Coast Of Colour

Embark in Genoa, where 100 colourful palaces are protected by UNESCO. Join our eBike tour to residences hung with paintings by Rubens and Caravaggio. Then pause for Genoese street eats like chestnut doughnuts and octopus fritters. This evening your captain will position off Camogli. The resort is like Portofino in the 1950s. La Dolce Vita discovered.

Enjoy the ultimate Portofino morning: Peach bellinis at the Hotel Splendido, followed by a celebratory cliff jump off Portofino Lighthouse. Swim back to your yacht for a siesta. Then tender in to Da Giorgio, a simple seafood restaurant suspended over the Mediterranean. For the afternoon, consider a short excursion to San Fruttuoso, where you can dive to visit the famous Christ of the Abyss statue.

This morning ride a Vespa scooter through a movie set. Santa Margherita looks like a Hollywood version of Italy. Motor past palm trees for a private tour of Villa Durazzo, a 16th-century palace. Your epic morning ends with organic gelatos in Santa Margherita marina: pistachio, mandarin, fig. Munch them on the tender back to your waiting yacht. Dinner? Your yacht, your choice.

Today your tender will hop among the Cinque Terre. These five Technicolor villages make up Italy’s cutest National Park. Kayak 11 different canoeing routes. Snorkel eight underwater itineraries. Cycle rollercoaster bike circuits that zigzag through vineyards. Cool off with Cinque Terre’s favourite drink while overlooking the Mediterranean: locally-sourced limoncello over crushed ice.

Today, undertake the Italian Riviera’s most unique experience. Your Y.CO Charter Specialist can secure a diving permit within a Marine Protected Area. Scuba shipwrecks like the 80m-long Bolzaneto, a sunken Italian steamship colonised by lobster and damselfish. Or follow a snorkel trail via sea stars and trumpetfish. Want to jump for joy? Leap from your inflatable trampoline into 25°C seas.

This morning your tender will speed you to Italy’s St Tropez. Here, 100 beach clubs promise shaded cabanas and private pools, with Tokyo mule cocktails on demand. Still thirsty? Take our SUV tour around Tuscany’s wine terroir. Sample organic wines at sundown. Then party on your anchored yacht until dawn.

Wake up in Porto Venere, a medieval town with three secret islands to share with yacht charter guests. Swim to Palmaria Island, which is riddled with snorkel caves and wild beaches. Kayak past Tino Island, which is inhabited only by butterflies. Party on Tinetto Island. Where the only beach club for miles around is on your yacht.