Looking for the best catamaran charter in Italy? We’ve rounded up the top 10 catamarans available right now—handpicked for their layouts, crews, toys, and overall experience. Whether you’re sailing the Amalfi Coast, Sicily, or Sardinia, these catamarans deliver the space, stability, and freedom that make catamaran charters in Italy one of the smartest ways to explore the sea. Not sure a catamaran is the right call for your route? See our catamaran vs motor yacht guide.
Broker insight
The catamaran market in Italy splits on one question: do you actually want to sail? If yes, we start with VIVA LA VIDA, a true sailing Sunreef 80 priced under the usual bracket. If the honest answer is no, MANTA does 17 knots, motor-yacht freedom at catamaran pricing. And the sleeper here is CARTOUCHE: 95 feet at around 65,000 euros a week, more boat for the money than anything else on the list. The full range runs 19,000 to 96,000 euros, so there is a right answer at most budgets.
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Charter Broker
10. SIGNATURE VISION
We stepped aboard SIGNATURE VISION in Sanremo, and she is the easy recommendation on this list: a 2022-built Bali 5.4 for clients who want space, value, and a family-friendly setup. The reason the Bali platform works so well at this size is guest flow. The aft door opens the saloon completely to the cockpit, so guests never pile into one area, and the solid foredeck adds a proper second seating zone that is safer for kids than trampolines.
The layout is flexible: five doubles plus a twin depending on crew configuration. She normally runs with two crew, which keeps the price sharp for a newer boat; a third crew member lifts the service noticeably but costs a guest cabin. The crew is a real strength, led by a calm, methodical ex-tanker captain who also teaches kitesurfing. She books early every season, so if she fits your brief, move quickly.
9. OMBRE BLU3
OMBRE BLU³ is our pick for divers: a sailing catamaran for up to 6 guests and one of the few in Italy that is a registered PADI Dive Centre. That means onboard compressors, real gear, and certification and specialty courses run from the boat, which changes what a week in Sardinia or Sicily can look like when underwater life is the point of the trip.
We also rate her as a place to simply live outdoors. The 41 m² teak aft cockpit takes daybeds and a large dining table, the 21 m² flybridge mixes sun cushions with shade, and the saloon is bright and open. Her three double cabins are ensuite and finished for comfort rather than utility. Beyond the diving there are kayaks, paddleboards, a wakeboard and fishing gear, plus a 5 m Castoldi tender for easy shore runs.
8. REVE BLEU
We visited REVE BLEU at MYBA Sanremo 2025, and she is the service pick among Italy’s catamarans. She is a Lagoon 620 running four crew where most cats this size run three, and you feel it immediately: service is smoother, more present, less stretched. She has even run with a chase boat, which is genuinely rare for a catamaran.
For Italy we would point her at Sardinia and Corsica, her strongest cruising grounds. The flybridge is big and well shaded, with an outdoor cinema for movies under the stars, and the cabins go for color instead of the usual safe beige, which reads more yacht than charter-generic. She also charters Croatia and winters in the Caribbean. For guests who want a polished, properly crewed catamaran with more refinement than average, she is a strong answer.
7. LISA OF THE SEAS
LISA OF THE SEAS is on this list for one clear reason: five proper double cabins. That layout is rare, and it is one of the requests we hear most, especially from five couples traveling together who want equal cabins with no compromises. No twins, no bunks, no drawing straws over who gets the small room.
She is a modern Fountaine Pajot Alegria 67, built in 2020, with generous outdoor spaces and a jacuzzi, so the week is as comfortable as the sleeping arrangements are fair. In Italy we would run her to Amalfi, the Aeolian Islands, and Sardinia, where the rhythm is anchoring, swimming, long lunches, and easy evenings onboard. If cabin equality is the deciding factor for your group, she is the cleanest solution available in Italy right now.
6. CARTOUCHE
We were onboard CARTOUCHE in Sanremo earlier this year, and she remains the value play among Italy’s big cats. At 95 feet she is one of the largest catamarans chartering in Italy, yet at around €65,000 a week she delivers far more yacht than many 80ft Sunreefs sitting a full bracket above her.
Built in 2011 and fully refitted two years ago, she feels fresh and current, exactly the kind of well-refitted older hull we like putting clients on. The flybridge jacuzzi is a highlight in a setup you would normally expect on a motor yacht, and the foredeck trampolines hide a clever swim ladder that drops straight into the water. She sails properly too, and her Med summers and Caribbean winters have built a long record of genuinely happy guests.
5. JACK
JACK is for clients who care how a catamaran sails, not just how she looks at anchor. She is a 2023-built McConaghy performance catamaran, lighter and faster than most luxury cats in this size range, and the difference is obvious underway. That is exactly why she is on this list.
We would send her to Sardinia and Corsica with an active couple or small group aboard: conditions there are ideal and the distances actually reward a boat that moves. She feels sharper and more responsive, less floating villa than the usual charter catamaran, and the interior is modern and clean rather than plush-heavy. The four cabins take up to 8 guests, but she is not a party boat, and that is the point. When our clients tell us they actually want to sail, JACK is the answer we reach for.
JACK
4. MANTA
We went onboard MANTA in Sanremo 2025 with high expectations, and she met them. She is a wide-beam power catamaran, 12.22 m across, and it shows the moment you step in: big open interior, galley front and center, glamorous but relaxed.
What sets her apart in Italy is pace. 17 knots is fast for a catamaran, so you get motor-yacht freedom around Costa Smeralda and La Maddalena at catamaran pricing, then a brilliant swim-and-toys platform once anchored. Convertible twins make her work for families or four couples, the flybridge runs to gym gear and a hammock, the deckhand doubles as a personal trainer, and the chef cooks from an open galley with real interaction. Bathrooms are proper marble luxury. Two honest notes: the stairs are a little awkward and the beds sit high, worth knowing for older guests. We would not hesitate to book her.
MANTA
3. VIVA LA VIDA
VIVA LA VIDA earns her place as the true sailing Sunreef 80 that is priced within reach. Most clients who want an 80ft Sunreef get pushed toward power cats or toward sailing boats priced out of range; she sits in the sweet spot, with real sailing capability and real Sunreef volume but without the ultra-high weekly rate.
In Italy that matters more than it sounds. Routes like Sardinia to Corsica or the Aeolians reward a boat that sails comfortably and quietly on the longer legs instead of motoring everywhere, and our guests notice the difference: less noise, better deck time, better passages. She suits groups who want a big, comfortable catamaran and an actual sailing week rather than anchorage-to-anchorage motoring. In the large luxury cat category, she is the value sailing option we point people to first.
2. ONE PLANET
ONE PLANET is the fully electric catamaran on this list, part of Sunreef’s Eco line and one of the most advanced platforms afloat. The technology is impressive, but what actually changes your week is silence. First-time charterers rarely realise how much generator hum shapes a night at anchor; on ONE PLANET there are long stretches with no generator running at all, just the sea and the breeze.
In Italy that is worth a lot, because the anchorages are close, calm, and busy. In our experience, waking up in silence off Capri or in the Maddalena islands is the detail guests talk about afterwards. Beyond the technology she is simply a very luxurious Sunreef: spacious, modern, beautifully finished, and easy to live on for a full week.
1. DOUCE FRANCE
DOUCE FRANCE is the answer when the brief is the biggest, easiest, most comfortable catamaran in Italy. At 42 meters she is in a different league from everything else here: she is the boat we recommend when you are 12 guests, multi-generation, or a group that wants to stay together instead of splitting across two yachts. Nothing on this list comes close for deck space, circulation, and room to breathe.
She is a sailing catamaran, so when conditions allow, passages are quiet and elegant rather than engine-heavy. The real value, though, is comfort: wide decks, huge communal spaces, and the kind of stability that matters to kids, older guests, and long lunches at anchor. Built by Alu Marine, she is our default recommendation for large groups, and the reason she holds the number one spot.
