Christmas Trips · SAILING
The good festive sailing trips fill weeks ahead and the great ones go first. Below: the 6 to book early, what each includes and how they differ.
Board a VMT Madeira catamaran at Funchal Marina for a 1.5-hour New Year’s Eve cruise. You’ll watch the fireworks from the water, see Funchal lit up after dark, and enjoy champagne, wine, beer, or soft drinks. English and Portuguese guides are provided.
“It was a magnificent experience, very well organised, but most of all the fireworks were amazing :)”
Sail from Funchal Marina at 11:00 PM, view Madeira’s Christmas lights from the water, then settle in the bay for the midnight fireworks. English and Portuguese guides are provided, with champagne, Madeira wine, and snacks served on board. Return is planned for about 12:30 AM.
“Picie i przekąski no limit, widoki warte każdej ceny. 10/10 i chętnie bym tam wróciła”
Meet Palmayachts at Belém at 10:30 pm for a three-hour New Year’s Eve sail on the Tagus. Your small group sees Belém Tower, the 25 de Abril Bridge, Christ the King, Praça do Comércio, and Lisbon’s lights, with drinks, snacks, and sparkling wine at midnight.
“The views were amazing and the crew did everything in its power to make us feel comfortable and have fun. Definitely an experience I would recommend and plan on having again.”
Set sail from Dubai Marina at 10 pm aboard a 33-foot yacht for roughly four hours around Palm Jumeirah. Your group of up to six gets a professional crew, life jackets, music, chilled drinks, refreshments, and sea views of Dubai’s New Year’s Eve fireworks before returning to the Marina.
“First time in dubai booked holiday with travel saga tourism it was great discussion we planed the itinerary with saba she helped us to organize the tour day by day want a great service provider thank you so much travel saga for everything things......”
Join a three-hour New Year’s Eve sail from Doca do Bom Sucesso with English, French, Portuguese, or Spanish-speaking crew. João and Justin have guided recent cruises, pointing out Lisbon landmarks while you enjoy wine, sparkling wine, bolo rei, raisins, blankets, and fireworks from the Tagus.
“Los dos chicos del barco fueron super agradables y simpaticos. El alcohol no falta pero la tabla de quesos y embutidos no la han puesto,no habia nada de comer excepto el roscon de reyes, deberian cumplir todo lo que contratas porque para eso pagas tanto dinero.”
Spend three hours aboard a shared luxury yacht off Dubai, with fireworks views, BBQ dinner, soft drinks, music, and skyline photo stops. You will meet the yacht manager at Dubai Harbour Yacht Club, then cruise past Ain Dubai, JBR, Atlantis, Burj Al Arab, and Palm Jumeirah.
Pick a market, a lights run or a night in the snow.
