{"id":9491,"date":"2023-11-10T19:26:21","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T19:26:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/?p=9491"},"modified":"2026-08-02T11:15:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T11:15:53","slug":"sailing-the-aegean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/sailing-the-aegean\/","title":{"rendered":"Sailing the Aegean"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I orginally created this page to plan some sailing cruises. I wanted to capture the fun and atmosphere of some of my sunsail trips. I was looking for a berth rental. Originally created in 2023, and I went with Farout Cruises in 2024 &amp; 2025. I rearranged this page in May 26. I didn&#8217;t cruise in the Med in 26 in the end, but gave the page another polish as I began to plan for 2027. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2027<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>I had a look at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncl.com\/uk\/en\/booking\/stateroom-offers\/stateroom?itineraryCode=VIVA10RAVDBVBARPIRJTRRHOKUSTHEIST&amp;shipCode=VIVA&amp;voyageId=24245147&amp;departureDate=2027-10-03&amp;selectedStateroomMeta=OCEANVIEW&amp;guestCount=1\">NCL&#8217;s Venice to Istanbul trip<\/a>, but the cheaper cabins have gone and its a bloody big boat. I asked ChatGPT for five companies that might do this trip. They <a href=\"https:\/\/chatgpt.com\/share\/6a5a58a8-c190-83eb-87fa-6a4a0602538e\">found five<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>One of the them, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azamara.com\/gb\/home\">Azamara <\/a>has a search page and does <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azamara.com\/search?search=athens\">a number of trips from Athens<\/a>. Prices quoted at per\/person. Athens to Venice via Turkey and Crete and back, 18 days \u00a35,250 p.p. (<em>Can any of them be split?<\/em>) Otherwise, <a title=\"Athens, includes Santorini and Istanbul\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azamara.com\/gb\/cruises\/on270424-014-greece-intensive-combination-cruise-santorini-volos-mykonos#itinerary-modal-51d68886-66e9-47cd-834c-a6a22ae0f080\">this<\/a>, <a title=\"Round trip from Athens, via the Aegean &amp; Istanbul, but neither Santorini, nor Crete\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azamara.com\/gb\/cruises\/on280629-009-greece-turkey-cruise-mykonos-volos-istanbul\">this <\/a>and <a title=\"Round trip from Athens, southern Aegean inc. Santorini; very affordable but July August, and so unbearably hot.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azamara.com\/gb\/cruises\/on260725-008-greece-intensive-cruise-syros-patmos-santorini\">this<\/a>, and 2028, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azamara.com\/gb\/cruises\/jr281028-007-greece-intensive-cruise-chios-rhodes-santorini\">Athens to Istanbul<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ChatGPT also suggests Windstar, who have this journey,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.windstarcruises.com\/tour-details\/PIRIST8D_LAND\/mediterranean\/piraeus-to-istanbul\/11-day-istanbul-icons-and-aegean-artifacts-cruise-tour\/?pkgid=1048553\"> Istanbul to Pireaus, via the Corinth Canal<\/a>, but also fucked because of the p.p. quote of \u00a34,500.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I also found this site earlier in the year; <a href=\"https:\/\/sailing-classics.com\/en\/sailing-yacht-journeys\/sailing-trip-from-santorini-in-the-cyclades\/\">A sailing trip from Santorini in the Cyclades<\/a>, by &#8220;Sailing Classics&#8221; on a a proper yacht, they have three, <a href=\"https:\/\/sailing-classics.com\/en\/rhea\/\">this is one the them<\/a>. They are quoting \u20ac3,500 p.p.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Like once before, I may have to <strong>DIY<\/strong>, here&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/chatgpt.com\/share\/6a5a9117-a190-83eb-a071-8737136273b5\">ChatGPTs ideas<\/a>, and here&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ferries.gr\/en\/ferry-routes\/\">the flying dolphins 2026<\/a>. They reckon \u00a31800 + flights. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2025<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adventure-life.com\/\">Adventure Life<\/a> offer a cruise on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adventure-life.com\/cruises\/223\/harmony-g\">a super yacht<\/a>, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adventure-life.com\/greece\/cruises\/17951\/ionian-odyssey-cruise\">their Ionian odyssey cruise<\/a> page from Piraeus to Corfu and Ithica and back. They also offer a trip called, from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adventure-life.com\/mediterranean\/cruises\/4498\/antiquity-to-byzantium#overview\">&nbsp;Antiquity to Byzantium<\/a>, where the main attraction maybe the boat which is, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adventure-life.com\/cruises\/225\/galileo\">the Galileo, a three mast sailing ship<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.co.uk\/maps\/d\/edit?mid=17Aj8bTBSvK4h1R-BMhy-slAKYOvcmK8&amp;usp=sharing\">current route<\/a>. The Galileo also does a journey <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adventure-life.com\/greece\/cruises\/2301\/jewels-of-the-cyclades#itinerary\">called Jewels of the Cyclades<\/a>.<em> Xmas 2024<\/em> They also offer a trip, on a motor yacht called the Douglas Mawson, the trip is called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adventure-life.com\/mediterranean\/cruises\/18562\/sailing-the-greek-islands#overview\">Sailing the Greek Islands<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2024\/5<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>I made some notes in 2024, these need checking as to if they are still doing things:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluecruise.co.uk\/cabin-charter\">blue cruise, their cabin charter page<\/a> about \u00a3850 + 70% p.w. = \u00a31,445 probably + flight but the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluecruise.co.uk\/ada-deniz-gulet\">Ada Deniz<\/a> looks cool.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medsailholidays.com\/athens-cabin-itinerary\/\">https:\/\/www.medsailholidays.com\/athens-cabin-itinerary\/<\/a> from &amp; to Athens<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yachtgetaways.com\/summer-2024\">https:\/\/www.yachtgetaways.com\/summer-2024<\/a> destinations in Croatia or Greece, (Paros, Lefkas or Corfu), definitely do book a cabin but expensive. I misread the currency, they quote in Euros, but don&#8217;t mention a single berth uplift. \u20ac1632 pp, but I assume based on full rooms and they are all doubles.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goolets.net\/blog\/7-amazing-facts-about-turkey-gulets\">https:\/\/www.goolets.net\/blog\/7-amazing-facts-about-turkey-gulets<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<a name=\"2025\"><\/a>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Unfulfilled dreams for 2025<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>On <a href=\"https:\/\/www.faroutcruises.com\/blue-cruise-turkey\/fethiye-kekova-fethiye.html\">the trip to Turkey with Farout Cruises<\/a>, I found <a href=\"http:\/\/go-sailgreece.com\/8-day-aegean-to-ionian\/\">this, a trip from Santorini to Zaynthios<\/a>, by boat, although it\u2019s by bus from Athens to Lefkas and thus avoids the Corinth Canal which would be the point of it, and ferry from Santorini to Athens. It\u2019s also 18-39. I wrote to them to see if they plan an older fogies trip, and they said they would, but eventually I made other plans. I <a href=\"https:\/\/go-sailgreece.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Aegian-to-Ionian-01.svg\">captured their route map<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are several Google hits suggesting it\u2019s possible. There are two trips advertised, from the Saronic Gulf i.e. the Athens side, from <a href=\"https:\/\/enjoytoursgreece.gr\/Excursions\/sailing-across-corinth-canal\/\">Enjoy tours Greece<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/corinthcanalcruises.gr\/index-en.html\">Corinth canal cruises<\/a>; these are there and back again trips. I wonder if I can put something together myself. Tripadvisor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tripadvisor.co.uk\/Attraction_Review-g1188932-d2454053-Reviews-Corinth_Canal-Isthmia_Loutraki_Corinthia_Region_Peloponnese.html\">have advice<\/a> on the Corinth Canal<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Beyond my reach<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"THIS GENTLEMAN&#039;S YACHT WILL MAKE YOU DREAM OF OWNING HER!   &quot;LARIMAR&quot;!!!!\" width=\"1099\" height=\"618\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Pr4fSpTxIFM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.charterworld.com\/index.html?sub=yacht-charter&amp;charter=motor-yacht-larimar-7711\">https:\/\/www.charterworld.com\/index.html?sub=yacht-charter&amp;charter=motor-yacht-larimar-7711<\/a>, Now chartering at \u20ac20K per week, although room for upto 12 guests!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">See also<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>I also, on my <a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/greece\">Greece<\/a> page, on this wiki, documented <a href=\"https:\/\/www.island-sailing.com\/yacht-charter-greece\/\">Island Sailing<\/a> who don&#8217;t seem to offer a berth only and also <a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/getting-back-to-sea\/\">Getting back to sea<\/a> which offers some mile builder trips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trailfinders <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trailfinders.com\/cruise\/operators\/silversea-cruises\">work with Silversea<\/a> to offer trips with smaller boats, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trailfinders.com\/tours\/europe\/greece\/tour-island-hopping-in-greece\">an Island hopping experience<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I orginally created this page to plan some sailing cruises. I wanted to capture the fun and atmosphere of some of my sunsail trips. I was looking for a berth rental. Originally created in 2023, and I went with Farout Cruises in 2024 &amp; 2025. I rearranged this page in May 26. I didn&#8217;t cruise&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9492,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[79],"tags":[2281,550,2001,353,108,2002,1539],"class_list":["post-9491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel","tag-cruise","tag-greece","tag-gulet","tag-sailing","tag-travel-2","tag-turkey","tag-yachting"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@davelevy_eu\/111876114859348603","error":""},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/gulet-flyanywherecouple-unsplash-w1200-crpd-v2.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9491"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14534,"href":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9491\/revisions\/14534"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}