Desire Lifestyle Cruise® Desire Greece-Turkey Cruise
Sep 21-28, 2024 sailing from Athens
Embark on an extraordinary voyage like no other with the Desire Greece-Turkey Cruise, which will mark a historic milestone as the first-ever Desire itinerary to set sail aboard a lavish Oceania ship. This tantalizing escape seamlessly blends elegance with allure, offering a journey that is a masterpiece of design and luxury, embodying European craftsmanship at its finest.
The journey commences in Athens (Piraeus), Greece, a city steeped in myth and history, where past and present converge harmoniously. As you traverse the tranquil waters, you'll find yourself enveloped in the beauty of Bozcaada, Istanbul, and Kusadasi (Ephesus), the shores of Turkey unveiling paradisiacal vistas that are simply breathtaking. Your odyssey continues to the enchanting islands of Mykonos and Santorini, each a treasure trove of captivating experiences, before the voyage circles back to Athens (Piraeus), bidding a temporary farewell, until the next rendezvous.
The ship's accommodations are a symphony of opulence, with staterooms and suites that exude radiance, extravagance, and sumptuous comfort. The ambiance mirrors the coziness of a Parisian apartment, a retreat where every moment is meant to be savored. Recently refurbished in 2022, these spacious havens boast designer embellishments, elevating them to a realm of sophistication that is unmatched.
Delight your palate with the finest cuisine at sea, an exquisite gastronomic journey that transports you to new realms of flavor. The ship boasts nine distinct venues, each a stage for culinary mastery, where gourmet dining experiences become cherished memories. Elevating your experience, the Prestige beverage package takes you on an unparalleled journey of beverages, complemented by the convenience of round-the-clock room service.
Amid the enticing voyage, find pockets of serenity and indulgence as you discover designated clothing-optional areas, an array of captivating daytime activities, and themed pool parties. Engage in enlightening couples' workshops, partake in themed nights that ignite the senses, and be enthralled by shows and performances that redefine entertainment. International DJs set the rhythm for an unforgettable journey, as couples are invited to explore Desire cruising on an entirely new level.
Indulge in the art of seduction and refinement, as desire ignites the journey, creating moments that linger in memory, long after the voyage has ended. This is more than a cruise; it's a journey into the realm of the senses, where each experience is a brushstroke on the canvas of your desires.
The following beverage package is Included in the price of your cabin:
- Prestige Beverage Package*
- Cocktails / Spirits / Liqueurs / Beer
- Bottled still and sparkling water
- Wines by the glass during lunch and dinner
- Fresh squeezed juices / Non-alcoholic cocktails
- Premium Coffees and Teas
- Fountain sodas
Suites & Staterooms
Resembling a grand seaside estate, the Owner’s Suites exude a glamorous and refined personality. At more than 2,000 square feet, each features a living room, dining room, master bedroom and two bathrooms. These suites are adorned with designer furnishings and exquisite appointments, resulting in a calming and tranquil oasis of relaxation. There are separate terraces for the living areas and bedrooms and expanses of floor-to-ceiling windows provide enthralling vistas and a visual connection to the sea all around you. All of our suites include exclusive 24-hour Butler service and are uncommonly spacious, further adding to the luxurious suite experience.
Passengers: 2Cost: $ 21500.00 p/p
Port Charges/Taxes: $ 450.00 p/p
Total: $ 43900.00
Deposit: $ 21724.00 - Due at booking
Given their lavish interior design that resembles an elegant and luxurious Park Avenue home along with their premier location overlooking the bow of the ship, the eight Vista Suites are in high demand. These 1,200- to 1,500-square-foot suites include access to the exclusive Executive Lounge as well as every imaginable amenity, such as a large walk-in closet, king-size bed, second bathroom for guests, indoor and outdoor whirlpool spas and your own private fitness room.
Passengers: 2Cost: $ 16500.00 p/p
Port Charges/Taxes: $ 450.00 p/p
Total: $ 33900.00
Deposit: $ 1672.00 - Due at booking
Featuring a luxurious residential design and stylish furnishings, each of the twelve Oceania Suites offers more than 1,000 square feet of luxury. These stylish suites offer a living room, dining room, fully equipped media room, large walk-in closet, king-size bed, expansive private veranda, indoor and outdoor whirlpool spas and a second bathroom for guests. Also included is access to the private Executive Lounge with magazines, daily newspapers, beverages and snacks.
Passengers: 2Cost: $ 10050.00 p/p
Port Charges/Taxes: $ 450.00 p/p
Total: $ 21000.00
Deposit: $ 10274.00 - Due at booking
The elegant Penthouse Suites rival any world-class five-star hotel for comfort and beauty. Their design is ingenious, maximizing the generous 440 square feet of space and featuring a dining table, separate seating area, oversized bathroom with a shower, walk-in closet and private veranda. Enjoy exclusive card-only access to the private Executive Lounge and the services of a dedicated concierge.
Passengers: 2Cost: $ 7450.00 p/p
Port Charges/Taxes: $ 450.00 p/p
Total: $ 15800.00
Deposit: $ 7674.00 - Due at booking
The elegant Penthouse Suites rival any world-class five-star hotel for comfort and beauty. Their design is ingenious, maximizing the generous 440 square feet of space and featuring a dining table, separate seating area, oversized bathroom with a shower, walk-in closet and private veranda. Enjoy exclusive card-only access to the private Executive Lounge and the services of a dedicated concierge.
Passengers: 2Cost: $ 7450.00 p/p
Port Charges/Taxes: $ 450.00 p/p
Total: $ 15800.00
Deposit: $ 7674.00 - Due at booking
The elegant Penthouse Suites rival any world-class five-star hotel for comfort and beauty. Their design is ingenious, maximizing the generous 440 square feet of space and featuring a dining table, separate seating area, oversized bathroom with a shower, walk-in closet and private veranda. Enjoy exclusive card-only access to the private Executive Lounge and the services of a dedicated concierge.
Passengers: 2Cost: $ 7450.00 p/p
Port Charges/Taxes: $ 450.00 p/p
Total: $ 15800.00
Deposit: $ 7674.00 - Due at booking
These beautifully decorated 291-square-foot staterooms reflect many of the luxurious amenities found in our Penthouse Suites, including a private veranda, plush seating area, refrigerated mini-bar and an oversized marble and granite-clad bathroom with a shower. Guests also enjoy access to the private Concierge Lounge featuring your own dedicated concierge, magazines, daily newspapers, beverages and snacks.
Passengers: 2Cost: $ 4795.00 p/p
Port Charges/Taxes: $ 450.00 p/p
Total: $ 10490.00
Deposit: $ 3756.00 - Due at booking
These beautifully decorated 291-square-foot staterooms reflect many of the luxurious amenities found in our Penthouse Suites, including a private veranda, plush seating area, refrigerated mini-bar and an oversized marble and granite-clad bathroom with a shower. Guests also enjoy access to the private Concierge Lounge featuring your own dedicated concierge, magazines, daily newspapers, beverages and snacks.
Passengers: 2Cost: $ 4795.00 p/p
Port Charges/Taxes: $ 400.00 p/p
Total: $ 10390.00
Deposit: $ 3756.00 - Due at booking
These beautifully decorated 291-square-foot staterooms reflect many of the luxurious amenities found in our Penthouse Suites, including a private veranda, plush seating area, refrigerated mini-bar and an oversized marble and granite-clad bathroom with a shower. Guests also enjoy access to the private Concierge Lounge featuring your own dedicated concierge, magazines, daily newspapers, beverages and snacks.
Passengers: 2Cost: $ 4795.00 p/p
Port Charges/Taxes: $ 400.00 p/p
Total: $ 10390.00
Deposit: $ 3756.00 - Due at booking
These beautifully decorated 291-square-foot staterooms reflect many of the luxurious amenities found in our Penthouse Suites, including a private veranda, plush seating area, refrigerated mini-bar and an oversized marble and granite-clad bathroom with a shower. Guests also enjoy access to the private Concierge Lounge featuring your own dedicated concierge, magazines, daily newspapers, beverages and snacks.
Passengers: 2Cost: $ 4795.00 p/p
Port Charges/Taxes: $ 400.00 p/p
Total: $ 10390.00
Deposit: $ 3756.00 - Due at booking
Our 291-square-foot Veranda Staterooms are the largest at sea. Featuring a comfortably furnished private veranda, our most requested luxury, each stateroom also includes a plush seating area, refrigerated mini-bar, spacious closet and a marble and granite-clad bathroom with a shower.
Passengers: 2Cost: $ 4280.50 p/p
Port Charges/Taxes: $ 400.00 p/p
Total: $ 9361.00
Deposit: $ 3424.00 - Due at booking
Our 291-square-foot Veranda Staterooms are the largest at sea. Featuring a comfortably furnished private veranda, our most requested luxury, each stateroom also includes a plush seating area, refrigerated mini-bar, spacious closet and a marble and granite-clad bathroom with a shower.
Passengers: 2Cost: $ 4280.50 p/p
Port Charges/Taxes: $ 400.00 p/p
Total: $ 9361.00
Deposit: $ 3424.00 - Due at booking
Our 291-square-foot Veranda Staterooms are the largest at sea. Featuring a comfortably furnished private veranda, our most requested luxury, each stateroom also includes a plush seating area, refrigerated mini-bar, spacious closet and a marble and granite-clad bathroom with a shower.
Passengers: 2Cost: $ 4280.50 p/p
Port Charges/Taxes: $ 400.00 p/p
Total: $ 9361.00
Deposit: $ 3424.00 - Due at booking
Our 291-square-foot Veranda Staterooms are the largest at sea. Featuring a comfortably furnished private veranda, our most requested luxury, each stateroom also includes a plush seating area, refrigerated mini-bar, spacious closet and a marble and granite-clad bathroom with a shower.
Passengers: 2Cost: $ 4280.50 p/p
Port Charges/Taxes: $ 400.00 p/p
Total: $ 9361.00
Deposit: $ 3424.00 - Due at booking
These comfortable 240-square-foot staterooms with floor-to-ceiling panoramic windows feel even more spacious with the curtains drawn back and the ocean in full view. Features include a generous seating area, vanity desk, breakfast table, refrigerated mini-bar and a marble and granite-clad bathroom with a bathroom with a shower.
Passengers: 2Cost: $ 4100.00 p/p
Port Charges/Taxes: $ 400.00 p/p
Total: $ 9000.00
Deposit: $ 4300.00 - Due at booking
Wonderful private sanctuaries, these 174-square-foot staterooms boast elegant designs and handsome furnishings that add to the serenity. Highlights include a spacious marble and granite-clad bathroom with a shower, as well as thoughtful touches such as a vanity desk, breakfast table and refrigerated mini-bar.
Passengers: 2Cost: $ 3000.00 p/p
Port Charges/Taxes: $ 400.00 p/p
Total: $ 6800.00
Deposit: $ 3200.00 - Due at booking
Wonderful private sanctuaries, these 174-square-foot staterooms boast elegant designs and handsome furnishings that add to the serenity. Highlights include a spacious marble and granite-clad bathroom with a shower, as well as thoughtful touches such as a vanity desk, breakfast table and refrigerated mini-bar.
Passengers: 2Cost: $ 3000.00 p/p
Port Charges/Taxes: $ 400.00 p/p
Total: $ 6800.00
Deposit: $ 3200.00 - Due at booking
This is a private charter just for our group. As such, there are a host of special amenities, parties, entertainers, and events.
Notes- Prices are land only, per person, double occupancy
- Trip insurance is available and strongly recommended
Payment Schedule:
- Deposit due at booking
- Payment Due date: May 1, 2024 - Balance Due
Dining
- Grand Dining Room
The Grand Dining Room is a study in stateliness, a tribute to the spirit of Europe's marquee five-star hotel restaurants that inspired its dignified yet convivial ambiance. Handsomely decorated in rich woods, designer tapestry fabrics and oversized armchairs, the expansive dining area exudes classic splendor. This signature dining experience has always offered a bevy of delicious Continental dishes, and now a fresh and new array of options brings you even more exciting choices, as well as an incredible spectrum of global flavors and an all new Executive Chef's Tasting Menu. As variety is essential to your satisfaction, menus change daily with an expansive choice of at least 10 appetizers, soups and salads and 10 dinner entrées, along with healthy options such as Aquamar Vitality Cuisine, gourmet vegetarian selections and the most extensive array of plant-based dishes at sea.
- Polo Grill
Polo Grill embodies all the elements of a classic steakhouse, expressing them with timeless reverence. Mindful of tradition, the decor features crisp, white linen tablecloths, dark wood furnishings and supple, high-back, burgundy leather chairs. Each course stands as the very definition of time-honored favorites, most notably the beef dishes, all of which are certified Black Angus USDA Prime and dry aged to enhance tenderness and flavor. Succulent seafood dishes such as grilled swordfish and whole Maine lobster gratinée are also classics in their own right. The classic Caesar salad, too, is prepared according to tradition, tableside and with gusto.
- Toscana
Toscana means Tuscan, and just as Tuscan cuisine evolved from rich family traditions, many of our recipes originated with the mothers and grandmothers of our own Italian culinary staff. Presented on elegant, custom-designed Versace china, masterfully prepared dishes exemplify the essence of Tuscany and celebrate Italy's culinary passion. Perhaps the evening begins with the octopus carpaccio with Champagne vinaigrette or the artichoke and parmesan cheese timbale with black truffle sauce. Classic dishes from other regions of Northern Italy are featured as well, such as the minestrone alla Genovese, lasagna alforno alla Bolognese and osso buco alla Milanese.
- Jacques
Exquisitely decorated with heirloom antiques, pickled wood furnishings and art from Jacques Pépin's personal collection, Jacques was modeled after a Parisian bistro. Comfortable and eclectic, the ambiance is pure French, as is the cosmopolitan yet wonderfully embraceable cuisine. Luscious aromas waft from the gleaming show rotisserie, where chicken, duck, pork, beef and veal roasts slowly turn. Each dish is a classic, ingeniously reinterpreted by Master Chef Pépin. Rotisserie roasted chicken falls off the bone, bursting with flavor, while his sea bass fillet pairs exquisitely with beurre blanc.
- Red Ginger
With a nod to feng shui, Red Ginger radiates harmony and tranquility. The interior simply glows with ebony woods, ruby red leathers and striking, modern Asian artworks. To complement the stunning decor, Red Ginger's chefs have created contemporary interpretations of Asian classics. Begin with a salad of spicy roast duck and watermelon with cashews, mint and Thai basil. Savor a Malaysian beef penaeng with coconut rice and paratha roti. Or try Thai vegetable curry with sweet potatoes, aubergine, mushrooms and basil in green curry sauce. In Red Ginger, the gustatory pleasures are as striking as the visual ones.
- Waves Grill
Sometimes, the ultimate luxury is casual dining on all-American favorites, a laid-back style Waves Grill epitomizes. Located in a spacious, shaded area steps from the swimming pool, Waves Grill offers an extensive and mouthwatering menu. Then try a decadent dessert such as a homemade passion fruit sorbet, a made-to-order hot fudge sundae, a hand-dipped milkshake or one of the new, whimsical ice cream flavors by Humphry Slocombe, such as Secret Breakfast, Elvis (the Fat Years) or our signature flavor, Regatta Royale.
- Terrace Cafe
Informal and carefree, the Terrace Café is wonderfully inviting any time of day. During breakfast, the room is infused with natural sunlight from the floor-to-ceiling windows, stimulating the appetite for the sumptuous selections. Come lunch, the expansive menu of international-inspired dishes changes entirely, complemented by a flavorful roast and the magic of the pizzeria's oven. Dine inside or alfresco at one of the shaded teak tables on the terrace. During the evenings, the cuisine takes on a more sophisticated flair, with lobster tails, chops and fresh fish prepared to order, and freshly made hand-cut sushi and sashimi. In addition, a diverse selection of bold and flavorful plant-based dishes is available.
- Daily Themes
- Theme nights have not been announced at this time
- What are the US Passport requirements?
- What Gratuities are included in the gratuities and port charges?
- What are the rules of conduct on-board?
- What is the cabin equipped with?
- What is included in the Cruise?
- What Additional Charges May I Expect
- What are the US Passport requirements?
- As of June 1, 2010, per the US State department, all United States citizens now NEED A PASSPORT to return to the United States following a cruise. To avoid problems, the cruise line will not allow you to embark without a valid passport! Don't try it because there are no refunds if you are not allowed to board the ship.
This is a September 2024 cruise, so you have plenty of time to apply for your United States passport, or update your non-US Passport. Non-US citizens are responsible to verify if you will need a Visa for your specific nationality.
- What Gratuities are included in the gratuities and port charges
- All dining and stateroom gratuities are included in your additional charges fees. This eliminates all of the envelope gratuities payments from past cruise experiences. Alcoholic beverages, soda, and coffee drinks are not included in the gratuities, therefore Oceania Cruises will automatically add 18% to each of your individual bar tabs.
Additional tips are always welcome for the crew members that go the extra mile for you, especially your bartenders and room stewards.
- What are the rules of conduct on-board?
- This is considered an OFF PREMISE VACATION PARTY. We want you to clearly understand the terms to which we have agreed with the cruise line to bring you this unique Lifestyles Cruise® Experience. Our hope is to continue to offer Lifestyles Cruise® charters, and with your help in adhering to the rules listed below:
- Nudity will be allowed at all pool areas and spa tubs while you are on board the ship. Nudity is not allowed in any food area except the pool deck snack bars. (when docked at a port, clothing is required)
- NO SEX in front of cruise line employees! This includes the hundreds of cameras around the ship!
- Discretion should be exercised with public displays of affection (PDA's) Security will be strong at this event. You will be removed from the ship at the next port if you are caught having any sex in public areas! This is very embarrassing, so please don''t break the rules. Dedicated "Play Rooms"and your stateroom should be used for sexual activity.
- We always recommend safe sexual practices.
- Please properly dispose of any used safe sex products in TRASH CANS when using playrooms. Also DO NOT flush anything down the toilets that did not come from your body or the ship supplied toilet paper. Anything else will jamb up the vacuum toilet system and your neighbors will not like you much!
- Sexually explicit games are fun, just remember there are limits to how far you can take it when in public and being watched by the security cameras. We want you to have fun, just use discretion so we are allowed back next year.
- For the comfort of the cruises staff, all cabin doors must be closed.
- Under no circumstances is the ship's crew allowed to fraternize with the passengers. This is grounds for immediate dismissal of the crew member.
- Please treat all areas with respect, just as you would in a hotel, any other public space, or even your own home.
- What is the cabin equipped with?
- Cabins include: refrigerators, hair dryers, bathrobes, TV, safe, and phone.
- What is included in the Cruise?
- 7 Night cruise with 6 Ports of Call, Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner (all meals) (Dine anytime ), Entertainment, Port charges, Playrooms, Daily Activities, Fitness room, 24 hour room service, coffee, tea, ice cream, and pizza.
Additional charges that will be added at time of full payment are included in your quote/invoice . This mandatory payment is for Oceania Cruises to cover government fees, entertainment, enhanced security and gratuities for the dining and stateroom staff. This can and is subject to change based on increasing fuel charges.
- What Additional Charges May I Expect?
- Specialty Restaurant
Shore excursions ( Optional and range from a variety of choices )
Spa services, and some fitness classes (Pilates, Yoga)
Photographs ( optional to have taken ... such as formal night)
Gift shop items
Vendor items
Casino Gambling, Wedding services
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