Discover The Balearic Islands on board Samurai

2 days

Ibiza Town

Embark Samurai in Ibiza, the isle that has long been the destination of choice for the world’s party elite. By night, its clubs offer pulse-popping licentiousness. By day, its beaches detoxify with massage, yoga and sunrise smoothies. Spend your first evening enjoying a nightcap in Samurai's striking main salon before retiring to your sumptuous state room for the night.

The next day we will head west and anchor at the dreamy Salinas beach, a crescent of pale sand located on Ibiza’s south coast, and tender from SAMURAI to the famous Jockey Club for lunch. A beach restaurant with a free-spirited beach bar soul, stay for an hour or two to breathe in the ambient atmosphere, before taking the tender back out to Samurai.

In the evening, we head to Ibiza’s Old Town - where the party started in the 1970s – and where it throbs ‘til dawn today. Its cobbled streets are café-lined catwalks: Soho meets St Tropez. This tree-dappled quarter welcomes A-listers and global celebrities with scant deference to social mores.

1 day

Formentera

Today we cruise to Formentera, an island that boasts some of the longest, whitest and quietest beaches in the entire Mediterranean. Playa de Migjorn is dotted with chiringuitos. These are beach shack restaurants offering sunset yoga, beach volleyball, piña coladas and tantric massage. A few degrees north sits the sun-kissed sandbar of Playa de ses Illetes.

Board Samurai in the late afternoon and head to her expansive sun deck for sundowners, in the most literal sense of the word. We’ll head west on our way back to Ibiza and believe us, the sunset views are breathtaking.

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Palma

Today we head towards Andratx, a stunning natural harbour ringed by an amphitheatre of beaches and cliffs. Enjoy lunch on its charming quayside that bustles to the sound of popping corks and a playlist of Enrique Iglesias.

In the afternoon, we cruise to Palma. Like a baby Barcelona, this ancient harbour is an alfresco fiesta of cafés, cocktails, shoes, shops, markets and bars. Mallorcans are modern art fiends. Colourful Catalan Joan Miró has a museum by the marina. Even humble tapas are presented at Picasso-like levels. Bar counter bites include towers of seaweed, spelt, peppers, prawns and Manchego cheese.

2 days

Soller

The wild Serra de Tramuntana mountains tumble into the sea around Puerto de Soller. Only mule tracks and fishing boats link many of the coastline’s sandy coves. We will anchor Samurai in one of them and open up her swim platform. Spend a lazy day on the water, relaxing in Samurai’s vast beach club, or explore the surrounding coves with one of her jetskis.

In the evening you can explore Soller itself. A dozen seafood restaurants are backed up by a muddle of honey-hued houses. Fiery red prawns are the local speciality; gastro-genius Heston Blumenthal is a devotee.

The following day, head towards Mallorca’s must-see village, nestled in the mountains just 10km away. Hilltop Deià became a hippy-chic playground in the 1960s as poet Robert Graves entertained his kaftan-clad crew. The hillside is peppered with A-listers' villas, surrounded by olive and citrus groves.

1 day

Ciutadella de Menorca

Ciutadella may be Menorca’s second city. But it boasts a greater cultural collective than its big brother Port Mahon. A theatre, 10 museums and 100 restaurants sit side-by-side. This medieval masterpiece wears its Roman, Arab and Ottoman history with pride.

Like the islands of Formentera, Hvar and Santorini, Menorca’s many secret beaches are best explored by tender. And lucky you, for one of Samurai’s crew was born here, and can offer more insider knowledge of its charms than most. We'll spend the final days here exploring the rocky inlets and finding the best swimming spots.