Private crewed cruises

Luxury Yacht Cruises Mediterranean

Luxury yacht cruises Mediterranean-wide are best understood as private, captain-led itineraries — not fixed cruise-line departures. Your yacht is the guest list, the pace and the schedule; the captain repositions overnight while you sleep, so mornings begin in a new bay. LYC Mediterranean shortlists the yacht and shapes the itinerary around how your group actually wants to travel.

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Private, not scheduled

A luxury yacht cruise in the Mediterranean is a private, captain-led week — closer in feel to a floating villa that repositions overnight than to a commercial cruise line.

How a private Mediterranean cruise is structured

Most cruises run seven nights, embarking Saturday and disembarking the following Saturday. The captain proposes a route based on your outline — anchorages, marinas, mileage — and adjusts it on board as wind, sea state and guest energy dictate.

Typical itineraries

Riviera cruises link Monaco, Saint-Tropez, Portofino and Corsica. Balearic cruises pair Palma, Ibiza and Formentera. In the East, cruises through the Cyclades or between Bodrum and Göcek anchor for lunch in one bay and dinner in another.

What a cruise week includes

The base fee covers the yacht, its professional crew and standard equipment. Fuel, provisioning, beverages, marina fees and taxes are handled through an APA or a MYBA plus-expenses model — typically 25–35% of the base fee.

Choosing the yacht for a cruise

Cruising range and interior volume matter more than raw length. A well-stabilised 40–55m motor yacht crosses distance comfortably; a 25–30m catamaran spends the week within one archipelago. LYC Mediterranean matches the yacht to how far you want to travel.

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