Windstar Cruises luxury itinerary
Star Explorer February 22-March 9 2028 Cruise & Offers
VENICE to PIRAEUS, ATHENS
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February 22-March 9 2028 ยท Voyage EX20280222-16D
Ports & shore experiences
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13 destination panels · 50 verified voyage-specific shore experiences · 6 panels with planning notices
Official voyage overview
Cruise through Greece, Italy and Croatia, with three overnight stays plus a passage through the Corinth Canal – a small ship exclusive. See famous Greek cities like Athens and Corfu, and discover new places like maiden port Preveza, a charming town with pedestrian-only streets. Explore Italy and Sicily with their fabulous food, wine and culture – with major players like Rome, Naples, and overnights in Venice, Catania and Crotone, a small town with a surprisingly rich and colorful history. Walk Dubrovnik’s storybook Old Town and get to the heart of Croatian culture with visits to village homes and cottage industries, cooking classes, olive oil tastings and more. Whether you’re learning to cook Neapolitan pizza in the shadow of Mt. Vesuvius or discovering the lost art of silk production in Dubrovnik, you’ll experience the most intimate and authentic version of the Mediterranean.
February 22-23, 2028 VENICE
About VENICE
VENICE gives this stage of the itinerary its individual destination focus. Explore Italy and Sicily with their fabulous food, wine and culture – with major players like Rome, Naples, and overnights in Venice, Catania and Crotone, a small town with a surprisingly rich and colorful history.
Shore planning
No voyage-specific shore-experience list is available in the current verified Windstar data for this exact call. Deluxe Cruises can help review the confirmed program closer to departure.
Published call times
- February 22, 2028 · Embarkation · Departure 23:59 · Overnight stay
- February 23, 2028 · Embarkation · Departure 15:30 · Overnight stay
February 24, 2028 ZADAR
About ZADAR
ZADAR is a Windstar destination in Croatia within the Mediterranean sailing region. Across the current published program, locally focused experience themes include Wine and Salt Stories, Zadar by Tuk Tuk & Flavors & Sights of Zadar. Together they give this call an individual sense of place before the exact timetable and voyage-specific options for this sailing are reviewed below.
Shore experiences currently listed
- Zadar, Flavors & Sights of Zadar (Moderate) — Moderate activity
- Zadar, Concierge Collection: Full Day Private Car & Guide (Easy) — Easy activity
- Zadar, Dalmatian Origins & Sibenik (Moderate) — Moderate activity
- Zadar, Concierge Collection: Half Day Private Van & Guide (Easy) — Easy activity
- Zadar, Zadar by Tuk Tuk (Easy-Moderate) — Easy-Moderate activity
- Zadar, Concierge Collection: Half Day Private Car & Guide (Easy) — Easy activity
- Zadar, Wine and Salt Stories (Moderate) — Moderate activity
- Zadar Highlights & Rural Estate Visit (Moderate) — Moderate activity
- Zadar, Concierge Collection: Full Day Private Van & Guide (Easy) — Easy activity
Published call times
- February 24, 2028 · Arrival 07:30 · Departure 18:00
February 25-26, 2028 DUBROVNIK
About DUBROVNIK
DUBROVNIK gives this stage of the itinerary its individual destination focus. Walk Dubrovnik’s storybook Old Town and get to the heart of Croatian culture with visits to village homes and cottage industries, cooking classes, olive oil tastings and more. Vesuvius or discovering the lost art of silk production in Dubrovnik, you’ll experience the most intimate and authentic version of the Mediterranean.
Shore experiences currently listed
- Dubrovnik, Concierge Collection: Cooking Lunch with Locals at Miloslavic Family Home — Moderate activity
- Dubrovnik, Historic Dubrovnik & Wine Tasting (Moderate) — Moderate activity
- Dubrovnik, Concierge Collection: Full Day Private VAN & Guide (Easy) — Easy activity
- Dubrovnik, Old Town Highlights (Strenuous) — Strenuous activity
- Dubrovnik, Old Town Walking Tour — Moderate activity
- Dubrovnik, Concierge Collection: Half Day Private VAN & Guide (Easy) — Easy activity
- Dubrovnik, Best of Traditional Dubrovnik (Moderate) — Moderate activity
- Dubrovnik, Concierge Collection: Exclusive Wine Experience with Karaman Family — Moderate activity
- Dubrovnik, Concierge Collection: Full Day Private CAR & Guide (Easy) — Easy activity
- Dubrovnik, Concierge Collection: Half Day Private CAR & Guide (Easy) — Easy activity
- Dubrovnik, Concierge Collection: Lemon Gardens Experience — Moderate activity
Published call times
- February 25, 2028 · Arrival 13:00 · Departure 23:59 · Overnight stay
- February 26, 2028 · Departure 18:00 · Overnight stay
February 27, 2028 Sea Days
Published sea days aboard Star Explorer
The official Windstar timetable names no port call on February 27, 2028. These dates are grouped once as Sea Days; no onboard activity, route detail, or shore program has been inferred.
Shore planning
No shore experience applies to these Sea Days. Windstar's daily onboard program is confirmed aboard and is not estimated on this page.
Published call times
- February 27, 2028 · No separately published port call
February 28, 2028 MESSINA, TAORMINA
About MESSINA, TAORMINA
MESSINA, TAORMINA is a Windstar destination in Italy within the Mediterranean sailing region. Across the current published program, locally focused experience themes include Messina Walking Tour, Half Day Private Car & Guide & Half Day Private Van & Guide. Together they give this call an individual sense of place before the exact timetable and voyage-specific options for this sailing are reviewed below.
Shore experiences currently listed
- Messina, Classic Taormina (Moderate) — Moderate activity
- Messina, Concierge Collection: Half Day Private Car & Guide (Easy) — Easy activity
- Messina, In the Steps of the Godfather (Strenuous) — Strenuous activity
- Messina, Messina Walking Tour (Moderate) — Moderate activity
- Messina, Concierge Collection: Wine Tasting at Gambino Winery (Moderate-Strenuous) — Moderate-Strenuous activity
- Messina, Scenic Mt Etna (Moderate-Strenuous) — Moderate-Strenuous activity
- Messina, Concierge Collection: Half Day Private Van & Guide (Easy) — Easy activity
Published call times
- February 28, 2028 · Arrival 07:00 · Departure 15:00
February 29 & March 2, 2028 NAPLES
About NAPLES
NAPLES gives this stage of the itinerary its individual destination focus. Explore Italy and Sicily with their fabulous food, wine and culture – with major players like Rome, Naples, and overnights in Venice, Catania and Crotone, a small town with a surprisingly rich and colorful history.
Shore experiences currently listed
- Naples, Concierge Collection, Half Day Private Van with Guide — Easy activity
- Naples, Royal Palace of Caserta — Moderate-Strenuous activity
- Naples, Naples City Tour — Easy-Moderate activity
- Naples, Herculaneum — Moderate-Strenuous activity
- Naples, Pompei — Moderate-Strenuous activity
- Naples, Concierge Collection, Half Day Private Car with Guide — Easy activity
Published call times
- February 29, 2028 · Arrival 08:00 · Departure 16:00
- March 2, 2028 · Arrival 09:00 · Departure 16:00
March 1, 2028 CIVITAVECCHIA, ROME
About CIVITAVECCHIA, ROME
CIVITAVECCHIA, ROME gives this stage of the itinerary its individual destination focus. Explore Italy and Sicily with their fabulous food, wine and culture – with major players like Rome, Naples, and overnights in Venice, Catania and Crotone, a small town with a surprisingly rich and colorful history.
Shore planning
No voyage-specific shore-experience list is available in the current verified Windstar data for this exact call. Deluxe Cruises can help review the confirmed program closer to departure.
Published call times
- March 1, 2028 · Arrival 08:00 · Departure 17:00
March 3-4, 2028 CATANIA
About CATANIA
CATANIA gives this stage of the itinerary its individual destination focus. Explore Italy and Sicily with their fabulous food, wine and culture – with major players like Rome, Naples, and overnights in Venice, Catania and Crotone, a small town with a surprisingly rich and colorful history.
Shore experiences currently listed
- Catania, Concierge Collection: Half Day Private CAR with Guide (Easy) — Easy activity
- Catania, Taormina & Mt. Etna (Strenuous) — Strenuous activity
- Catania, Taormina & Gambino Winery (Moderate-Strenuous) — Moderate-Strenuous activity
- Catania, Concierge Collection: Full Day Private CAR with Guide (Easy) — Easy activity
- Catania, Classic Taormina (Moderate) — Moderate activity
- Catania, Concierge Collection: Half Day Private VAN with Guide (Easy) — Easy activity
- Catania, Concierge Collection: Full Day Private VAN with Guide (Easy) — Easy activity
- Catania, Concierge Collection: Mt Etna by 4x4 (Strenuous) — Strenuous activity
- Catania, Ancient Syracuse (Moderate-Strenuous) — Moderate-Strenuous activity
Published call times
- March 3, 2028 · Arrival 13:00 · Departure 23:59 · Overnight stay
- March 4, 2028 · Departure 17:00 · Overnight stay
March 5, 2028 CROTONE
About CROTONE
CROTONE gives this stage of the itinerary its individual destination focus. Explore Italy and Sicily with their fabulous food, wine and culture – with major players like Rome, Naples, and overnights in Venice, Catania and Crotone, a small town with a surprisingly rich and colorful history.
Shore experiences currently listed
- Crotone, CAPO COLONNA E LE CASTELLA — Moderate activity
- Crotone, CIRO LAND OF GODS, CALABRIAN WINE TOUR — Moderate activity
- Crotone, Flavors of Santa Severina — Easy-Moderate activity
- Crotone, Crotone Walking Tour — Easy-Moderate activity
- Crotone, Sila National Park & Lunch — Moderate activity
Published call times
- March 5, 2028 · Arrival 08:00 · Departure 17:00
March 6-7, 2028 CORFU
About CORFU
CORFU gives this stage of the itinerary its individual destination focus. See famous Greek cities like Athens and Corfu, and discover new places like maiden port Preveza, a charming town with pedestrian-only streets. This context places the destination within the Mediterranean route; exact call times and any experiences published for this sailing are listed below.
Shore planning
No voyage-specific shore-experience list is available in the current verified Windstar data for this exact call. Deluxe Cruises can help review the confirmed program closer to departure.
Published call times
- March 6, 2028 · Arrival 08:00 · Departure 23:59 · Overnight stay
- March 7, 2028 · Departure 14:00 · Overnight stay
March 8, 2028 ITEA, DELPHI
About ITEA, DELPHI
ITEA, DELPHI is a Windstar destination in Greece within the Mediterranean sailing region. Across the current published program, locally focused experience themes include Mythology of Delphi, Small Wings a Big Impact & Monastery of Ossios Loukas (Moderate - Strenuous). Together they give this call an individual sense of place before the exact timetable and voyage-specific options for this sailing are reviewed below.
Shore experiences currently listed
- Itea, Mythology of Delphi — Strenuous activity
- Itea, A Bee's Life: Small Wings a Big Impact — Moderate activity
- Itea, Monastery of Ossios Loukas (Moderate - Strenuous) — Easy-Moderate activity
Published call times
- March 8, 2028 · Arrival 07:00 · Departure 13:00
March 8, 2028 CRUISING THE CORINTH CANAL
About CRUISING THE CORINTH CANAL
CRUISING THE CORINTH CANAL gives this stage of the itinerary its individual destination focus. Cruise through Greece, Italy and Croatia, with three overnight stays plus a passage through the Corinth Canal – a small ship exclusive. This context places the destination within the Mediterranean route; exact call times and any experiences published for this sailing are listed below.
Shore planning
No voyage-specific shore experience is published for this scenic navigation or transit call. Deluxe Cruises can help review the final voyage program closer to departure.
Published call times
- March 8, 2028 · Arrival 17:00 · Departure 19:00
March 9, 2028 PIRAEUS, ATHENS
About PIRAEUS, ATHENS
PIRAEUS, ATHENS gives this stage of the itinerary its individual destination focus. See famous Greek cities like Athens and Corfu, and discover new places like maiden port Preveza, a charming town with pedestrian-only streets. This context places the destination within the Mediterranean route; exact call times and any experiences published for this sailing are listed below.
Shore planning
No voyage-specific shore-experience list is available in the current verified Windstar data for this exact call. Deluxe Cruises can help review the confirmed program closer to departure.
Published call times
- March 9, 2028 · Arrival 07:00 · Disembarkation
Published timetable status: Official Windstar itinerary entries and voyage-specific shore experiences are combined without estimating destinations, call times, experience names, or activity levels. Synthetic midnight continuation placeholders from the source are suppressed.
Please note: Shore-experience names, activity levels, availability, and schedules can change before departure. Confirm the final program with Deluxe Cruises closer to sailing. No excursion prices or cruise-line links are included on this page.
A closer look at this sailing
VENICE to PIRAEUS, ATHENS aboard Star Explorer
On February 22-March 9 2028, Star Explorer sails 16 nights from VENICE to PIRAEUS, ATHENS. The published route brings together VENICE, ZADAR, DUBROVNIK, creating a specific progression of ports for travelers comparing destination variety and voyage pace.
This route includes an official day-by-day schedule and published port times. The source lists 17 route entries, including embarkation, disembarkation, scenic passages, and any sea days exactly as published.
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