Traveling Around the Mediterranean10/14/2009
The Mediterranean is one of the most beautiful parts of all of Europe. In addition to its Asian and African countries, the Mediterranean also spans through Spain, France, Monaco, Malta, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia- Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania, Greece, and Turkey.
With so many countries harboring on the Mediterranean, there are a lot of cultural possibilities. The tourist opportunities are endless in the Mediterranean. Navigating from country to country used to be a bit taxing, but the advancement of technology and resources has allowed more fluid travel.
Many tourists remember the dolmus bus. The dolmus bus is a coastline taxi and bus hybrid, primarily used for transporting tourists along the coast of coastal cities like Istanbul. If you pass by a dolmus bus on the street, it looks like a mini bus packed with people.
Little boys yell out where they were going, and if they happened to be going where you are going, or in that direction, you can hop on for just pennies! Dolmus buses are still available today, but they are no longer the most popular choice of travel. As technology continues to burgeon, ferries and cruise ships are becoming the norm, transporting almost 2000 tourists at a time.
Cruise ships have become particularly popular in the past few decades. If you want to take a tour of the Mediterranean, there are several cruise ship agencies with routes stopping at all of the fabulous Mediterranean cities. High end cruise liners offer amenities such as spas packages and several dining bars to choose from. The more modest cruise liners focus on the experience of traveling throughout the Mediterranean.
The tour guides affiliated with these increasingly popular cruise ships offer strategic tours. These tour guides are especially knowledgeable about how to get the most out of your trip. Many tour guides keep track of where the various cruise ships travel and develop trip packages that will help you experience the most you can without getting off schedule with the cruise ship.
Sailing through the Mediterranean is an interesting way to experience the Mediterranean culture.
Obviously, experiencing all that every Mediterranean country has to offer in one trip is not a realistic expectation. But instead of getting bogged down by intricate details, worrying about transportation, or spending too much time at one destination and not enough time at another, you can simply hop aboard one of the cruise liners and let them do the trip navigation for you.