The Ionian Sea is one of the clearest and calmest sailing grounds in the Mediterranean — visibility past 30 metres in places, and gentle afternoon breezes that rarely spoil a lunch at anchor. That clarity is why sailors keep coming back, and why the anchorages empty of engine noise feel almost unreal.

Lefkada is one of the few Greek islands you can reach by road — but you will arrive by sea, which is the only way that matters. Its west coast beaches are world-famous for a reason, and sailing past them at golden hour from the water is a memory your group will keep.

Ionian sailors will tell you the real secret is the wind: the afternoon breeze arrives almost like clockwork, gives you hours of perfect sailing, then dies at sunset. Plan your hops around it and you look like a genius — and your crew gets to enjoy a glass of wine on a flat sea.

Meganisi and Kalamos sit just south of Lefkada, still half-wild and dotted with anchorages that see a handful of boats a day. You do not visit them, you drop anchor in them, swim off the transom and watch the sun drop behind pine-covered hills. That is the whole itinerary.

Ithaca is said to be the home of Odysseus — and if you anchor in its bays at dusk, with the hills turning amber and the water glassy, you will understand why Homer chose it. It is one of those places that makes you want to stay one more day.

The Ambracian Gulf, right at Préveza’s doorstep, is one of the most sheltered stretches of water in Greece — which means your first and last nights on board are almost always calm. That is the kind of detail that makes a week on a solar yacht feel effortless.