The Mediterranean by yacht
The Mediterranean is several charter seas: close Adriatic islands, the windier Aegean, the Riviera's harbours and Turkey's pine coves. June and September are the best months almost everywhere. It suits a first charter as well as a two-country week.
The Mediterranean is where most crewed charters happen, from May to October. It is not one sea but several. The Adriatic has close islands and stone towns. The Aegean is windy, with whitewashed islands. The Riviera means glamour and harbours. The Turkish coast is pine coves. Choosing between them is the first question, and our first job.
Where to go
The Adriatic
- Croatia: a thousand islands close together, and easy for a first charter.
- Montenegro: the Bay of Kotor, the end of a Croatian week.
- Albania: the Albanian Riviera, wild and close to Corfu.
- Slovenia's short coast: part of the Istria page (page to follow).
The east
- Greece: several island seas, and the most yachts and catamarans.
- Turkey: pine-covered gulfs and sheltered bays, with a long season.
- Cyprus: page to follow.
The west
- Italy: the Amalfi Coast, Sardinia, Sicily and the Riviera, with food ashore every night.
- France: the Riviera, Monaco and Corsica.
- Spain: the Balearics, Mallorca, Ibiza and Formentera.
- Malta: three small islands, English-speaking, close to Sicily.
- Monaco: on the French Riviera page for now; its own page to follow.
- Portugal: Lisbon and the Algarve, on the Atlantic (page to follow).
When
- June and September are the best months almost everywhere: warm sea, long evenings, fewer boats.
- July and August are the warmest and the busiest. The meltemi blows in the Aegean then.
- May and October are quieter and cooler, and the season is longest in Turkey, Malta and southern Greece.
Country | Best months | Suits |
|---|---|---|
Croatia | June and September | A first charter: close islands, short hops |
Montenegro | June and September | The Bay of Kotor, often the end of a Croatian week |
Albania | June and September | A wilder coast, close to Corfu |
Greece | June and September | Island seas, with the most yachts and catamarans |
Turkey | May, June, September and October | Pine-covered gulfs and sheltered bays, with a long season |
Italy | June and September | Four coasts, with food ashore every night |
France | June and September | The Riviera's harbours, Monaco and Corsica |
Spain | June and September | The Balearics: Mallorca, Ibiza and Formentera |
Malta | June and September | Three small, English-speaking islands near Sicily |
The yachts
Most of the yachts we show cruise the Mediterranean. Many of them move between countries during the season, which makes one-way and two-country weeks easy to arrange. The yachts on this site are a selection, not the limit of what we arrange: ask about any yacht, of any size.
Not sure where?
Rene Gaspersic, charter broker
Tell us who is coming, roughly when, and what the week is for. We tell you plainly which part of the Mediterranean fits, and why.
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What a week costs here
Every quote shows the three lines in full, before you decide.
The weekly rate on each yacht’s page. "From" is her lowest season.
An advance for fuel, food, drinks and berths, spent on your instructions and settled at the end.
Set by the country the charter starts in, added to the fee.
Plan
The Mediterranean.
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