Christmas at Sea
23–26 December
Alicante · Tabarca · Santa Pola
Christmas Eve gala aboard · Christmas Day sail and lunch
From €1,875 per guest, two sharing
€3,750 per double cabin
Whole boat, three cabins: €10,350
3 cabins available
REQUEST A CABIN→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
New Year at Sea
29 December – 1 January
Alicante · Villajoyosa · Altea · Benidorm
Lobster & champagne gala · twelve grapes · Benidorm fiesta
From €2,175 per guest, two sharing
€4,350 per double cabin
Whole boat, three cabins: €11,850
3 cabins available
REQUEST A CABIN→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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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.