Marlin Darrah's Mediterranean Dream

Set sail with Marlin Darrah, the world's most traveled filmmaker, to explore the beloved Mediterranean. For more than 2000 years, the lands bordering the Mediterranean have held a spell over artists, writers, history-lovers, food and wine aficionados and all those seeking "the good life." This epicurean journey visits the exciting Egyptian port city of Alexandria and the Great Pyramids of Giza, as well as the heaving metropolis and ancient markets of Cairo. We journey to such alluring and historically important locations as Istanbul,Turkey; to Athens and to some of Greece's romantic isles such as Mykonos and Santorini. You'll see intriguing Kotor, in the country of Montenegro and Dubrovnik, in the country of Croatia. In Italy, stops are made to savor the famous sites of Venice as well as the coastal splendor of the Cinque Terre in NW Italy. We visit and savor the French Riviera, to the film festival city of Cannes and to the lovely town of Aix-en-Provence. And just inland in France, you'll see the stunning Medieval walled city of Carcassonne. And we'll explore fascinating Gibraltar, an important British Territory - so terribly battled over with Spain in centuries past - that lies only nine miles away from Africa, across the Strait of Gibraltar. A visual tour-de-force through the lands bordering the great "Middle Sea" of the world. Filmed in high-definition HD.