Yachting & Charters

Yes. Motor and sailing yachts from 20 metres to over 80 metres are available in the Aegean and Ionian seas and the Saronic Gulf. The house names the yacht advisor in its network it judges right for the brief and introduces you directly. You contract the charter with that advisor, on their own terms. Yachts registered in Greece may begin and end charters in Greece. Yachts registered elsewhere face EU restrictions, which your advisor resolves during planning.

Crews, chefs and tenders (the small boats that carry guests ashore) are matched to your preferences before boarding. Where the brief also covers the shore side, such as tables, transfers or a house, that advisor carries it wherever they can. A second introduction follows only where they cannot.

Day charters, sunset charters and overnights at anchor work the same way. They typically leave from Mykonos, Santorini, Paros, Naxos, Athens and the larger Ionian ports. For routes through Türkiye or beyond Greek waters, say where you would like to go and the house will tell you what is possible.

The yacht, the captain and crew, fuel for an agreed cruising plan, on-board equipment (tenders, water sports and dive gear) and standard insurance. Provisions, wines, port fees and crew gratuities are billed separately under the standard Greek charter contract, through the Advance Provisioning Allowance (APA).

Under the standard Greek charter contract, the APA is settled after you leave the yacht, and any unspent balance is returned.

Spa treatments, helicopter transfers, dining ashore and private excursions sit outside the charter contract.

Seven nights is the standard week, though charters run from three nights to voyages of two or three weeks. A week suits one island group well: the Cyclades, the Sporades, the Saronic, the Ionian or the Dodecanese. A route across two groups benefits from ten nights or more.

For a first charter, your advisor often proposes five to seven nights combining the Saronic and the Cyclades.

The ceiling is 12 guests sleeping aboard, and it holds on a 30-metre yacht as firmly as on an 80-metre one. Carrying more than 12 passengers requires certification as a passenger ship, which few charter yachts hold.

Four to six guest cabins are usual, so the number is often lower. Children count towards the 12, and crew berths sit outside it. For a day aboard with no night at anchor, more is possible where the yacht is certified for it.

A party of more than 12 has two usual shapes: two yachts cruising in company, or a house ashore with a yacht for the days on the water. Your advisor sets both against what the party wants from the week.

A day aboard is a separate case. Where the yacht is certified for day carriage, a larger group can come out for the day and return ashore for the night, which is how a wedding party or a birthday afloat is usually handled.

Give the number of guests, and their ages, early in the conversation. It narrows the yachts worth considering more sharply than length does, and in July and August the yachts that take 12 in comfort are committed first.

The house names the yacht advisor in its network it judges right for the brief and introduces you directly; the charter is contracted with that advisor, on their own terms.