Father of Medicine

The Hellenistic Age of the Eastern Mediterranean ushered in a new understanding of the human body and of medical practice. Here some of the greatest scientists on earth lived and worked, including Hippocrates of Kos, the Father of Medicine, certainly the best known physician of antiquity.

The Age of Galen

Hippocrates was born into a world where science excelled. Further up the coast, Miletus was home to Thales, considered to be the originator of scientific thought. And in the succeeding Roman era, at Pergamum practised the physician Galen, for whom Aristotle and Hippocrates were like gods of medicine.

A voyage of discovery

The shores of Aegean Turkey have a wild, landscape sculpted into long deep inlets, secluded coves and pine-fringed fjords whose remoteness make it an ideal coast to cruise. Yet in Classical times, these waters were home to some of the most famous cities of the ancient world – Pergamum, Ephesus, Miletus and Kos

A private cruise into history

We have our own classic yachts to make this journey. They are fitted with every modern conveniences – private bathrooms, our own personal chefs to prepare the excellent Turkish cuisine; our own stewards to wait on our every need. It’s a perfect way to relax, to learn and to absorb the ambience of the past.

Accompanying Scholar

Jemma Reynolds took a First in Classics from Exeter University and is in the final stages of her PhD, which focuses on the Mediterranean, its history and archaeology. She currently lives in Bodrum and speaks Turkish. She has led many of Alumni cruises round the Turkish Coast

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