MED. COASTAL ROUTE 🇬🇮 GIBRALTAR 🇪🇸 SPAIN 🇫🇷 FRANCE 🇲🇨 MONACO 🇮🇹 ITALY / SICILY - 90 DAYS - 1800 NM

PART I – 750 NM  🇬🇮  Gibraltar along the Spanish Mediterranean Coast to Costa Brava 🇪🇸

⚓ Gibraltar ➝ Costa del Sol

• La Línea / Sotogrande – Stay close to Gibraltar or begin your eastbound hop.

• Estepona / Marbella / Fuengirola – Small marina towns, easy day hops.

• Malaga – Marina in city center; museums, old town.

• Caleta de Vélez / Motril / Almerimar – Good spots to wait out weather.

⚓ Costa de Almería ➝ Cartagena

• Cabo de Gata – Wild, remote anchorages like San José and Agua Amarga.

• Cartagena – Roman theater, military museum, good value marina.

⚓ Costa Blanca ➝ Costa Brava

• Alicante – Historic city; marina in center.

• Dénia / Jávea – Launch point for the Balearics (or continue coast).

• Valencia – Marina Real; big city, great food.

• Castellón / Tarragona – Less visited, good overnight stops.

• Barcelona – Worth a longer pause.

• Costa Brava Ports: Blanes, Palamós, Cadaqués – Beautiful, rugged coast.

WINDS

Tides and Currents

SWELL AND WAVES 

PART II – 300 nm – 🇪🇸  Costa Brava SPAIN  🇫🇷  Côte d’Azur FRANCE  🇲🇨  MONACO  TO ITALY SAN REMO Liguria  🇮🇹

⚓ French Med Coast

• Port-Vendres – French-Spanish border town.

• Sète / Marseille / Cassis – Scenic cliff-backed coast.

• Toulon / Hyères Islands – Great anchorages, protected areas.

• St-Tropez / Cannes / Antibes / Nice – Glitzy but iconic. Reserve marinas early.

• Villefranche-sur-Mer / Menton – Calm anchorage before Italy.

WINDS

Tides and Currents

SWELL AND WAVES 

PART III – 700 nm -🇮🇹  ITALIAN  COASTAL ROUTE ALONG THE LIGURIAN AND TYRRENiAN SEA TO SICILY

Tuscan Coast ➝ Sicily via Western Italy

⚓ Western Italian Coast

• Giglio Island / Argentario Coast – Quiet and beautiful.

• Civitavecchia (Rome) – Closest port to Rome.

• Anzio / Nettuno – Optional stops before Naples.

• Naples Bay – Visit Ischia, Procida, Capri.

• Amalfi Coast – Positano, Amalfi, Ravello (anchor carefully).

• Salerno – Easier to find marina space.

⚓ Final Stretch to Sicily

• Cilento Coast – Less touristed.

• Tropea / Scilla – Beautiful Calabrian towns.

• Strait of Messina – Watch currents.

• Northeast Sicily – Taormina, Riposto, or continue south to Syracuse.

WINDS

Tides and Currents

SWELL AND WAVES 

🔧 Cruising Considerations

• Shorter hops: Almost daily harbor options.

• Better fuel & provisioning: Especially along the Spanish and Italian coastlines.

• Weather: Coastal cruising allows for ducking into marinas in case of mistral or scirocco.

• Marina Fees: Expect higher prices in France and popular Italian zones in summer.