Sample Itinerary - 10 days

Day 1:
Nice airport is approx 20-30 minutes drive to the IYCA in Antibes. Depart for Monaco. This is a one-hour leisurely cruise and normally Guest will eat lunch during this short passage. Arrive in Monaco.

Day 2:
Spend the day in Monaco shopping and sightseeing. Visit the famous historical casinos and take a tour up to the royal palace. Definitely worth a visit.

Day 3:
Depart early morning for Portofino. This is a 6-7 hour run and one would normally depart to arrive before guests awake for breakfast. Lunch ashore and/or dinner at one of the exquisite restaurants, either the Splendido Hotel (great view), Splendido Mare (excellent seafood) or Puni (excellent everything). There is a saying in Italy: "There are no bad restaurants in Italy, it is just that some are better than others."

Day 4:
Breakfast cruise to Cinque Terra. Approximately one hour cruise to this anchorage. You can hike between 5 villages or take a small train/tram. There are no vehicles here. These villages are beautiful and the view from the top of the villages is rather spectacular. Dinner at anchor. Depart early morning for Elba. This is an eight-hour run.

Day 5:
Anchor in one of the scenic bays close to Porto Ferriao. Water sports for the day, lunch and dinner aboard. Elba has also some very historic sights around the island itself. Depart at midnight for Rome. This is an eight-hour run.

Day 6:
Spend the day here in Porto Turistico. Visit Rome for sightseeing and lunch ashore. Late evening after dinner onboard it is a pleasant walk along the walk front of the port and enjoy an after-dinner gelato. Rome is a 40-minute car ride from here.

Day 7:
Depart for Isola D'Ischia early morning. This a four-and-a-half hour run. Stern to here and spend the day. Visit the thermal mud baths, reputed to have excellent healing and rejuvenation qualities. Excellent shopping street here as well.

Day 8:
Depart after breakfast for Capri. 2 hour run. Spend the day at anchor around the back of Capri near the Faraglioni rocks. Water sports for the day and lunch ashore at the Restaurant on the Rocks. Excellent food and wine here. A great place to just chill out and watch the boats going by.

Day 9:
Depart for Positano after breakfast. One and a half hour run. Great place to anchor if the weather is kind. Once an artist colony, many artists came here to study and you can still see evidence of this wherever you go. Dinner at the San Pietro hotel. This hotel sits on a bluff overlooking the whole bay and is very impressive. This is one of the most prestigious hotels in this area. Dinner onboard and anchor here for the evening.

Day 10:
Depart at mid-morning after breakfast for Naples and departure. This is a three hour run.

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