Do I need to know how to sail?

No. Your skipper does the sailing and navigation. You can take the helm or help with the sails if you like, or just enjoy the coast.

Where do we sleep, and is it warm?

In a private double cabin aboard the yacht, with hot showers, heating and fresh linen. Nights are spent in marinas, never at anchor.

What's the weather like at Christmas?

December in Alicante averages about 17 °C by day and 7 °C at night, with plenty of sun and only a few rainy days. The sea is around 16 °C. Bring warm layers for the evenings on deck.

Soft bags rather than hard suitcases, warm layers and a waterproof jacket, soft-soled shoes for deck, and something smart for the gala evening. Towels and linen are provided.

Can I book as a single guest?

Yes. Cabins are sold whole, so a single guest pays the cabin price and has the cabin to themselves.

We have a food allergy or don't eat shellfish.

Tell us when you book. There's always an alternative main course, and the chef adapts the menu for allergies and diets.

How does the New Year's Eve party work?

Benidorm has held a free public party on Levante beach for years: the Madrid chimes on big screens, fireworks over the bay and Big Ben shown live at one o'clock. We take you there by private transfer after dinner and bring you back to the boat. If you'd prefer a reserved venue, we can arrange it at extra cost.

Can we book the whole boat?

Yes: all three cabins for a group of up to six, at the whole-boat price shown above.

Send a request below. We reply personally to confirm the cabin, then send a secure link to pay the 25% deposit; the balance is due by 1 December.

Christmas & New Year · Costa Blanca

Christmas and
New Year at sea.

Two small cruises from Marina Alicante, three nights each. South for Christmas, with a gala dinner aboard on Christmas Eve; north for New Year, with lobster, champagne, the twelve grapes and a fiesta in Benidorm. Six guests per departure.

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38°20′N 0°29′W · Marina Alicante

Christmas at Sea

23–26 December

Alicante · Tabarca · Santa Pola

Christmas Eve gala aboard · Christmas Day sail and lunch

From €1,725 per guest, two sharing

€3,450 per double cabin · early-bird until 31 October · then €3,750 from 1 November

Whole boat, three cabins: €10,350

3 cabins available

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New Year at Sea

29 December – 1 January

Alicante · Villajoyosa · Altea · Benidorm

Lobster & champagne gala · twelve grapes · Benidorm fiesta

From €1,975 per guest, two sharing

€3,950 per double cabin · early-bird until 31 October · then €4,350 from 1 November

Whole boat, three cabins: €11,850

3 cabins available

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Christmas at Sea · 23–26 December

Christmas Eve on the water, with the city lit up behind you.

Four days in the south of the bay, with short legs that suit December daylight. You spend the first night in Santa Pola, then come home to Alicante for Christmas Eve: a gala dinner aboard with lobster and champagne, and the city's lights on the water.

Wed 23 Dec

South to Tabarca

Board at 11:00 at Marina Alicante. Across to Tabarca, Spain's first marine reserve, for lunch in the walled village, then on to Santa Pola for the night and dinner by the fishing port.

≈ 15 nm

Thu 24 Dec

Christmas Eve

Round Cabo de Santa Pola and home to Alicante. The afternoon is yours for the Christmas market and the giant nativity in Plaza del Ayuntamiento. At 20:30, the gala dinner aboard.

≈ 10 nm

Fri 25 Dec

Christmas Day

A slow breakfast, then a sail along the coast to Cabo de la Huerta, with a swim for the brave (the sea is around 16 °C). Lunch aboard is cocido con pelotas, Alicante's Christmas stew.

≈ 10 nm

Sat 26 Dec

Farewell

Breakfast aboard and ashore at 11:00. If you're staying for New Year, your cabin stays yours.

In port

Christmas Eve gala

Sample menu · the final menu is set with our chef

At sunset

Cava · Guardamar prawns · Mojama from Santa Pola

To start

Jamón ibérico de bellota, hand-carved

The main course

Grilled lobster with a ñora pepper sauce, and champagne

Beef or a vegetable rice for anyone who avoids shellfish

Dessert

Turrón de Jijona and turrón de Alicante, with a glass of Moscatel

Christmas Day lunch

Cocido con pelotas

New Year at Sea · 29 December – 1 January

Six guests, one table, one midnight.

Four days up the coast to Villajoyosa, Altea and Benidorm Bay. On New Year's Eve the gala dinner is served aboard in Villajoyosa, then a private transfer takes you to Benidorm's free party on Levante beach for the twelve grapes, the fireworks and, at one o'clock, Big Ben for the British.

Tue 29 Dec

Up the coast

Board at 11:00. North past Cabo de la Huerta and El Campello to Villajoyosa, the town of painted houses and the Valor chocolate factory. Night in Villajoyosa.

≈ 16 nm

Wed 30 Dec

Altea

Round the Serra Gelada cliffs to Altea, the white old town under its blue-tiled church domes. Dinner ashore and a night in Altea.

≈ 12 nm

Thu 31 Dec

New Year's Eve

Lunch at anchor by Benidorm Island and the last sunset of the year (17:50) with champagne, then back to Villajoyosa to dress. The gala dinner starts at 20:00.

≈ 12 nm

Fri 1 Jan

Home

Chocolate con churros, the Spanish New Year's morning, and caldo con pelotas for lunch. Sail home to Alicante and step ashore before sunset.

≈ 16 nm

New Year's Eve gala

Sample menu · the final menu is set with our chef

At sunset

Champagne · Gamba roja de Dénia · Jamón ibérico de bellota

To start

Salpicón of lobster with Alicante olive oil

The main course

Grilled lobster with an Alicante-style arroz meloso

Beef or a vegetable rice for anyone who avoids shellfish

Dessert

Turrón and a glass of Fondillón, Alicante's historic wine

At midnight

Twelve Vinalopó grapes and champagne

The last night of 2026, hour by hour

17:50
Last sunset of the year, at anchor in Benidorm Bay
20:00
Gala dinner aboard: lobster and champagne
23:15
Private transfer to the party on Levante beach
00:00
Twelve grapes, twelve chimes, then fireworks over the bay
01:00
Big Ben live for the UK: a second toast
02:30
Back aboard, berthed for the night

Stay for both

Christmas to New Year, ten days aboard.

Book one cabin for both cruises and keep it through 26, 27 and 28 December while the boat rests in Alicante. Two galas, two coasts, and a Mediterranean winter week in between.

€7,400 per cabin for both cruises

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Good to know

What's included, and how it works

Included

Three nights aboard in a private double cabin
Your skipper, a RYA Yachtmaster, and fuel
Visiting berths in Santa Pola, Villajoyosa and Altea
Breakfasts and lunches aboard
The gala dinner with champagne and wines
Welcome cava, a turrón gift, linen and towels
New Year: the twelve grapes, party kit and a private return transfer to Benidorm

Not included

Travel to Alicante (the airport is about 20 minutes away)
Dinners ashore on the other nights — we book the tables
Travel insurance

Booking and payment

Request a cabin and we confirm personally, then send a secure link for a 25% deposit.
The balance is due by 1 December.
The deposit is non-refundable; after 1 December a refund is possible only if we resell the cabin.
Prices include IVA and are per double cabin, for one or two guests.

If the weather turns

The galas, the grapes and the fiesta happen whatever the sea does, and we don't sail at night: the yacht is alongside before the evening begins. If a sailing leg is unsafe we stay in port and enjoy the town; the TRAM line links Alicante, Villajoyosa and Benidorm.

QUESTIONS

Before you ask

Request a cabin

Tell us which cruise, and we'll hold your cabin.

We reply personally to confirm availability, then send you a secure link to pay the 25% deposit.

WHICH CRUISE?

Christmas andNew Year at sea.