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Celebrity Cruises Announces Three New Istanbul Itineraries

July 9, 2010

Fairfax, VA July 9, 2010

TakeUsCruising.com announces that Celebrity Cruises has planned three new, 12-night, port-intensive itineraries sailing roundtrip from Istanbul in fall 2011. The cruises are now available for booking. The announcement marks the first time the cruise line has offered roundtrip cruises from Istanbul. Offered on the 2,034-guest Celebrity Constellation, the “Greek Isles and Turkey” cruises, which depart Sept. 19 and Oct. 1 and 13, 2011, will begin with an overnight stay in Istanbul before spending a day at sea. Other ports will include Ephesus (Kusadasi), Bodrum and Marmaris, Turkey; and Rhodes, Santorini, Athens (Piraeus), Mykonos and Chania (Souda), and Crete, Greece. The ship will spend another day at sea before returning to Istanbul. Bodrum, Marmaris and Chania are new ports for Celebrity.

The Istanbul itineraries will be bookended by Mediterranean sailings taking place on Sept. 7 and Oct. 25, 2011. On Sept. 7, the Celebrity Constellation will sail a 12-night itinerary from Amsterdam to Istanbul, featuring visits to Brugges, Belgium; Cherbourg, France; Vigo, Spain; Gibraltar, United Kingdom; Sicily, Italy; and Athens. The 11-night Oct. 25 cruise from Istanbul to Barcelona features an overnight stay in Istanbul, then visits to Athens; Naples, Rome, and Florence, Italy; Provence, France; and Palma de Mallorca. On Nov. 5, the ship will reposition from Barcelona to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., during a 14-night transatlantic voyage, featuring visits to Cartagena, Spain; Gibraltar; Madeira, Portugal; and Tenerife and La Palma, Canary Islands. For more information, call 800-437-3111 or visit www.celebritycruises.com.

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