welcome
WELCOME
TO THE 2021 EDITION OF THE Y YACHTING ITINERARIES!
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ublishing a few weeks later than usual, we have returned from some downtime during the coronavirus outbreak. Our HQ in Palma de Mallorca is out of lockdown and while the Mediterranean yachting season has yet to get underway, signs are hopeful that we will be seeing everyone back on the water before long. And the good news is, we have some ideas about how to extend your season! If this is the first edition of our guide you have seen, each year we feature different destinations and fresh ideas for things to see and do on your yachting travels. Many plans will have been changed, deferred or cancelled due to the coronavirus, so in this edition we thought we would focus on some alternative itineraries. For many, your cruising programmes will be later than usual, with owners and guests possibly missing out on time on board. But fear not. We have some suggestions for how you might extend your Med season, with some interesting holiday ideas for the autumn and winter, without an Atlantic crossing. The front cover is a strong clue to our main theme. In collaboration with our partners, the Port Authority of Melilla, we bring you a North African itinerary! Setting off from Melilla, the Spanish exclave on Morocco’s Mediterranean coast, we cruise to the fabulous city of Tangier, at the northwesterly tip of the African continent. Morocco’s Berber and Arabic culture and architecture provide something very different from the more usual Mediterranean itinerary, while benefiting from the best winter climate in the region.
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