{"id":51759,"date":"2020-07-23T18:17:19","date_gmt":"2020-07-23T22:17:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/?p=51759"},"modified":"2023-05-08T08:14:40","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T12:14:40","slug":"yacht-charter-the-med","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/story\/cruising-and-chartering\/western-med-still-the-best\/","title":{"rendered":"Yacht Charter the Med"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Severin<\/i><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n
\n Edmiston just welcomed this 180-foot Baglietto to the \u00adcharter fleet in the West Mediterranean. The yacht is a new build for 2020 and has more than 1,600 square feet of socializing space on the sun deck alone. Inside are an elevator as well as five or six staterooms for as many as 12 guests. A flexible space that can be used as the sixth stateroom, a massage room or a \u00adplayroom is up on the bridge deck.<\/span>\n Courtesy Edmiston<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t <\/figcaption>\n <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n\n

By some estimates, three-quarters of the world\u2019s charter business takes place every summer in the Mediterranean. And the stretch of coastline known as the West Med, including the French and Italian rivieras, continues to be the most popular region within this most popular place. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

The beauty of the West Med is that it changes constantly\u2014and yet not at all. Many of the towns and buildings have stood for centuries but have evolved, say, from family chateaus into public museums. The Cannes Film Festival and Monaco Grand Prix continue to be the season\u2019s kickoff events each May, but they lure increasingly impressive superyachts and A-list stars. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

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Namaste<\/i><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n
\n This 131-foot Tamsen is in the Ocean Independence charter fleet, with availability this summer on the French and Italian rivieras and in Spain\u2019s Balearic Isles. The yacht \u00adaccommodates 10 to 12 guests in five staterooms. The \u00admain-deck master has three walk-in \u00adclosets, as well as an office and a bar. Skylights in the salon serve double duty as a design detail on the sun\u00a0deck\u2019s \u201cdance floor.\u201d<\/span>\n Courtesy Ocean Independence<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t <\/figcaption>\n <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n\n

Antibes, France, is often used as the starting point for charters, thanks to the nearby airport at Nice and all of the yacht services nearby. From Antibes, itineraries can either hug the coastline or head out to islands including Corsica, Sardinia and Sicily. Multiweek charters can do both, combining the shopping and high-society fineries of St. Tropez, France, with the sunset views that turn mountains in the distance purple when they\u2019re viewed from Calvi. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

High season in the West Med\u2014July and August\u2014comes with premium pricing, and some yacht owners insist on bookings of two weeks or longer. If clients want a buzz-worthy yacht, then it\u2019s wise to book six months or even a year in advance. After all, one of the best ways to experience something unique in a classic destination is to be aboard a new yacht. <\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The western Mediterranean is one of the premiere charter destinations in the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28448,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"BS_author_type":"BS_author_is_guest","BS_guest_author_name":"Kim Kavin","BS_guest_author_url":"","hydra_display_date":"20200723","hydra_display_updated":false,"_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":"156","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"Take a deep dive on doing a crewed charter in the western Mediterranean.","_yoast_wpseo_title":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","arc_story_id":"5HZSTIJRXFERLBOKPTSWAWATTM","arc_website_url":"story\/cruising-and-chartering\/western-med-still-the-best\/","custom_permalink":"story\/cruising-and-chartering\/western-med-still-the-best\/","arc_subtype":"right-sidebar","arc_exclude_from_feeds":false,"sponsored":false,"sponsored_label":"Sponsored Content","sponsored_display_label":false,"sponsored_image":0,"post_right_rail":true,"post_right_rail_ad_1":true,"post_right_rail_ad_2":true,"post_right_rail_ad_3":false,"post_right_rail_ad_4":false,"post_right_rail_recirc":true,"fixed_anchor_ad":true,"post_top_ad":true,"post_off_ramp":true,"post_taboola":false,"labels":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[156],"tags":[1169,191,218,266,214,225,619],"acf":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51759"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51759\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}