Middle East Cruises with the World’s Leading Cruise Lines
Adventurous travelers, who are seeking something new for their next cruise, can experience pyramids, desert sands, and ancient cultures and religions from a variety of Middle East cruises. Pack your bags and prepare to safely set sail to the home of three of the world’s major monotheistic religions – Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
Cruises departing from Eastern Mediterranean ports such as Venice or Athens feature Holy Land excursions to the Middle East countries of Israel and Turkey. Ships may also visit Egyptian ports. Typical 10 to 12-day sailings combine plenty of shore excursions for an in-depth look at archeological treasures, natural attractions, and the mystical beauty of mountains and deserts.
Other Mediterranean ports venture south into the Red Sea, Arabian Sea, and end in the Persian Gulf in the city of Dubai. Dubai in the United Arab Emirates is a popular destination port as well as an embarkation port for cruises to the Middle East . World tours also depart from Dubai. Middle East cruises make port calls to Egypt, Jordan, Yemen, Omen, and the United Arab Emirates and embark from November through May. A journey of this magnitude is usually 18 or 19 days.
Shorter 8-day Middle East cruises round-trip from Dubai focus on the Persian Gulf. Visit Muscat, Fujairah, and Abu Dhabi, three additional ports of the United Arab Emirates, plus Muscat in Oman and the Arabic island country of Bahrain.
A few of the many highlights in this region are the traditional Arabian coffee and many museums on Bahrain; the excitement of Cairo, the sphinx and pyramids of Egypt; the hospitality of Jordan; intriguing markets, fjords, and bays of Oman ports of call; the seven sovereign sheikhdoms of United Arab Emirates (UAE) that boast mountains, beaches, and deserts; plus the majestic mosques and multicolored palaces that exude mythical Middle Eastern magnificence in Yemen, located along the Gulf of Aden.
Cruises to the Middle East showcase a part of the world deeply intertwined with a Biblical and mysterious past, plus it is home to beautiful and spectacular landscapes.
World's Leading Cruise Lines that cruise to the Middle East include Costa Cruises and Seabourn.