Star Clippers Blog » Shore Excursions http://www.starclippersblog.com Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:53:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 Cappadocia’s Captivating Land Excursion http://www.starclippersblog.com/2010/07/explore-cappadocia-during-captivating-land-excursion/ http://www.starclippersblog.com/2010/07/explore-cappadocia-during-captivating-land-excursion/#comments Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:38:54 +0000 Nicole http://www.starclippersblog.com/?p=2478 Cappadocia, Turkey.

Cappadocia, Turkey.

Sailing the Med aboard Star Clippers tall ships just got a lot more legendary. During the 2011-12 Mediterranean sailing season guests will have the opportunity to explore the ancient city of Cappadocia, located in central Turkey, during a pre- or post-cruise land excursion.

This magical two-night tour takes you to the underground cave cities of Cappadocia, where discreet entrances give way to elaborate subterranean worlds. Learn the art of pottery making before setting off to visit the Goreme Open Air Museum and Uchisar Castle where you’ll discover the fairy chimneys and rock-cut churches from the early days of Christianity.

Hike in the dramatic Red and Pigeon valleys; explore Kaymakli, the widest underground city; travel to Cavusin — one of the oldest Greek villages, and marvel at Ortahisar Castle. More adventurous guest can take to the skies and drift over the spectacular Cappadocia landscape with an optional hot air balloon tour.

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The “Shark and Stingray Feeding” shore excursion in Bora Bora:
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The “Quad Adventure ATV” shore excursion in Opunahu Bay:
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Welcome to Star Clippers’ new blog. The Star Clippers Blog Web site will serve as the portal for news and information, images and video, gossip and discussion about Star Clippers and its fleet of three tall ships. We’re happy to have you browse through our pages and read all of the latest news about Star Clippers.

While a large number of posts will come from the ships’ staff, we encourage guests to send in posts as well. If you sailed on a Star Clippers ship and took some photos you’d like to share, please send them to us with your name, who is in the photo, what ship you sailed on and where you are if in port. You can send these to info@starclippersblog.com. Don’t worry about sizing, we’ll take care of that.

We also invite you to send in questions or post comments on the different entries. To post a comment, you’ll need to register, but your information will not be shared with anyone. Our goal is to make this the most interactive blog possible and to create an online community of folks who are fans of Star Clippers.

We’re very excited about this new adventure, and we hope you enjoy reading the blog as much as we enjoy producing it. Again, welcome!

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