On a Sicily and Aeolian Islands yacht charter, gently puffing volcanoes rise out of a blue-green sea, morning church bells sound across whitewashed villages and shady piazzas, and stunning black and white sand beaches glitter under the Sicilian sun.

With sapphire lagoons and sunlit seas, glamorous marinas and achingly beautiful archipelagos, Sardinia is pure yachting paradise, drenched in colour and light.

The Italian Riviera is north-western Italy’s coastal showcase, a place where the Ligurian Alps meet the Apennines with a dash of la dolce vita and a well-deserved reputation alluring yachts to one of the most popular yachting hotspots in the Mediterranean, Portofino.

The Italian Riviera takes over where the French Riviera leaves off, sweeping in a long, beautiful curve from the vertiginous French-Italian border all the way to Tuscany’s northern edge.

The Amalfi Coast (Costiera Amalfitana), the stretch of coastline south of Naples in the Campania region of Italy that includes the picturesque towns of Positano, Praiano and Amalfi, is an exceptional luxury yacht charter destination with a mild climate, towns teetering on vertical cliffs, lemon and olive groves peppering the terraced hillsides and beautiful beaches reached only by private yacht.