Archaeological cruises
We offer the finest escorted Mediterranean cruises and sailing vacations with an historical and archaeological theme. Enjoy total relaxation, beautiful food, and superb swimming - as well as archaeological adventures. For more information on our escorted gulet trips, please visit our Tours page.

Crewed yacht charter
In addition to our historical tours and cruises, we also arrange crewed yacht charters for private groups, large and small. We work with a range of gulets all hand crafted from wood in Turkey and manned by experienced local crews.

The gulet Almira
On our scheduled gulet cruises we sail aboard the luxurious Almira, one of the best constructed and equipped yachts of its kind. Handmade in Turkey from pine from the Taurus Mountains and mahogany, it follows a design developed for these waters in Byzantine times. She is stylish, graceful, and bursting with character.

Life on boardOn most itineraries gulets cruise for an average of three hours a day, generally by motor to keep to schedule, under glorious sail when weather and time permits. While many gulets are designed solely as motor cruisers, all the gulets we use are proper sailing vessels. There are plenty of opportunities for swimming, snorkeling, and more active water sports, like windsurfing.

Turkish delight - food aboard

Our mealtime panoramas vary from secluded coves to old fishing villages. All food is prepared on board by our chef in the galley, who conjures up a variety of fresh local delicacies. The food in Turkey is ranked as one of the three finest cuisines in the world, and justifiably so.

Breakfast typically consists of bread, tomatoes, olives, cheese, eggs, yoghurt and honey. Lunch and dinner are usually one or two main courses, accompanied by salads and mezes, followed by fruit.

Very drinkable Turkish wines (the grapes of Asia Minor were famed in antiquity) are stocked on board, along with a range of spirits, beers, soft drinks and fruit juices.

The gulet Almira moored in a pretty cove, southern Turkey

History of the gulet
The word 'gulet' probably derives from the French goulette, or schooner. These two-masted wooden vessels, usually made from local pine, were long used for transport and fishing along the southern coasts of Turkey. Typically designed with a sharp bow, broad beam and rounded aft, these days they are designed and fitted with comfort and not trade in mind.

To find out more about our flagship gulet, the Almira, including details of chartering her privately, please visit: Gulet Almira

We offer a range of gulets for charter. To find out more please visit: Gulet Charters

SAILING IN TURKEY
If you would like to know more about cruising on gulets in Turkey, why not read one of Peter's travel articles - Sailing through History