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Mediterranean cruises: great for blue seas and skies, lousy for avoiding the crowds that inevitably travel with you from destination to destination. The answer: a cruise with a small group of friends on a private boat that's large enough to carry essential luxuries, but small enough to head to uncrowded offbeat destinations. Here are some of the best exclusive cruises embarking this summer. 

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