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Athens

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One of the world’s oldest cities, Athens’ location in Southern Greece made it an important gateway to Europe, Asia, and Africa. Today, Athens remains beloved of sailors for much the same reason. Our base in Athens’ Zea Marina offers rewarding conditions for experienced sailors, with strong winds and exhilarating blue water crossings between the Saronic and Cycladic islands satisfying your taste for adventure.

The human race may belong to Africa’s Great Rift Valley, but Western civilization can trace its origins to Athens. Beyond the history, culture, and lifestyle of this 5,000-year-old city, the Mediterranean offers a world of opportunities for coastal and ocean sailors to explore. Greece boasts more than 2,000 islands of great variety, including the lush and historic islands of the Saronic Gulf and the world-famous Cyclades.

Picturesque Kea lies a stone’s throw from Athens itself, offering sandy beaches, traditional fishing villages, ancient ruins, and even the remains of a bronze-age settlement. Whatever you want from a Greek sailing vacation – fine food and drink, open water adventures, sun-drenched beaches or wild nights out – it’s all in reach on an Athens sailing holiday.

Highlights

  • Ancient relics and ruins
  • Catch the famous Meltemi wind
  • Excellent blue water sailing
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Athens one-week bareboat

Crystal seas, paradise islands Discover the Saronic and Cycladic islands on a bareboat charter vacation from our base at Zea Marina. Strong winds and long spells of blue water sailing make the Saronic Gulf ideal for more experienced skippers, with the famous Meltemi wind. This wind can occur anytime between May and October but is most frequent in summer, June through  September. Its maximum strength and duration is during July and August. It may blow for a single day or up to a week, although usually, 3 to 4 days is most common. This wind can offer welcome relief on a hot summers day when temperatures in and around Athens can be very hot. Sail at your own pace and discover the ancient relics, stunning scenery and lively culture of the Aegean Sea on a bareboat charter vacation.

Highlights

  • Aegean seafood
  •  Historic Athens
  •  Traditional villages
  •  Epidaurus Theatre
  •  Fantastic Saronic sailing
  •  Great hiking and snorkeling
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Cyclades two-week itinerary

Take the helm and enjoy our recommended two-week bareboat sailing holiday itinerary around the Cyclades islands, the most popular island group in the Aegean Sea. The name “Cyclades” refers to the islands forming a circle around the island of Delos, and these islands are some of the most beautiful in the world! Set sail from our Athens base and experience stunning sandy beaches, distinctive white and blue architecture, friendly locals, folk music and breath-taking landscapes as you island hop your way around the islands taking on the adventure one day at a time!

Highlights

  •  Fantastic Saronic Sailing
  •  Sacred Island of Delos
  •  Little Venice in Mykonos
  •  The Temple of Poseidon in Sounio
  •  Serifos Cave of Koutalas
  •  Great hiking, diving and snorkelling
  •  Katafiki Cave in Kythnos
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What Guests are Saying

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“i have a group of sailing friends and we have been doing a bareboat charters around the world together each year for the last 20 years.
this year we went to Sunsail: Antigua
first let me talk about the base – nelson’s dock yard is a wonderful, protected landing and a nice place to start and end the journey – interesting things to see, easy access to stores to provision and buy souvenirs, lots of fun restaurants to try. the team at sunsail put the boat on and off the dock before handing the boat over (kind of like having a pilot coming into a major harbor), so while our crew may have enjoyed the challenge, we were also fine not having the drama of docking a boat we did not have a lot of experience with.
next antigua – plenty of great sailing detinations – the winds and weather did not disappoint. lots of easy to navigate to anchorages…..just easy and fun and interesting.
the boat – we had a Sunsail 44 with a 4 cabin layout. it was in good working order, clean, intelligently laid out and sailed very nicely. one of the nicest roomiest monohulls for its size.
the team at Sunsail – the team at the base were friendly and helpful and professional. there is a lot more paperwork and explicit focus on safety then in the old days. however the team was thorough in their boat and map briefing and didn’t rush it and took our followup questions and made us comfortable. we enjoyed their smile and enthusiasm seeing us start our charter and their smiles and help winding things up.
another great holiday – thanks Sunsail.”
skyehigh Agana

“We just came back from a week flotilla in Croatia. Our lead crew was amazing, Esme was on hand for bookings, Fraser welcomed us into every dock showing remarkable patience when the boys line throwing went wrong and Miha visited every night to check on all things technical”
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“Huge thanks to Amy Smith for the fun and professional course with Sunsail Agana ! Amy is a very talented and thorough instructor. Her calm and patient approach certainly helped to get all Comp Crew and Skippers Ticket candidates across the line ! Thank you Amy ! You are a gem 😊”
K7070JAsimonj Agana

“We sailed as a family for a week with Rob from Sunsail. The children earned their RYA “Competent Crew”, my wife and I “Day Skipper”. We had a great time and learned a lot. Rob was great with the kids.”

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