Luxury Private Charter Sailing the Ionian Islands, Greece
Fully Crewed Yacht Charter, Ionian Islands
24th to 31st May, 2025
This is a sailing experience and unique holiday, all wrapped up together. Taking 7 days, we will sail a luxury catamaran Helia 44 around the islands of the Ionian Sea. For those interested in wine, expert Nathalie Amey will be onboard and will conduct informal tastings each evening for the aperitif featuring local artisan winemakers that dot these islands.
It will be a wonderful mix of good wine, wine appreciation, authentic Greek food in out of the way tavernas and of course superb sailing on a luxury catamaran.
Our Route
The yacht is based in Lefkas, with Preveza airport 30 minutes away by taxi transfer. From Lefkada we will sail south to Kefalonia, Ithaka and Zakynthos and the smaller islands Meganisi, Kalamos and Kastos. Each island has it's own unique wine and food culture that is waiting for us explore and savour. We will have a mix of overnight stops at anchor in secluded bays as well as overnights at the town quay in small villages we visit along the way. Distances between the islands are relatively short so we have lots of time for swimming, relaxing and going ashore each afternoon.
To get an idea of what you might see and do, click this link to view the image gallery from our last trip in these from 2022 - click here
More Information - The Islands of the Ionian Sea
The seven main islands of the Ionian Sea are: Kefalonia - the largest, was made famous by the book and movie ‘Captain Corelli’s Mandolin’. The island is covered in citrus trees, olive groves and vineyards and, on the northwest coast steep cliffs drop down to white pebble beaches.
In the north close to Albania is the second largest island, Corfu. The south of the island is covered with green farmland, vineyards and orange groves rising up to mountains in the north. The emperess Sissi had her palace here.
Just below Corfu is Paxos, the smallest of the Ionian islands, full of olive trees. This sleepy island has just three tiny villages - Gaios, Lakka and Loggos.
Lefkas is further south and covered with pine trees, beautiful beaches and picturesque harbour villages. It is close to the mainland and connected with a bridge. The second largest town on the island is Nidri with many restaurants, bars and a nice boulevard. Tiny islands like Meganissi where you might spot dolphins, and the wooded Skorpios, where the Onassis family had their home are just off the coast. Today you can’t get on to Skorpios island, because it’s protected, but we can sail you close enough.
The sixth island from north to south is Zakynthos, known for its rugged coastline with high cliffs (lime rock), in between which you will find small deserted beaches.
Ithaka, a small island east of Kefalonia, is the legendary home of Odysseus, hero of Homer’s Odyssey. The east coast has quiet waters and steady afternoon breezes. You may want to visit some beautiful towns like Frikes and Kioni.
Last but not least there is Kythira, sitting lonely at the south tip of the mainland of Greece. This is where Aphrodite (Greek Goddess of love) was supposedly born. The island is untouched and hilly in the north.
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