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Holidays Greece

Yacht Charters Guide
8 steps towards a perfect sailing holiday.
Charter companies
Unbiased advice on charter companies, sailing areas etc.
Sailing holidays in Greece
Information about sailing and cruising the Greek Islands.
Sailing Greece
Toponyms, Greek chart terms, Peloponnese passages, Ionian or Ionic, Yacht charter bases.
Dolphins and Whales of Greece
A identification guide to the Greek cetaceans.
Gulets cruises Turkey & Greece
Blue cruises and Gulet charters in Greece and Turkey.
Gulet companies
Reliable gullet companies in the Aegean and Carian (Bodrum, Marmaris, Fethiye).
Flotilla holidays Greece
Flotilla sailing in the Greek islands.
Crewed yacht charters
Skippered or fully crewed charter yachts.
Meltemi winds
Meteorology: Etesian winds explained.
Seawater temperatures
Surface temperatures for swimming at beaches and anchorages.
Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
Formalities & Customs
Entering, sailing and chartering your own yacht in Greece.
Greek Waters Pilot
Distances between Greek ports
Bareboat requirements
Licenses needed to charter a bareboat yacht.

• When to sail Greece
  The Greek sailing season.
• Choosing a yacht
  What type and size of yacht should you charter.
• Catamaran versus monohull
  Advantages and disadvantages of both monohulls and catamarans.
• Budget & Last-minutes
  Last minutes and budget yacht charters.
• Yacht charter provisioning
  Provisioning and shopping lists to aid your yacht charter holiday.
• Assisted bareboat charters
  The ideal mix between bareboats and flotillas.
• Greek chart terms
• Greek fishing methods
  Fishing techniques in Greece.
• Athens weather graps
  Temperatures, precipitation, humidity.
• Bodrum weather graps
  Temperatures, precipitation, humidity.

The sailing areas
The charter areas in Greece - choose between the Ionian, Dodecanese, Cyclades and Argosaronic Gulf.
Top 10 Greek islands

Yachting guide
to Greece, Turkey and the Adriatic.

• Sailing routes Cyclades
  Itineraries in the south Aegean Sea.
• Sailing routes Argolida - Saronic
  Itineraries in the Saronic and Argolic Gulfs.
• Sailing routes Ionian
  Itineraries in the Ionian Sea.
• Sailing routes Dodecanese
  Itineraries in the Dodecanese Sea.
• Oneway routes Aegean
  One-way itineraries.
• Ionian waypoints
  GPS waypoints for the Ionian islands - Greece.
• Flights & ferries
  Organize your own ideal flights and travel arrangements to sail in Greece or Turkey.
• Sailing between Greece & Turkey
  Crossing the border.

All Greek islands
of the Ionian and Aegean Seas.

Crete
Yacht charters in the south Aegean Sea.

Thasos • Lemnos • Chalkidiki
Sailing in the Northern Aegean.

Cyclades
Sailing guide to the Cyclades and the Aegean.
Full list of Cyclades islands and their Greek, Ancient Greek, Medieval and Latin names.

• Kea
  Cruising holiday in Kea Island.
• Andros and Tinos
  Yachting guide to Andros and Tinos islands.
• Kythnos
  Sail Kythnos Island.
• Syros
  Yachting guide to Syros Island.
• Serifos
  Sailing holiday in Serifos Island.
• Sifnos
  Charter guide to Sifnos Island.
• Mykonos and Delos
  Sailing guide to Mykonos and Dilos Islands.
• Paros and Antiparos
  Yachting guide to Paros and Antiparos Islands.
• Naxos
  Yachting guide to Naxos Island and the Little Cyclades - Karos, Iraklia, Skhinousa, Katokoufonisia.
• Amorgos
  Sailing holiday in Amorgos Island - Katapola.
• Milos and Kimolos
  Charter guide to Milos and Kimolos Islands.
• Folegandros and Sikinos
  Yachting guide to Folegandros and Sikinos Islands - Karavostasi.
• Ios
  Sailing guide to Ios Island.
• Santorini
  Sailing guide to Santorini Island and Thira, Thirasia - the volcano.

Northern Sporades
Sailing guide to the Northern Sporades.

• Skiathos
  Sailing holiday in Skiathos Island.
• Skopelos
  Sailing guide to Skopelos Island.
• Alonissos and Peristera
  Yachting guide to Alonissos and Peristera Islands.
• Pelagos
  Yachting guide to Pelagos and the northern islands.
• Skyros
  Sailing guide to Skyros Island.

Ionian Sea
Sailing guide to the Ionian Islands and Preveza.

• Corfu
  Sailing holiday in Corfu, Paxos and Antipaxos.
• Lefkas
  Sailing guide to Lefkas and Meganisi Island.
• Kefalonia and Ithaca
  Sailing guide to Kefallinia and Ithaca Island.
• Zakynthos
  Yachting guide to Zante Zakynthos Island.

Saronic and Argolida
Yachting guide to the Peloponnese, Argosaronic gulf and Athens.

• Argolida
  Sailing holiday in the Argolid: Nafplion, Argos and the Argolic Gulf.
• Spetses Island
  Sailing guide to Spetses Island.
• Hydra gulf
  Yachting guide to Hydra gulf and Ermioni.
• Poros approach
  Sailing guide to Poros Island.
• Aegina Island
  Yachting guide to Aegina Island.
• Saronic gulf and Athens
  Cruising guide to the Saronic gulf and Athens.
• Alimos marina
  Yacht charters out of Athens.

Dodecanese Sea
Cruising holidays in the Dodecanese and Sporades.
Full list of Dodecanese islands and their Greek, Ancient Greek, Medieval, Turkish and Latin names.

• Chios island
  Psara and Chios in the Eastern Sporades
• Samos
  Yacht charter base of Pythogorion (Pithagorion) marina on Samos
• Patmos
  Sailing guide to Patmos, Arki, Lipso, Agathonisi and Farmakonisi.
• Leros and Kalymnos
  Sailing guide to Kalimnos and Leros island.
• Kos, Nisyros and Tilos
  Sailing guide to Kos, Nisyros and Tilos.
• Astypalea
  Sailing guide to Astypalea Island.
• Symi
  Sailing guide to Symi Island.
• Rhodes
  Sailing guide to Rhodes Island.

Logbooks

• Chalkidiki - Skiathos - part 1 
  Thessaloniki, Sithonia, Athos, Chalkidiki.
• Chalkidiki - Skiathos - part 2 
  Chalkidiki – Kyra Panagia (Pelagos).
• Chalkidiki - Skiathos - part 3 
  Kyra Panayia – Alonissos – Skopelos.
• Chalkidiki - Skiathos - part 4 
  Skopelos – Skiathos – Volos – Thessaloniki.
• Athens - Milos - part 1
  Exploring the Saronic from Athens to Poros via Angistri and Palaia Epidavros.
• Athens - Milos - part 2
  From Poros to Kithnos via Hydra, Ermioni and Spetses.
• Athens - Milos - part 3
  From Kithnos to Paros, via Serifos and Sifnos.
• Athens - Milos - part 4
  From Paros to Melos via Ios, Santorini - Thira, Poliagos and Folegandros.
• Sailing holidays Lefkas
  Ionian Sea: Lefkas Kalamos Kastos Astakos Kefalonia Meganisi Ithaca Preveza.
• Sailing vacation (Lesser) Cyclades 1
  Amorgos Anafi Syros
• Sailing vacation (Lesser) Cyclades 2
  Delos Naxos Anafi Irakleia Mykonos
• Sailing Greece – Ionian   1: Lefkas - Kefalonia
  Preveza, Lefkada Meganisi Kalamos Kastos Atokos Ithaca
• Sailing Greece – Ionian   2: Kefalonia - Ithaca
  Effimia Assos Fiskardo
• Sailing Greece – Ionian   3: Ithaca - Lefkas
  Frikes Kioni Sivota Meganisi Vathi
• Athens bareboat vacations   1: Athens - Milos
  Alimos marina Hydra Kithnos Serifos
• Athens bare boat vacations   2: Milos - Paros
  Ios Schinoussa Parikia
• Athens bare boat vacations   3: Paros - Athens
  Syros Kythnos Hydra Poros Epidavros
• Greece sailing adventure 1
  Kalamata Lefkas Meganisi Kefalonia Zakynthos Katakolon Kiparissia Pylos Koroni
• Greece sailing adventure 2
  Poros Fiskardo Sami Kefalonia Astakos Vathy Inland Sea Kastos Kalamos Spartachori Lefkas
• Greece sailing adventure 3
  Lefkas Corfu Paxos Plataria Petriti Gouvia
• Greece sailing adventure 4
  Erikoussa Gouvia Kassiopi Corfu Antipaxos Preveza
• Greece sailing adventure 5
  Lefkas Ionian Sea
• Northern Sporades 1
  Skiathos Skopelos Alonissos
• Northern Sporades 2
  Alonissos Kyra Panagia Porto Koufo Sykia Diaporos
• Northern Sporades 3
  Diaporos (Lemnos, nearly sinking) Sykia (repairs) Porto Koufo (further repairs) Planitis Skopelos (engine failure) Skiathos
• Greece 1 - yacht charters Athens – Ithaca
  Alimos Cyclades Aegina Poros Corinth canal
• Greece 2 - yacht charters Ithaca – Corinth
  Preveza Corinth Canal Cyclades Parga meganisi Lefkas
• Greece 3 - yacht charters Corinth – Santorini
  Sifnos Sounion Kythnos Kea Folendros Cyclades
• Greece 4 - yacht charters Santorini – Hydra
  Kythnos Syros Poros Aegina Angistri Cyclades Saronic Gulf
• Greece 5 - yacht charters Hydra – Athens
  Argolic Nafplio Spetses Aegina Saronic Alimos marina
• Sailing in Greece: Ionian + Aegean
  longer than a month yacht charters Lefkas, Peloponese, Cyclades, Corinth canal
• Sailing in Turkey: Caria + Lycia
  Bodrum, Göcek, Fethiye, Datça, Knidos, Symi Dodecanese, Carian + Lycian coasts
• Zeilen in Lefkas - Logboek
  Zeilvakantie in the Ionische Zee: Lefkas - Kefalonia - Meganisi - (Sailing Ionian Sea) in Dutch.
• Old logbook Cyclades
  An old logboek of our trip along Kea, Kythnos, Syros, Sounion, Aegina etc, - in Dutch.
• Segeln Törn Athen Kykladen [PDF] - in German and translated Bareboat sailing holidays Cyclades [PDF] - in English