{"id":2569,"date":"2009-05-10T22:12:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-10T22:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/?p=2569"},"modified":"2009-05-10T22:12:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-10T22:12:00","slug":"big-ship-small-ship-tour-experiences-best-of-both-worlds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2009\/05\/big-ship-small-ship-tour-experiences-best-of-both-worlds\/","title":{"rendered":"BIG SHIP, SMALL SHIP \u2013 TOUR EXPERIENCES BEST OF BOTH WORLDS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_OY-0d2rKv_Q\/SgdRVUEmHxI\/AAAAAAAAGag\/lquXK1Ku4Ho\/s1600-h\/Avalon+Scenery_outside+Lyon_SML-756998.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_OY-0d2rKv_Q\/SgdRVUEmHxI\/AAAAAAAAGag\/lquXK1Ku4Ho\/s320\/Avalon+Scenery_outside+Lyon_SML-756998.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334321710250729234\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_OY-0d2rKv_Q\/SgdRVSYRxjI\/AAAAAAAAGao\/3cU-rJcvYEI\/s1600-h\/Poesia+LowRes-757784.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_OY-0d2rKv_Q\/SgdRVSYRxjI\/AAAAAAAAGao\/3cU-rJcvYEI\/s320\/Poesia+LowRes-757784.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334321709796410930\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>WINGS Away Travel has brought together the best of both worlds of cruise holidaying in a unique package seldom offered in Australia: a week&#8217;s &#8220;Big Ship&#8221; cruising the Mediterranean, followed by a week&#8217;s &#8220;Small Ship&#8221; river cruising through Burgundy and Provence.<\/p>\n<p>And wrapped into all this are also 2-nights in Venice, one in Nice and three in Paris\u2026 making for a total 20-nights kicking-off on September 2 this year.<\/p>\n<p>Fully-escorted by one of Australia&#8217;s most-experienced cruise-travel agents, Maree McClelland the tour begins with the 2-nights in Venice before joining the 4-star Italian liner MSC Poesia for Bari in Italy, Katakolon (Greece,) Izmir and Istanbul (Turkey,) Dubrovnik in Croatia, and 2-nights in the Italian Lakes.<\/p>\n<p>Guests then transfer by luxury coach for a night in Nice before joining the 138-passenger, 4-star Avalon Scenery for Aries, Avignon, Viviers, Tournon-Vienne, Lyon, Macon-Tournus, Chalon-sur-Saone and Beaune, and Paris where there are three hotel nights.<\/p>\n<p>Accommodation aboard Poesia is in an Outside Cabin with Balcony, and on Avalon Scenery in an Outside Stateroom with floor to ceiling window; there are 22-breakfasts, 12-lunches and 15-dinners included in the package, as well as select guided sightseeing on Poesia and nine port excursions on Scenery.<\/p>\n<p>Prices start from $12,840pp including return air and taxes from Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane; for a full itinerary phone 1800 800 640 or email <a href=\"mailto:groups@wingsaway.com.au\">groups@wingsaway.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WINGS Away Travel has brought together the best of both worlds of cruise holidaying in a unique package seldom offered in Australia: a week&#8217;s &#8220;Big Ship&#8221; cruising the Mediterranean, followed by a week&#8217;s &#8220;Small Ship&#8221; river cruising through Burgundy and Provence. And wrapped into all this are also 2-nights in Venice, one in Nice and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2569\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}