For more info on PREVEZA MARINA visit - www.prevezamarina.com

That is the most beautiful and organized Marina I have ever seen

Hello You Four - greetings from Poland How lovely to see you all again. So glad you are all safe and well and settled in for the winter. "To New Beginnings" is a great toast - have a wonderful time. Thanks so very much for bringing so much sunshine into my life sduring 2022. A Very Happy Christmas and A Happy, Healthy 2023

@SailingHollyBlue

Жыл бұрын

Thankyou so much for being there and watching our journey….merry Christmas and happy new year to you and yours too ♥️⛵️🦋⭐️

Love Preveza marina and his very serviceable crew, but also the lovely village , good restaurants and bars. Great place for overwintering. Been there two times on a friends sailboat , fine to sail there to. Wishing you great times there !

@SailingHollyBlue

Жыл бұрын

Fantastic! So nice to read comments from fellow sailors who have also enjoyed this area and marina ♥️🎄⛵️

Great information! We have booked in for 2023/24 winter!

Great presentation of the Marina. Thanks and happy new beginnings 😊

@SailingHollyBlue

Жыл бұрын

Happy new year! X

Wow, fantastic, and so close to beautiful Lefkada and Parga.

Wow , such a nice guide tour! I have had my eyes on that marina for wintering next winter and now I'm even more convinced that it's the right place! By the way guys, your videos are so professionals ⛵🤩❤

@SailingHollyBlue

Жыл бұрын

Thankyou!! Merry Christmas!! ♥️🎄⛵️

GOOD NEWS FROM U ONCE MORE THANK U FOR CHOOSING GREECE FOR UR WINTER WONDERLAND......WISH U ALL A VERY MERY CHRISTMAS AND A REALLY ENJOYABLE 2023 IN GREECE....WAITING FOR UR NEXT VIDEO......

@SailingHollyBlue

Жыл бұрын

We love love LOVE Greece 🇬🇷 Merry Christmas ♥️🎄⛵️

Incredible looking marina. Should be an excellent place to take a break from the boat and get some time on land.

@SailingHollyBlue

Жыл бұрын

We stay onboard the whole winter (other than visiting family overseas) which is another reason we chose it….GREAT liveaboard facilities and close to parks, restaurants, local boutique shops, beaches and some beautiful coastal walks - its a beautiful area to explore - check out the gulf its in on maps if you get chance!🦋⛵️♥️

Welcome to the marina denizens guys. Nice to have a few more folks around in the winter, We were 10 last winter!! The city is a good place. Explore the surrounding area whilst you’re here too. Full of history and full of life😁 Although technically not part of the Ionian, it is in Epirus, a very old Kingdom Enjoy, see you at the washing machines 😂

@SailingHollyBlue

Жыл бұрын

Woohoo! Love it!! See you around 👌♥️🎄⛵️🇬🇷⭐️🦋🙏🤙

Love you guys! Great video. Great berth so close to everything. Laura ... You are Stunning! Sharing a story I was told on a tour during a cruise tour while visiting a Greek Island. There are more churches in Greece per capita than anywhere. Some are very small (one person size) and larger ones. The reason there are so many churches is because when Greek Sailors got caught in severe weather, they would make promises to God...that if he got them home safely, they would build a church in his name. Of course, it is not a good idea to make a promise to God and not keep it... thus lots of Churches throughout the Greek countryside.

@SailingHollyBlue

Жыл бұрын

Wow - that’s an awesome story - never knew that but makes a lot of sense! We have been to hundreds of churches now both big and tiny…..Patmos island actually has the most churches of any one area in the world! It’s incredibly spiritual. Merry Christmas! ♥️🎄⛵️

@rogergibson9748

Жыл бұрын

@@SailingHollyBlue of course it could have been just a tall tail that the tour guide told gullible tourists who wouldn't know if it was true or not... 😉

You guys pretty much sold me on the place & I don't even own a boat! Ha! Merry Christmas to you & your beautiful family.

@SailingHollyBlue

Жыл бұрын

Haha Preveza alone is worth the visit - boat or no boat!♥️🎄🇬🇷

Looks like a great place.

Glad you found such nice facilities for the family. Now on to that yummy Greek food.

@SailingHollyBlue

Жыл бұрын

Wooooooo FOOD! We do love a yummy meal ♥️♥️♥️. Merry Christmas to you and yours xx

Hello guys ,we are in Preveza to, is super nice here , u have the Ionian seas with all the calm waters and Meganese , lovely to see u here. keep up the good videos .🥰😍🤩

Brilliant ❤

Wow thats a awesome place! Thanks for sharing and glad your back up and videoing! Missed ya all! Take care happy holidays and enjoy your stay!!

@SailingHollyBlue

Жыл бұрын

Happy holidays! ♥️🎄⛵️

Appreciate the insight to off season life, well done. Great information as well

@SailingHollyBlue

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Brian! ♥️🦋⛵️

Hello, Nice to have some news from you. Your video is a very good one and Preveza Marina seems to be a very nice place to stay in for winter. The staff is « très accueillant » as we say it in french with a lot of services… I guess Laura will appreciate… I hope to see you in next videos… I wish you all a merry christmas… Bye

@SailingHollyBlue

Жыл бұрын

100% professional on every way….and those showers ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

@SailingHollyBlue

Жыл бұрын

Ps merry Christmas! ♥️⛵️🎄

Good on you both! To new beginnings! Enjoy your quiet time at Preveza Marina, recharge your spirits, quiet your souls and enjoy the life that you have chosen. Merry Christmas and I'll hoist a cold one to your Happy New Year.

@SailingHollyBlue

Жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas to you and yours and thanks as always for watching! ♥️⛵️🎄

That’s an amazing Marina how fun bet you had a blast ❤

@SailingHollyBlue

Жыл бұрын

Everything you need for a comfortable and productive off-season!

This was such a lovely and personable episode guys ‼️ Should our vision be provisioned in our heart Greece,what a perfect spot to "get started." ✨🌊💨⛵️🏝️👙🌞✨🎄✨. HAPPY WINTER 🎉🌨❄️☃️

@SailingHollyBlue

Жыл бұрын

Thankyou! We really hope this one can be helpful - especially for sailors perhaps new to cruising or Greece xx

Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Thanks

@SailingHollyBlue

Жыл бұрын

Thankyou and to you and yours too! ♥️⛵️⭐️🎄

nice video,will see u there soon....

@SailingHollyBlue

Жыл бұрын

Hey Gor this was a while back….not there anymore!

Nice thanks x

@SailingHollyBlue

Жыл бұрын

🙏⭐️🦋

Love the video. Got to get myself to Greece, someday. Joke for Josh: "Imagine you find yourself in a room with no windows and no doors. How do you get out?" Answer: "Stop imagining !!"

@SailingHollyBlue

Жыл бұрын

Sat in the back of our rental car (we’re provisioning 😜) with the boys….just read them this joke! Now partially deaf from their laughter 🤭. Thankyou! ♥️⛵️🎄

FLORIDA 🏖️⛱️💯

Hi Guys, You have found the best Marina in the Ionian! When I need a hiding hole to escape a storm, Preveza marine every time. Have a great winter and I hope you will still be around in April it would be great to meet you again. I bet the boys will have grown quite a bit. Take care and best wishes for Christmas.

@SailingHollyBlue

Жыл бұрын

100% Niall! Drop us a line when you’re in the area again! Merry Christmas to you and yours ♥️🎄🦋

The Ionian is beautiful, a little busy at times but you will soon find the quiet areas which are amazing. We hope to see you and give a wave when we return in April. Sailing yacht “Alchemia”. Happy holiday season.

@SailingHollyBlue

Жыл бұрын

We sure will! Happy holidays! ♥️⛵️🎄

Please tell me you're going to sail over to Parga pretty please....you will all really love the place I promise you 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷💙💙💙

Wow, that is some marina, take note all marinas. Chichester is my nearest and although not so fresh as this one, it is a great place and the people are friendly and helpful too. My first sail was from there, it was extraordinary and a life long memory, I'd like to tell you about it, if interested ? In the meantime, have a great time and a fantastic Christmas as a special family that you are.

@SailingHollyBlue

Жыл бұрын

Fire away! Always enjoy a sailing story! Merry Christmas ♥️🎄⛵️

@paulreynolds2898

Жыл бұрын

@@SailingHollyBlue HI, will do, got to go do stuff but will be back x

Actually as a Greek I'm a bit surprised that these facilities exist in Preveza. I wish other places had this kind of amenities too. Greece has the potential to be a far better country but corruption,bad politicians and the fool mentality of people 'll always keep us back. Anyways hope you 're enjoying your adventure. Luckily for you this autumn and the beginning of winter has been the mildest for years. The West is always a bit warmer but very rainy. This year has been so far pretty damn dry and warm.

@jsidiropoulou

Жыл бұрын

Preveza has come on in leaps and bounds despite the lack of tourism. I have lived here since 1997

@SailingHollyBlue

Жыл бұрын

Thankyou and YES it’s been toasty so far this winter! Merry Christmas ♥️⛵️🎄

🙏🏻... Funny you guys mentioned bicycles in here, not only because almost anything bicycles are one of my favorites...🚴🏻‍♀🚴🏻‍♀ And, here's something for Josh, about bicycles; Why does the bicycle fall over whenever it stops? God Bless Everyone🙏🏻⛵🦋

@SailingHollyBlue

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Richard and Merry Christmas to you and yours ♥️🎄⛵️⭐️

G'day Horry Brue. Have you been to Sjiathos and surrounds yet? Have a few at the airport for me please. Peas

love your channel ,Sailed around the North and South Ionian for many years .What happend between Kos and Preveza ? any footage? and what route you took (Corinth ? or is that only for patrons? keep sailing and giving us great times in a wonderfull part of the world .Yamas🍻

@SailingHollyBlue

Жыл бұрын

That’s coming soon….. 😜♥️🎄. Merry Christmas to you and yours xx

Oh, you will live in my hometown. Have a great time in Preveza. Try -Kefalos Petali Fish -Local Ouzo -Avgotaracho (like Greek Caviar) -Shrimps from the gulf - The local Sardela Fish of Preveza (you can find this only in Ambracian Gulf) -For traditional Greek food visit tavern Psatha -For traditional Souvlaki try Nikolos (behind the Old Court building) In the Town visit: -The Old Church of Saint Charalambos -See the Sunset in Pantokrator Castle and walk there, it's the Asia Minor refugees neighbourhood -Visit Saitan Pazar -The museum of Nikopolis -Visit Ancient Nikopolis In the area Visit: -Village of Parga -Amoudia, Acheron River (the famous river that leads the souls to Hades) and Nekromanteio -Ancient Cassope and Zalogo monument - Lake Ziros and The Aqueduct of Nikopolis (called aqueduct of Saint George) -Villages of Vonitsa, Palairos and Monastiraki (eat meat there, especially lamp) -If you can go even further then visit Ioannina and Zagorochoria (Vikos Gorge) (I guess you will visit Corfu, Paxoi and Lefkada anyway) -Koronisia Island inside the Guld (you can go with a car as well)

@SailingHollyBlue

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for these amazing tips! Xx

14.04 - know Preveza Marina and Preveza very well. Used the marina and town quay many times when we had our boat share of The lovely 36 ft Canigou. Love Preveza town -really buzzy and very very Greek. Fantastic range of restaurants and cafés. Have you been to Paxos yet? Our daughter got married there in 2019, after several visits on Canigou in previous summers. Love the Ionian, but getting very crowded now in summer. It was great in 2020 and 2021, when we managed a couple of weeks on board during breaks in Covid lockdown. No cruise ships, and very few boats out, so easy to anchor off or moor up at tiny quays. Like sailing 30 years ago, we were told …

@SailingHollyBlue

Жыл бұрын

Highly agree especially about the town - we can’t believe how vibrant and atmospheric it is even in the middle of winter when most islands and smaller towns have in our experience been so quiet. Perfect for liveaboard families ♥️⛵️🎄🦋👌

@jsidiropoulou

Жыл бұрын

@@SailingHollyBlue Preveza town isn't that small there are over 20,000 permanent residents and then there are many more in surrounding areas. It's a fishing/agricultural area, not a tourist town.

@SailingHollyBlue

Жыл бұрын

@@jsidiropoulou wow! Well it doesn’t ‘feel’ crowded or too busy and we look forward to exploring it ♥️🎄⛵️

Looks very nice. What do you need for budget in wintertime. Is there a dry dock also?

@SailingHollyBlue

Жыл бұрын

There’s a dry dock called ‘Cleopatra’ just across the water from Preveza Marina and we will dry dock Holly there when she needs maintenance…also a very good place! Winter wise we probably spend less than in the summer because we work harder online and travel less….our main expense is food! We are massive foodies haha x

Don't miss the opportunity to hire a car and travel around the mainland. Lots to see in Epirus region if you like snowy mountainscapes, gorges, rivers and remote villages and the Peloponnese is almost a stone's throw away. If you avoid the festive seasons of Christmas, New Year, Epiphany and Greek Orthodox Easter, it is not too expensive either.

@jsidiropoulou

Жыл бұрын

Peloponnese is approx 4 hrs drive away! Much better to head to Epirus, there are some incredible mountain villages

@SailingHollyBlue

Жыл бұрын

We’re heading inland for some adventures this winter! ♥️⛵️🎄

@razisn

Жыл бұрын

@@jsidiropoulou Patra is about 2 hours away, if you don't ride a Prevezan donkey there. Do you have any idea how long it takes to sail there? lol

@jsidiropoulou

Жыл бұрын

@@razisn Patra is the beginning of Peloponnese from this side and people rarely stop there (not the nicest of cities) People generally head to Sparta/Kalamata/Mani area which is over 5hrs drive

@jsidiropoulou

Жыл бұрын

@@razisn your comment was by car not sailing

So how do you get round the 90 day rule there assuming that your both Brit's?

@SailingHollyBlue

Жыл бұрын

Right place right time when Brexit happened!

Very nice facilities. Only downside of overwintering in Western Greece as opposed to Eastern or Southern is that the weather tends to be much wetter though quite mild temp wise.

@SailingHollyBlue

Жыл бұрын

True! Though it’s much colder on the eastern and southern areas during winter and we prefer to be toasty. Lovely and warm but defintely more wet….a plus of this is that we have noticed it’s much greener and colourful as a result. Have a wonderful holiday season 🎄🦋⛵️♥️⭐️

@SailingHollyBlue

Жыл бұрын

@sailingnona yes but without the freezing cold, Baltic seas and unreliable summers 🤪🤪🤪

@SailingHollyBlue

Жыл бұрын

@sailingnona so far so good! Leros Island (Dodecanese) we had sub zero temps for 2 years running and so far here not much below 20 as yet. We don’t mind a bit of cold but coming from the UK we don’t care as a winter in sunshine is always a bonus! 👌

@SailingHollyBlue

Жыл бұрын

@sailingnona also worth noting that the winter winds in the Aegean are BITTER and make the real-feel very harsh….

@razisn

Жыл бұрын

@sailingnona Western Greece receives almost double the yearly rainfall that SE England receives. If you also consider that this is concentrated mostly from fall to spring you'll realise how wet the place is during the winter. In 2021 Preveza area itself received more than 1200mm of rain while the London yearly average is less than 600mm.

great video guys, looks like you've found yourselves a top spot :) we've moored in Cleopatra marina a couple of times & I notice the chandlery is called Cleopatra, so are the marinas connected by ownership do you know? or is the chandlery in Cleopatra? thanks :)

@jsidiropoulou

Жыл бұрын

Yes, they are both owned by the same family

Hi . Love the videos. As a fellow brexit sufferer can I please ask if you have managed to get an extended visa for Greece and if you have what's it called and where do I apply 🤞. Thank you

@SailingHollyBlue

Жыл бұрын

We were in Greece with a beige card when brexit happened which automatically gave us the opportunity to apply for a biometric card (see recent episodes where we apply in Kos) - we now have temporary residency for a few years x

Wow, what a nice place. How long do you typically stay there for?

@SailingHollyBlue

Жыл бұрын

As long as it takes to for us to get any maintenance completed, for the weather to warm up a little and for the storms to calm down 👌⛵️♥️

Hey guys long time no see ⛵⛵⛵⚓⚓⚓⛵⛵⛵🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

@SailingHollyBlue

Жыл бұрын

Heyyyyyyyyy!! ♥️⛵️🎄🦋⭐️

😃👍👍👍❤

👍🇨🇦❤️

thanks for update a question do you have a time restriction now for staying in Greece or do you have Greek residency??? P.S Merry Xmas to you all..!!! **( ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡° )**

@SailingHollyBlue

Жыл бұрын

Nope we are all good 👍 don’t have to leave Greece 🇬🇷 and thankful for that!

👍🌊🤿🎣⛵🏖️⛱️💯

Nonooo Best marinas in Turkey..!

@SailingHollyBlue

Жыл бұрын

No complaints over here! 🇬🇷

@barook5725

Жыл бұрын

@@SailingHollyBlue my opinion