Every week we have planned, day by day

The best of the Italian Riviera

Portofino, Santa Margherita and the Cinque Terre from the water, with the harbour crowds left ashore.

Italian Riviera to the Amalfi Coast

Two coasts in one charter: Liguria down through Elba and Tuscany to Capri and Nerano.

French Riviera family week

Short hops, calm bays and the Lérins islands: the Riviera shaped around children who want to swim, not sightsee.

French Riviera beach clubs

Pampelonne to Paloma by tender: a week of long lunches and the water in between.

French Riviera, 10 nights

Monaco to the Îles d'Or with time to linger: the extra three nights go to Porquerolles and Port-Cros.

Riviera two-week escape

The whole coast from Menton to Hyères, plus a crossing to Corsica if the weather window opens.

Sardinia and Corsica island-hopping

Bonifacio's cliffs, the Maddalena's granite coves and Porto Cervo for one night only.

The Cyclades in a week

Mykonos for a night, then the quiet ones: Sifnos, Milos, Folegandros. The meltemi decides the order.

The Ionian Islands in a week

Flat water, green islands and short passages. The Greece we recommend for a first charter with children.

The Saronic Islands in a week

Board in Athens, be at anchor off Hydra for dinner. No flights, no ferries, no wasted day.

Ibiza in a week

Spain and the Balearics

Formentera's water by day, Ibiza's tables by night, and the north coast when you need a quiet morning.

Mallorca in a week

Spain and the Balearics

The Tramuntana coast, Cabrera's national park and Palma's old town, all inside one island.

Balearic escape, Ibiza to Mallorca

Spain and the Balearics

Two islands, one overnight passage, and the best of both.

All three Balearics in two weeks

Spain and the Balearics

Ibiza, Mallorca and Menorca with time to slow down. Menorca's Cala Macarella is the payoff.

The Leeward Islands in ten nights

Antigua to St Maarten, downwind the whole way: lunch at Nobu on Barbuda, Nevis and St Kitts, a weekend in St Barths and Anguilla's beaches to finish.

A week in St Barths and Anguilla

Three nights in St Barths over the weekend, Anguilla's beach picnic either side, and an uninhabited island in between. Six hours of cruising all week.

A week in the Grenadines

The Windward Islands, St Lucia to Grenada one way: the Pitons, Bequia, Mustique, the Tobago Cays and the Spice Island. Greener, wilder and far less spoken about.

A week in the Virgin Islands

From St Thomas: St John's park, the Caves at Norman Island, the Baths, Anegada's lobster and the Soggy Dollar. The first charter we recommend to most families.

St Barths then the Virgin Islands

A weekend in St Barths and Anguilla's beach picnic, an overnight passage downwind, then a week in the Virgins. St Maarten to St Thomas.

The Leeward and Windward Islands in 14 nights

St Maarten to Grenada, all the way down: St Barths, Nevis and St Kitts, Barbuda and Antigua, the French islands, Dominica, the Pitons and the Grenadines.

Whitsundays long weekend

Whitehaven, Hill Inlet and a night at Tongue Bay. The long weekend that converts people to boats.

Whitsundays in five days

Whitsundays

Adds Hook Island's north coast and a day on the outer reef to the essentials.

A week in the Whitsundays

The one we book most: every anchorage we would choose, in the order the trade winds suggest.

Whitsundays, two weeks

Whitsundays

Time for the outer reef properly, Bait Reef and the Ribbon Reefs, and lazy days nobody plans.

Pittwater escape

Pittwater

Sydney's national park on the water: Refuge Bay, The Basin and Palm Beach, an hour from the city.

Sydney to Pittwater, seven nights

Sydney

Board on the Harbour, round the Heads, and spend the week between the northern beaches and Broken Bay.

Rose Bay to Pittwater, extended

Pittwater

The long version: Harbour, Hawkesbury River and every beach in between.

A long weekend on the Harbour and Pittwater

Board at Rose Bay on Friday, a night inside the Heads, Cottage Point and Palm Beach over the weekend, home on Monday. The staycation Sydneysiders do.

Sydney to Port Stephens in a week

Two nights on the Harbour, a night in Pittwater, a night up the Hawkesbury River, three in Port Stephens for the dolphins, the dunes and Rick Stein, and a long day home. The best week within a day of Sydney.

The coast run: Gold Coast to the Whitsundays

When the fleet moves north in May or south in October, the passage is a great trip: Moreton Island, K'gari, Lady Musgrave on the southern Reef, Great Keppel and the Percy Isles, then the Whitsundays at the end. Match it to a yacht going up or coming down.

Cairns to Lizard Island: the northern Reef

The Low Isles, the Agincourt reefs, the Ribbon Reefs and Cod Hole, ending at Lizard Island with a flight home from its own strip. The Reef at its best, and almost no other boats.

The Southern Passage: New Year in the Percy Isles

New Year's Eve at anchor in the remote Percy Isles, Lady Musgrave in turtle season and a full day on K'gari, round trip from Hamilton Island. A New Year with no crowds.

The Kimberley: Broome to Darwin

Horizontal Falls, Montgomery Reef, the Prince Regent River, King Cascade, the Hunter River, Mitchell Falls and Vansittart Bay. The full adventure, in the dry season.

A week in the Kimberley: Broome and Cygnet Bay

A week out of Broome: Cygnet Bay, Horizontal Falls and Montgomery Reef, with the tenders doing the work. The shorter way into the Kimberley.

The Kimberley in three nights

A quick escape: Horizontal Falls and Montgomery Reef from Broome in four days.

Norway in winter: the orcas and the northern lights

Lofoten's fishing villages, the Lyngen Alps on skis or a husky sled, a day with a Sámi family and their reindeer, and a day in the water with the orcas. Evenes to Alta.

The Arctic Circle Passage: Bergen to Tromsø

The whole coast in a week under the midnight sun: Geiranger, the hole through Torghatten, the Arctic Circle at Træna, Manshausen, Lofoten and the whales off Andøya.

The Norwegian Fjords from Bergen

ARCTIC's home waters: Hardanger and Sogn, a helicopter onto two glaciers, cider farms, a Viking lunch and an island whisky distillery. Short legs, Bergen and back.

The Lyngen Alps and Senja from Tromsø

Ski from the yacht in spring, hike under the midnight sun in summer: the Lyngen Alps, the outer islands, Sommarøy's white beaches and Senja's peaks.

Svalbard: polar bears at 80° North

The strongest polar bear week we have: Pyramiden, the walrus at Poolepynten, Ny-Ålesund's icebergs, Magdalenefjorden and north to the pack ice.

Iceland's wild north from Akureyri

Humpbacks in Eyjafjörður, the sea baths at Húsavík, Dettifoss, puffins on the Arctic Circle at Grímsey and Icelandic horses in Skagafjörður.

Iceland's west and the Westfjords from Reykjavik

Snæfellsnes, the car-free island of Flatey, Dynjandi, Vigur's puffins, Hornstrandir by sea and the Látrabjarg cliffs. Direct flights at both ends.

East Greenland: Scoresby Sund

The biggest fjord system on earth: musk oxen, an Inuit hunting town, the iceberg graveyard round Red Island and walls of two thousand metres.

South Greenland: the Norse fjords

Erik the Red's farm, Hvalsey Church, Tasermiut's granite walls, a whole day through Prins Christian Sund and hot springs among the icebergs.

Nuuk and the Godthåb Fjord

Greenland's capital, humpbacks at the fjord mouth, Arctic char at Qooqqut, a glacier off the ice sheet and the Norse Western Settlement.

Disko Bay and the Ilulissat Icefjord

The flagship: stand on the ice sheet, then the icebergs of the Ilulissat Icefjord, a day in front of the calving Eqi glacier and Disko Island.

The Exumas in a week

Nassau to Staniel Cay and back: Norman's Cay, the Land and Sea Park, two nights at Staniel for the pigs, the grotto and the sharks at sunset, Pipe Creek and Shroud Cay. The week we send almost everyone on.

The Exumas and Harbour Island in ten nights

The milk run, then across Exuma Sound to Eleuthera for Harbour Island's pink sand, Dunmore Town by golf cart, horses on the beach and lunch at the Dunmore.

The whole Exuma chain in ten nights

One way, Nassau to George Town: two nights in the park, two at Staniel, then Black Point and Little Farmer's where the day boats never go, and a flight home from Great Exuma.

The Abacos in a week

The northern sailing ground from Marsh Harbour: Hope Town's lighthouse, Pete's Pub, Nippers on the dune, Treasure Cay's beach and New Plymouth. Flat water behind the cays, a different week from the Exumas.

A long weekend to Pig Beach from Nassau

Fly into Nassau on Friday, three nights around Staniel Cay for the pigs, the grotto, the sharks and a picnic in Pipe Creek, home on Monday. Or fly to the boat and skip the run.

A long weekend from Miami to Bimini

Fifty miles across the Gulf Stream on Friday, stingrays at Gun Cay and the Sapona wreck on Saturday, a day's sport fishing on Sunday, home on Monday. The weekend Florida does.

Komodo National Park in a week

Dragons on Rinca with a ranger, mantas at Makassar Reef, Padar at sunset and a volcano that bubbles: the route most of the fleet runs, here on ALIIKAI VOYAGE.

Komodo slowly, down to South Rinca

THE ORACLE's seven nights: the famous sites at a better hour, then a whole day in the park's wild south where the day boats never go.

Bali to Komodo along Sumbawa

Whale sharks in Saleh Bay, waterfalls on Moyo, a volcano at Sangeang, then three days in the park. CELESTIA's one-way week that beats the flight.

Raja Ampat, the north: Wayag and the Dampier Strait

Cape Kri, the Passage, Piaynemo's stairs, Wayag's karsts and the manta stations at Batanta. THE ORACLE's seven-night loop out of Sorong.

Raja Ampat, north and south: Misool to Wayil

Eight nights that add Misool's lagoons, a jellyfish lake and soft-coral caves to the strait's mantas and viewpoints. No anchorage repeated.

The Spice Islands, Sorong to Ambon

Four days in Misool, then the nutmeg islands: forts, a volcano before breakfast and the island traded for Manhattan. ALIIKAI VOYAGE's seasonal crossing.

The Banda Sea, Maumere to Ambon

An erupting volcano, Alor's muck and walls, two specks where hammerheads pass, and the Spice Islands. CELESTIA's dive crossing in September and October.

Fiji in a week

The Mamanucas and the southern Yasawas: reef, village visits and the sunsets MISCHIEF's crew talk about.

Fiji, 10 nights

Fiji

Further north through the Yasawas, with a Sunday church visit that stays with everyone.

Fiji, two weeks

Fiji

The Lau group and Taveuni: the Fiji almost nobody reaches, because it takes a boat and two weeks.

The Society Islands in a week

French Polynesia

Moorea, Huahine, Taha'a and Bora Bora. A week is exactly right for the leeward islands.

Tahiti and the Society Islands, 10 days

French Polynesia

Adds Raiatea's sacred marae and a slower run through the lagoons.

Polynesia, two weeks

French Polynesia

Time to include the Tuamotus: Rangiroa and Fakarava, the two best dives in the Pacific.

Fiordland exploration

New Zealand

Milford to Dusky Sound through the most remote cruising ground in the Pacific.

Maldives atolls and reefs

Maldives

Malé to Ari Atoll: manta cleaning stations, whale sharks and a different sandbank every lunch.

Maldives island explorer

Maldives

Baa Atoll's UNESCO reserve added on, with Hanifaru Bay in manta season.

The Nile, Luxor to Aswan

Five nights downriver on ARAX, Kazazian's 66-metre river boat: the Valley of the Kings before the coaches, Edfu and Kom Ombo from the water, a beach on an island in the Nile.