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Sailing Holidays

Essentially something for every occasion

Cruising the French Riviera and Italy’s Ligurian coast this summer, the high-end Beneteau Oceanis 50 yacht sleeps up to six guests – all in comfortable en-suite cabins.

Discover Messinia’s crystal-clear waters and historic coastline

Costa Navarino, the prime, sustainable destination in Greece’s southwest Peloponnese, is now offering sailing activities, to enjoy the warm Messinian sunshine and waters.

Top ten smaller cruise ports

Top ten smaller cruise ports

Those tired of arriving in port to find it crammed with giant ships and several thousand cruise passengers swarming all over town should consider cruising on a smaller ship with access to less crowded and more remote destinations.

Phoenicia cruises into Gibraltar’s Ocean Village

Phoenicia cruises into Gibraltar’s Ocean Village

Last time 21 metre Phoenicia came to Ocean Village in Gibraltar she was in the final throes of an epic 20,000 mile circumnavigation of Africa.

STCW-95 comes to Gibraltar’s Ocean Village with Allabroad Sailing Academy

STCW-95 comes to Gibraltar’s Ocean Village with Allabroad Sailing Academy

After seven years and significant financial investment, Gibraltar’s Allabroad Sailing Academy has recently earned MCA (UK Maritime Coastguard Agency) Approval for the STCW-95 (Standards of Training Certification and Watchkeeping) Basic Safety Training Courses.

Essential Sailing heads to Italian waters this summer

Essential Sailing heads to Italian waters this summer

Perfect for sailors and non-sailors alike, Essential Sailing combines sailing with gastronomy and sightseeing in three superb locations:

New luxury sailing experience comes to South Australia

New luxury sailing experience comes to South Australia

Kangaroo Island Sailing, South Australia's newest luxury experience, comes courtesy of Lady Eugenie, a magnificent 21-metre classic ketch rigged yacht boasting four double-size, air-conditioned state rooms each with private ensuites.

Save this summer on a family sailing holiday in Antigua

Save this summer on a family sailing holiday in Antigua

Nonsuch Bay Resort, the luxury sailing resort in Antigua is offering discounts of 25% on bookings taken during for the month of April for travel up until 14 December 2012.

Take the plunge in Murcia this spring

Take the plunge in Murcia this spring

As a nation of seafarers Brits can't wait to get out on the water, and while it's still too cold to get wet in the UK, the Spanish Region of Murcia offers a fantastic warm-weather location for a variety of watersports and diving.

Catamaran sailing in Turkey’s Gulf of Gulluk

Catamaran sailing in Turkey’s Gulf of Gulluk

A catamaran, complete with skipper and hostess, is the recipe for a memorable holiday in the Med with Journey Anatolia’s luxurious charters out of Bitez, on the Bodrum peninsula.

Romantic Roman holidays

Romantic Roman holidays

Star Clippers is offering three ways to combine a relaxing voyage on Royal Clipper, the elegant, five-masted flagship of the Star Clippers fleet of three stunning tall ships, with a stay in Rome.

Savings for singles on a fully-rigged five-mast sailing ship

Sailing holidays at reduced prices for solo travellers on board the Royal Clipper – the world’s largest fully-rigged five-mast sailing ship – is the offer from singles specialist, Friendship Travel.

New Swallows and Amazons adventure in Antigua

New Swallows and Amazons adventure in Antigua

Family sailing resort, Nonsuch Bay, has launched a new adventure, allowing children to have their very own Swallows and Amazons adventure in the warmth of Antigua.

Sailing for romantics with Star Clippers

Whether in celebration of Valentine’s Day, a spring wedding or a renewal of vows, tall ship specialist Star Clippers’ three graceful, fully-rigged sailing ships provide the most romantic setting imaginable from which to explore the world’s most exquisite islands and coastlines.

New `no-fly’ tall ship cruises for 2012

Star Clippers has introduced new travel-inclusive, no-fly holidays in the Mediterranean and the Baltic in 2012 for those tired of airport delays and luggage restrictions.