Far East from Start to Finish with Sapphire Princess

Meeting at Istanbul New Airport 4 hours before the flight and after our check-in procedures, we carry out our flight to Singapore via Doha. The meeting time at the airport for our TK 0300 flight from Istanbul to TOKYO will be 23:00.

We land at Tokyo Narita Airport at 19:10 local time and transfer to our hotel. Overnight stay at our hotel.

After breakfast at our hotel, our guests who wish can join the 1st part of the Tokyo City Tour, which will be organized as an extra by our guide. Our first stop will be Meiji Shrine, one of Japan's most visited shrines. We reach this shrine, dedicated to Emperor Meiji, who is highly respected as the founder of modern Japan, and his wife Empress Shoken, by walking along the sacred path in the large Yoyogi Park. During this visit, you can make wishes just like the Japanese if you wish. Our next stop will be Takeshita Street, one of Tokyo's most remarkable streets. This street, colored by Japanese youth with their different styles and outfits, is also in the spotlight of the fashion world. Don't forget to take photos of your own images on the live screens at the entrance of the street. Walking through this lively street, we move to the famous Omotesando shopping street and board our bus. Next is our visit to the world-famous Shibuya multi-pedestrian crossing and the loyal dog Hachiko statue. We take our videos while crossing the pedestrian crossing and take our souvenir photo with Hachiko. After free time in Ginza, the most beautiful street in Tokyo, we transfer to our hotel.

After breakfast at our hotel, we complete our check-out procedures and transfer to our ship. Our guests who wish can join the 2nd part of the Tokyo City Tour, which will be organized as an extra by our guide. We travel by bus to another attraction of Tokyo, Asakusa. The Asakusa area is one of the oldest settlements in Tokyo. After visiting Sensoji Temple, one of the most essential parts of Tokyo trips, you can discover street flavors during the short free time we will give on the historical Nakamise shopping street in front of it, and you can buy a few gifts from this area, which is 250 meters long and has about 90 shops. Again by bus, we visit the Kaminarimon area and then Hama-rikyu, an elegant feudal lord garden dating back to the Edo period. After our tour, we transfer to our ship.
NOTE: Transfers to the ship for our guests who do not want to join the tour will be made after the hotel check-out procedures.

Our whole day will be spent cruising at sea. It is a perfect opportunity to enjoy this magnificent ship. You can have your breakfast, lunch, and dinner at the buffet restaurant, which contains a variety of foods prepared fresh by special chefs and suitable for everyone's taste, or at your specially reserved seat in the A La Carte restaurant. During the day, in addition to Yoga and fitness classes, you can benefit from the gym equipped with state-of-the-art Technogym products, which also includes outdoor tennis, volleyball, and basketball or bodybuilding equipment. After dinner, if you wish, you can spend time in the ship's colorful and fun bars and cafes and listen to live music, or you can attend theater shows consisting of Broadway-style musicals, or try your luck at the casino. Dinner and overnight on our ship.

After breakfast on the ship, our guests who wish can join the "Kamikaze Museum & Samurai Village & Sanganen Japanese Garden Tour" organized as an extra by their guide. In this impressive tour, our first stop will be the Chiran Peace Museum, which tells about the Kamikaze pilots and their planes who went to their deaths without blinking for their country, even though they knew it was their last mission, which the Americans could not disclose to the public until the end of the war during World War II. Next, we will visit the Samurai village. Afterwards, we will take a pleasant walk in Sengan-en, considered one of the most beautiful traditional Japanese gardens in the country, to better understand this beautiful art. We will visit the house inside this garden that the Shimadzu family loved for generations. We will enjoy the special view of Kagoshima Bay and the Sakurajima volcano from the Japanese gardens. We will learn about the lifestyle of Prince Shimadzu Tadayoshi. We will see how elite guests from both Japan and overseas were welcomed by the Shimadzu family at Sengan-en at that time. Sengan-en and the Shoko Shuseikan Museum were inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2015. Our tour will end at the port after the free time we will give on the main street in Kagoshima.

Our whole day will be spent cruising at sea. It is a perfect opportunity to enjoy this magnificent ship. You can have your breakfast, lunch, and dinner at the buffet restaurant, which contains a variety of foods prepared fresh by special chefs and suitable for everyone's taste, or at your specially reserved seat in the A La Carte restaurant. During the day, in addition to Yoga and fitness classes, you can benefit from the gym equipped with state-of-the-art Technogym products, which also includes outdoor tennis, volleyball, and basketball or bodybuilding equipment. After dinner, if you wish, you can spend time in the ship's colorful and fun bars and cafes and listen to live music, or you can attend theater shows consisting of Broadway-style musicals, or try your luck at the casino. Dinner and overnight on our ship.

After breakfast on the ship, our guests who wish can join the Naha City Tour, which will be organized as an extra by our guide.
As the warm wind of Okinawa touches your face, you step into the cultural capital of the southernmost part of Japan with tropical breezes. Colorful signs, friendly people, and the smell of the ocean welcome you to Naha! Shurijo Castle, once the heart of the Ryukyu Kingdom, reveals the elegant combination of Chinese and Japanese architecture. As you pass through the palace gates, history echoing like the sound of drums surrounds you. While watching the panoramic view of Naha from the castle terrace, get lost between the blue of the sea and the sky. Kokusai Dori is the heart and rhythm of Naha. Melodies of street musicians, scents of takoyaki, colorful shops... Here you can both shop for souvenirs and taste traditional Okinawa food. Naminoue Shrine, this shrine standing on the rocks above the sea, is the spiritual symbol of Naha. As you pass through the red torii gate, the sound of the waves welcomes you. This sacred area dedicated to the sea god offers both peace and perfect photo frames. At the end of our tour, we will transfer to our ship. Dinner and overnight on our ship.

Our whole day will be spent cruising at sea. It is a perfect opportunity to enjoy this magnificent ship. You can have your breakfast, lunch, and dinner at the buffet restaurant, which contains a variety of foods prepared fresh by special chefs and suitable for everyone's taste, or at your specially reserved seat in the A La Carte restaurant. During the day, in addition to Yoga and fitness classes, you can benefit from the gym equipped with state-of-the-art Technogym products, which also includes outdoor tennis, volleyball, and basketball or bodybuilding equipment. After dinner, if you wish, you can spend time in the ship's colorful and fun bars and cafes and listen to live music, or you can attend theater shows consisting of Broadway-style musicals, or try your luck at the casino. Dinner and overnight on our ship.

After breakfast on the ship, our guests who wish can join the tour organized as an extra by our guide. After the tour, we will set off on our return journey to the ship.

Our whole day will be spent cruising at sea. It is a perfect opportunity to enjoy this magnificent ship. You can have your breakfast, lunch, and dinner at the buffet restaurant, which contains a variety of foods prepared fresh by special chefs and suitable for everyone's taste, or at your specially reserved seat in the A La Carte restaurant. During the day, in addition to Yoga and fitness classes, you can benefit from the gym equipped with state-of-the-art Technogym products, which also includes outdoor tennis, volleyball, and basketball or bodybuilding equipment. After dinner, if you wish, you can spend time in the ship's colorful and fun bars and cafes and listen to live music, or you can attend theater shows consisting of Broadway-style musicals, or try your luck at the casino. Dinner and overnight on our ship.

After breakfast on the ship, our guests who wish can join the Hong Kong City & Outlet Tour, which will be organized as an extra by our guide. Hong Kong is one of the important meeting points of East and West and was handed over by the UK to the People's Republic of China on July 1, 1997. Today, it is one of the world's most important finance and trade centers. During our tour, we go to Victoria Peak, also known as The Peak, with its wonderful view, and photograph the skyscraper city of Hong Kong from above. Afterwards, we see the architecture built according to Feng Shui principles in Repulse Bay and visit a Chinese Temple dedicated to traditional abundance and the god of sailors. After seeing the historical Clock Tower in the Kowloon Tsim Sha Tsui area, the historical Peninsula Hotel, and the famous Heritage 1881, we use our free time for shopping and dining on Nathan Road, the city's main street defined as the "golden mile". Our guests who wish can also take a souvenir photo with the statue of the world-famous kung fu master Bruce Lee, who is of Hong Kong origin. At Citygate Outlet, you will have the opportunity to buy discounted outlet products of Burberry, Lacoste, Nike, Adidas, Columbia, The North Face, Samsonite, Michael Kors, Clark's, Armani, Skechers, and many more brands at very affordable prices. At the end of the tour, we set off for the port.

Our whole day will be spent cruising at sea. It is a perfect opportunity to enjoy this magnificent ship. You can have your breakfast, lunch, and dinner at the buffet restaurant, which contains a variety of foods prepared fresh by special chefs and suitable for everyone's taste, or at your specially reserved seat in the A La Carte restaurant. During the day, in addition to Yoga and fitness classes, you can benefit from the gym equipped with state-of-the-art Technogym products, which also includes outdoor tennis, volleyball, and basketball or bodybuilding equipment. After dinner, if you wish, you can spend time in the ship's colorful and fun bars and cafes and listen to live music, or you can attend theater shows consisting of Broadway-style musicals, or try your luck at the casino. Dinner and overnight on our ship.

After breakfast on the ship, our guests who wish can join the "Hue Imperial City Tour" organized as an extra by our guide. We start our tour by visiting the Tombs of King Minh Mang and King Khai Dinh. Then, among the places we will see in the Imperial Capital are the Flag Tower, Noon Gate, 9 Dynastic Urns, 9 Holy Cannons, Thai Hoa Palace, and the Purple Forbidden City. Although these royal venues were completely destroyed during the Vietnam War, walking among the ruins will be an unforgettable experience. Finally, we stop by the Royal Museum, where bronze engravings, tiles, and robes belonging to the Kings are exhibited. After our tour, we return to our ship. Dinner and overnight on our ship.

Our whole day will be spent cruising at sea. It is a perfect opportunity to enjoy this magnificent ship. You can have your breakfast, lunch, and dinner at the buffet restaurant, which contains a variety of foods prepared fresh by special chefs and suitable for everyone's taste, or at your specially reserved seat in the A La Carte restaurant. During the day, in addition to Yoga and fitness classes, you can benefit from the gym equipped with state-of-the-art Technogym products, which also includes outdoor tennis, volleyball, and basketball or bodybuilding equipment. After dinner, if you wish, you can spend time in the ship's colorful and fun bars and cafes and listen to live music, or you can attend theater shows consisting of Broadway-style musicals, or try your luck at the casino. Dinner and overnight on our ship.

After breakfast on the ship, our guests who wish can join the Ho Chi Minh City Tour, which will be organized as an extra by our guide. In the morning, we board our bus and reach the city of Saigon, known today as Ho Chi Minh. Here, the Reunification Palace, Notre Dame Cathedral, Colonial Post Office, City Hall, Opera House, and Nguyen Hue Boulevard will be among the places we will see. After the free time we will give at the end of our tour for shopping where you can find world brands, we return to our ship.

Our whole day will be spent cruising at sea. It is a perfect opportunity to enjoy this magnificent ship. You can have your breakfast, lunch, and dinner at the buffet restaurant, which contains a variety of foods prepared fresh by special chefs and suitable for everyone's taste, or at your specially reserved seat in the A La Carte restaurant. During the day, in addition to Yoga and fitness classes, you can benefit from the gym equipped with state-of-the-art Technogym products, which also includes outdoor tennis, volleyball, and basketball or bodybuilding equipment. After dinner, if you wish, you can spend time in the ship's colorful and fun bars and cafes and listen to live music, or you can attend theater shows consisting of Broadway-style musicals, or try your luck at the casino. Dinner and overnight on our ship.

Our ship will dock at the port of Singapore at 07:00 in the morning. After breakfast, we will complete the disembarkation procedures. Transfer to Singapore Airport with our private vehicle waiting for us at the port. Since our flight is late at night, our guests who wish may join the "Singapore City Tour & Gardens By The Bay Tour" to be organized as an extra by our guide. Are you ready to discover the Lion City? Located at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, Singapore, the luxury financial hub of Southeast Asia, is one of the few city-states in the world. During today's tour, we will have the opportunity to get to know the city better and explore award-winning architectural projects. During our tour, we will explore the "Gardens By The Bay," one of the world's most awarded and largest botanical parks. Afterwards, we will listen to the legend that gives the city its name from our guide and take a break at Merlion Park, the symbol of the Lion City, to drink coffee and take photos accompanied by magnificent views. The famous orchid garden, which is on the UNESCO World Heritage list, is another point of our visit. We will continue our tour with Chinatown, one of the oldest districts of the city, and after visiting the temples here, we will give free time for shopping. At the end of our tour, our transfer to the airport takes place. After check-in and passport procedures, we wait for our flight that will take place after midnight. Our flight to Istanbul takes place with Turkish Airlines flight number TK0055 at 23:15 local time.
NOTE: Since this tour will take place on the day we disembark the ship and go to the airport, the transfer of our guests who do not wish to join the tour to the airport will be carried out directly after disembarking the ship in the morning.

Arrival at Istanbul New Airport at 05:50 local time. End of our tour.