UTOPIA

Utopia — Greece Utopia cruises the Greek islands, a run of coastline that rewards a yacht built for genuine passage-making as much as for time at anchor. Clean, modern lines outside; a saloon and interior volumes generous enough that the yacht never feels smaller than her guest list. Accommodation is unusually consistent: four cabins, each with a double bed, sleeping eight guests. No hierarchy of one grand suite and three afterthoughts — everyone aboard is housed the same way, which matters more than most charterers expect when the party is a group of couples or friends travelling as equals. The Cyclades and the Dodecanese are best taken slowly: a morning under way, an afternoon at anchor off a bay reachable only from the water, dinner ashore in a village where the tables sit on the quay. Utopia is set up for exactly that rhythm. The crew handles routing, provisioning and the daily logistics of island-hopping — the anchorages worth the detour, the tavernas worth booking, the meltemi worth respecting. You decide the pace; they take care of everything that makes it possible.