 The process of discovery does not have to be confined only to the external world, but could be a spiritual discovery at the same time. Only with Blue Cruise you could discover a bit more about the external world while discovering yourself.
Most of the places you visit, during the Blue Cruise, surprises you with the wealth of civilizations and cultures, which glorious examples are the private beach of Cleopatra, the eternal fire of mount Olympos, Myria rock tombs, the archeological remains of ancient civilizations (even under the sea). But besides this, only Blue Cruise gives you the chance to realize that there are so much for discovering that you forget about yourself.
The sea could be gentle but only up to a point, after that it makes no concession. So to learn about the sea is like to learn about life.
The Luxurious Transatlantic Cruise does not reveal to you the sea in the way you could do it by yourself on the board of Blue cruise,which boats are ideal for this purpose.
With Blue Cruise you can run away from the routine, imposed by the modern life and go beyond the ordinary one. Most of us live in big cities where the city lights spoil the brightness of the stars.On the blue cruise you can see the stars very clearly.If your Blue cruise coincides with the full moon,it is absolutely wonderfull in these parts.
But do not worry if there is no moon, because there is another thrill expecting you: Prosphorescene. It is a phenomenon created by tiny creatures invisible for the naked eye.
In the dark when you make a movement in the water,like rowing for example,you see glittering shapes on the sea.At the point where the oar touches the surface of the water,there appear circles of light.The drops of water splashing from the oars drops on the surface of the sea like the stars having a shower.
Swimming on a pitch dark night is an incredible experience. Now imagine that you are lying on the deck alone with stars, while the sea is choppy around you or imagine visiting fishermen's villages isolated in the bays.
Why Mediterranean and Aegean?
The south-western part of Anatolia, or Asia Minor, is fairly mountainous, so the way the mountains meet the sea makes the coastline extremely interesting, consisting of bays, coves, smaller and larger creeks and islands. This is the basic reason why sailing this coast can be so delightful. As the mountains which run the length of most of this coast block your view, every time you round a headland you are met with a cove or a bay which you were not expecting; no matter how marvelous an anchorage you may find in one cove, you may always find a better one just behind the next hill.
It is difficult for the traveler to believe that any coastline can create such a complex embroidery of topographical features. Most of these coves and bays are wooded. However even the ones that are relatively barren have a beauty of their own. Following a course around this coast, you will pass by areas like the Gokova Gulf, the Hisaronu Gulf and the Fethiye Gulf, which while having much in common, demonstrate distinct features, as when you look at the works of painters who belong to a certain school while also displaying individual qualities. And then some places are quite unique in themselves. The sea itself is phenomenal in its coloring. The open sea is a dark indigo. Towards evening this turns to purple. At that time of day you can understand why Homer used the expression "the wine-colored sea". As you approach land the color becomes blue with variances towards turquoise and green, and these colors change according to the nature of the seabed. The water is extremely transparent and at some places, when the light is right, you can clearly see objects lying on the seabed more than 10m deep. There is a price to be paid for this clarity. The sea owes its clearness to the lack of plankton; which means that the marine life here is sparser than in other seas. Mussels, for example, are not found on this coast, whereas in the sea of Marmara and the Black Sea, there are mussel beds round every rock, together with a richer marine flora living in a more turbid sea. The water of the Mediterranean has "aged". Its only interaction with the oceans is through the straits of Gibraltar and this does little to refresh the sea. Apart from the Nile, the large rivers of Europe and Africa run into other seas. True, the Dnieper, Don and Danube flow into the Black Sea, but their connection with the Mediterranean is indirect. The only way the sea can "breathe" is throughout the straits of Gibraltar, but the surface currents that run into the Mediterranean here are poor in nutrients, and marine fauna and flora. As evaporation is high in the Mediterranean, so too is the density of salt, increasing towards the eastern Mediterranean, and you can feel it burning your eyes when you swim. In the seasons of the year and during the hours of the day when sailing takes place off this coast, the seas are usually calm. The Mediterranean surfers from thunderstorms during the winter but looks upon its long summer with a benign countenance. This does not mean, however, that the sea is always as smooth as a sheet. Imagine that you are anchored one night in one of the quite coves to be found in the Gulf of Gokova. You may feel a certain surging in the water. You will imagine that the water is quite choppy within the gulf, and then try to imagine what it may be like on the open sea. In the morning, however, everything is tranquil as you set out for another harbor.
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