Nov. 16 Nov. 17 Nov. 18 Nov. IQ Nov. 20 Nov. 21 Nov. 22 Nov. 23 Nov. 26 Nov. 27 Cruise 20 $550 Brindisi (Corfu) Corinth Athens (Thermopylae) . . . Salonike Hellespont Constantinople. . . Roberts College . . Roumeli-Hissar . . Dardanelles Ephesus, Smyrna Rhodes Famagusta Mersina, Tarsus . Adana Beyrout Beyrout Lebanon Ba'albek Damascus Damascus Tiberias Capernaum Nazareth Jezreel Kabathia Samaria Nablous Huwara Jerusalem Jericho Dead Sea Jaffa Port Said, Cairo . Cairo Sakkara The Nile Benihasan The Nile Assiut The Nile Abydos Dendera Luxor Karnak Thebes.. Thebes Esna, Edfou Kom Ombo Assuan, Philse. . . . To Cairo Alexandria Messina Naples From New York Sept. 9; in Bos- ton Dec. 11. 30 The Basilica, Paestum NOTES Registration for any cruise requires a deposit of $50. (See numbered references in the calendar of cruises, pages 13 to 17.) 1 . Ravenna and Taormina have no protected harbor. The stop is dependent on favorable weather. 2. Knossos is inaccessible if the north wind is blowing. In that case Epidauros will be substituted. 3. ^gina will be omitted in stormy weather, with the pos- sible substitution of Marathon if the inside passage is taken to Constantinople. 4. Selinunte. No harbor. In bad weather, it may be visited by rail from Mazara, or, if pressed for time, omitted. 5. Names in parenthesis are of places where no stop is made, but which are seen to advantage in passing, the course of the steamer being specially directed to that end. 6. Connections by transatlantic steamers from and to New York and Boston are indicated in italics at the end of each cruise, but the price mentioned does not include trans- atlantic passage. 31 Deck Plans of the Athena" 32 Bureau Centers and Representatives Boston Bureau H. H. Powers, Ph.D., Director Ralph E. Towle, General Manager Address, Bureau of University Travel Trinity Place, Boston, Mass. Berlin Bureau C. L. Babcock. Ph.D., Director Address, Bureau of University Travel Speiererstr, 26, Berlin, Germany Paris Bureau Rossiter Howard, Director Address, Bureau of University Travel 16 Rue Boissonadt, Paris, France Prof. E. W. Clark, Director Address, Bureau of University Travel 96 via Cavour, Intorno 7, Rome, Italy Western Bureau Dr. H. F. Willard, Director Address, Bureau of University Travel Stoughton, Wisconsin University Prints J. H. Powers, in charge Address, Bureau of University Travel Trinity Place, Boston, Mass. N. 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