Greek Islands

The destination

Greece is less a destination than a lifetime's project — six thousand islands and islets spread across seas that have carried sailors for four millennia. For charterers, two cruising grounds stand out. The Cyclades deliver the Greece of the imagination: whitewashed villages, the meltemi filling your sails, Mykonos by night and deserted Koufonisia by day. The Ionian, on the western side, is its gentler sibling — green islands, flat calm water and family-friendly distances between Lefkada, Kefalonia and Ithaca. Everywhere, the rhythm is the same: swim, eat, sail, repeat. Tavernas serve fish landed that morning, anchorages cost nothing, and the light at seven in the evening justifies the journey on its own. Whether you want a catamaran ambling through the Ionian or a fast motor yacht doing the Cyclades in style, Greece delivers a charter you will measure others against.