With its strategic location at the centre of Turkey’s Aegean coast – and as a port of entry – Çeşme offers immediate access to some of the Mediterranean’s most beautiful and unspoilt cruising.
Crystal clear azure waters and untouched sandy beaches characterise the bays and anchorages within an hour or two’s sail, both on the mainland shore and on the picturesque Greek island of Chios, just 7½ miles away.
50nm to the north lies the mountainous and heavily wooded island of Lesbos, and a similar distance to the south is Samos – one of the Aegean’s most fertile islands, where grapes, olives, figs, almonds and honey are harvested in abundance. Further afield, the destinations of Kos, Rhodes and Crete are all within a day or two’s sail.
The spring and autumn seasons enjoy dry and settled weather ideal for cruising, and the summer heat is tempered by the prevailing northerly Meltemi breeze, which provides ideal sailing conditions most days from noon to dusk.
Crystal clear azure waters and untouched sandy beaches characterise the bays and anchorages within an hour or two’s sail, both on the mainland shore and on the picturesque Greek island of Chios, just 7½ miles away.
50nm to the north lies the mountainous and heavily wooded island of Lesbos, and a similar distance to the south is Samos – one of the Aegean’s most fertile islands, where grapes, olives, figs, almonds and honey are harvested in abundance. Further afield, the destinations of Kos, Rhodes and Crete are all within a day or two’s sail.
The spring and autumn seasons enjoy dry and settled weather ideal for cruising, and the summer heat is tempered by the prevailing northerly Meltemi breeze, which provides ideal sailing conditions most days from noon to dusk.
