Greece sailing vacation for families
A sailing adventure through Greece’s Ionian islands perfect for groups of 4-8 people, and suitable for first-timers and families. The skipper steers you between activities as you explore the nature, culture and history of the islands.
Kastos Atokos Ithaca Kefalonia
£585To£733 excluding flights
This is a yacht charter vacation for private groups.
Prices are per person (based on 6 guests).
Includes all the yacht costs (fuel, cleaning, marinas, taxes), skipper, linen, towels and our package (telescope, snorkelling, walks, sailing lesson).
Prices are per person (based on 6 guests).
Includes all the yacht costs (fuel, cleaning, marinas, taxes), skipper, linen, towels and our package (telescope, snorkelling, walks, sailing lesson).
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2 Reviews of Greece sailing vacation for families
5 out of 5 stars
Reviewed on 20 Aug 2023 by Ian Stone
1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your vacation?
I think the freedom. We could choose where to sail, where to stop, when to eat or drink, and all this in beautiful locations.
2. What tips would you give other travelers booking this vacation?
Do it. It was fantastic. Travel light - you only need a holdall’s worth of clothes.
3. Did you feel that your vacation benefited local people, reduced environmental impacts or supported conservation?
Yes.
4. Finally, how would you rate your vacation overall?
The best vacation ever.
Reviewed on 13 Jul 2023 by Deidre Weinstein
1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your vacation?
We loved exploring bays - especially the quiet ones with no one else around!
It was also fascinating to see some of the towns en route and the beautiful buildings of the area.
My favourite bay was Koutsoupia on the island of Kefalonia.
2. What tips would you give other travelers booking this vacation?
Bring some clothes pegs to clip your towel to the side of the boat to dry! If you bring individual metal bottle holders for your water it will stay cooler for longer and if they have different designs you will know who's is who's.
3. Did you feel that your vacation benefited local people, reduced environmental impacts or supported conservation?
Yes, we spent money in local restaurants, bars and cafes, in bakeries and shops.
We used local taxi services and stayed in accommodation in Lefkada too.
We tried to conserve water on the boat with short showers and only used the air conditioning unit when necessary.
4. Finally, how would you rate your vacation overall?
Excellent! We all had a wonderful time... The route was well planned to take in as much as possible in the time we had. The boat was well equipped with plenty of space in the cabins and communal areas. Above all our skipper Paris was so friendly, professional and a mine of information he helped to make the trip so memorable.
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Planet
We have been sailing and exploring the marine system of the Ionian Sea since 2009 and have therefore developed knowledge and experience of both the beauty and also the threats. This way we have seen the problems that human activities create to the sea. We have tried and done our best to minimise our impact and reduce our energy demands by sailing as much as possible, using environmental friendly materials, minimise use of single use plastic, minimise waste and use renewable ways to generate electricity.We alert our guests not to disturb the marine life and ecosystems while diving.
Always taking care not to leave litter, be gentle in the way that we collect herbs (e.g. we hand-pick sage or oregan but with care not to hurt the plant so it can continue its cycle).
- We eat local . Almost everything comes from local producers and farms. We use and strongly suggest season products.
- We sail as much as possible and plan trip always to be wind favoured.
- We mainly use solar power from our P/V system.
- We encourage minimal fresh water use for showers and washing. All the loads on board are designed efficintly for low power consumption ( eg. LED bulbs).
- We have a special drinkable water tank (BISPHENOL A FREE / PHTHALATE - FREE ) , carbon filter, and hand pump so we don't use plastic bottles onboard for drinking ( a huge issue on yachting) .
In general sailing life itself consists in low energy consumption way of living . That's the spirit that we want to commune with our guests.
People
We suggest to our guests specific local and family-run restaurants where we have been interacting with the owners and personnel for a long time. Local guides are employed for excursions to visit an archaeological site or for a guided hike or for other aquatic activities or even wine tasting.There is also a specific issue that we highlight to all our guests, which is the sea farms. In our opinion they are extremely difficult to be really sustainable as they use both drugs and fish food with questionable origin. Instead, we suggest eating fresh fish brought in daily by fishermen (we can tell you which types of fish are likely to have been farmed).
The trip is custom and personalised and, therefore, is against a major problem of Greece which is mass tourism. We don’t promote “all-inclusive” packages and do not organise massive flotillas (like many companies that work on the sailing vacations sector).
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