Italian Riviera · Mediterranean
The most anticipated yacht launch in a generation sails from Malta to Monaco — residential suites, Four Seasons service, and the gilded coastlines of Capri, the Tuscan coast and the Côte d'Azur.
About This Voyage
“There are hotels, and there are yachts — and then there is the Four Seasons I, a category that did not exist until now.”
When Four Seasons Hotels announced it was launching a yacht, the question was not whether it would be extraordinary. The question was how it would redefine extraordinary. Four Seasons I — the first vessel in a fleet designed not to compete with existing cruise ships but to occupy a new tier entirely — answers that question at every moment of the day, whether you are dining on the aft deck as the Ligurian coast recedes into blue distance, or choosing from a private collection of artworks in a suite that feels, by design, more like a Kensington apartment than a cabin at sea.
The Rivieras itinerary departs from Valletta, the ancient walled capital of Malta, and traces one of the most storied coastlines in the world northward through the Tyrrhenian Sea — the approach to Capri by water, the Faraglioni sea stacks emerging from the mist, the Marina Grande glittering below the limestone cliffs — before turning toward the Tuscan shore at Monte Argentario and continuing along the Côte d'Azur to the principality of Monaco. Eight nights, seven ports, one ship that renders all of them differently.
This voyage departs September 2026 and is available now through Martins Travel, with preferred suite allocation and pre-voyage arrangements handled personally.
What Is Included
Port by Port
Each port of call has been chosen to reveal a different facet of the journey — arriving by sea as travellers once did, and departing enriched, never hurried.
“The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.”
Valletta, Malta
Valletta is the smallest capital city in the European Union and, arguably, the most beautiful. Built by the Knights of St John in 1566 on a limestone peninsula between two of the finest natural harbours in the Mediterranean, the city is a UNESCO World Heritage Site of Baroque palaces, fortified bastions and cathedrals filled with Caravaggio paintings. Four Seasons I is berthed in the Grand Harbour — an embarkation with no equal in the Mediterranean world. A private car collects you from Malta International Airport or from your hotel on the island. The yacht's crew receives you at the gangway with cold towels and champagne. Your suite opens for the first time: an ocean-facing balcony suspended above the ancient harbour walls, the Baroque skyline of Valletta behind you, the Tyrrhenian Sea ahead. The Captain's Welcome Dinner takes place at sunset on the aft deck. The ship departs Malta after dinner, heading northeast.
Aboard Four Seasons I · VallettaTaormina, Sicily, Italy
Taormina — the hilltop town on Sicily's eastern coast, above the deep blue of the Ionian Sea — has been described as the most beautiful place in Italy so many times that the phrase has ceased to mean anything. From the deck of Four Seasons I approaching at dawn, it recovers its meaning entirely. The ship anchors in the bay below; the private tender delivers you to the port of Giardini Naxos, and a private car climbs to the town. The Greek Theatre at Taormina — built in the third century BC on a saddle of rock, with Etna visible through the stage arch and the sea below — is visited with a private guide before the morning crowds. Lunch at a terrace restaurant in the Piazza IX Aprile. The afternoon is unhurried: the Villa Comunale gardens, the medieval Corso Umberto, the pastry shops with their ricotta cannoli. The ship departs at sunset, Sicily's volcanic coast fading astern.
Aboard Four Seasons I · TaorminaCapri, Campania, Italy
Capri by tender, not by ferry. That is the difference. Four Seasons I anchors in the Bay of Naples with Vesuvius visible in the distance, and the private tender deposits you at the Marina Grande — the same waters where Tiberius bathed, where Gracie Fields retired, where the great and the glamorous have arrived by sea for two thousand years. The onboard concierge has arranged a private tour of Villa Jovis, Tiberius's cliff-top palace, before the day-trippers arrive. Lunch at Da Paolino under the lemon trees. An afternoon at the Blue Grotto by private rowboat, timed for the magic hour when the bioluminescent light inside the cave turns the water a colour for which no language has a satisfactory word. The evening is entirely without itinerary. This is, after all, Capri. A second day anchored off the island allows it to reveal itself at its own pace: sunrise from the Belvedere di Tragara, the Faraglioni sea stacks catching the early light, a private swim off the tender platform in water of extraordinary clarity.
Aboard Four Seasons I · CapriMonte Argentario, Tuscany, Italy
Monte Argentario is a mountainous promontory connected to the Tuscan mainland by three thin strips of sand — a peninsula that thinks of itself as an island, and behaves like one. The hill town of Porto Ercole sits above a bay of fishing boats and motor launches; the town of Porto Santo Stefano occupies the opposite coast. Four Seasons I anchors in the sheltered bay at Porto Ercole, and the afternoon is one of the most genuinely unhurried of the voyage. The Forte Filippo above the town, built by the Spanish in the sixteenth century, offers a view of the entire Tyrrhenian coast. Caravaggio died here in 1610, alone and in disgrace, which the town has never quite forgiven and never stopped commemorating. Dinner is served aboard at anchor as the lights of the Argentario hills come on one by one, the night sea perfectly still.
Aboard Four Seasons I · Monte ArgentarioBeaulieu-sur-Mer & Nice, Côte d'Azur, France
The Côte d'Azur begins here — or rather, here is where it reached its highest register, in the Belle Époque villas of Beaulieu-sur-Mer and the grand Promenade des Anglais of Nice. Four Seasons I anchors off Beaulieu-sur-Mer in the morning: the Villa Kérylos, the extraordinary recreation of a Greek palace built in 1902 by archaeologist Théodore Reinach on a promontory above the sea, is visited by private guide before lunch. The afternoon moves to Nice, where the private tender delivers you to the old port. The Cours Saleya flower and produce market, the Matisse Museum, the Baroque churches of the old town, the legendary pastry counters of Maison Auer: Nice rewards those who arrive by sea and leave on their own terms. Return to the ship at dusk; dinner in the main dining room as the Côte d'Azur lights stretch along the horizon.
Aboard Four Seasons I · Côte d'AzurViareggio, Tuscany, Italy
Viareggio, on the Versilian coast south of the Ligurian border, is one of Italy's great seaside resorts — a town built in the art nouveau style at the turn of the twentieth century, its promenade lined with liberty architecture of vivid invention. It is also the gateway to Tuscany's interior: Florence is 90 minutes by private car, Lucca 20 minutes, the marble mountains of Carrara visible to the north. Four Seasons I anchors in the bay; the private tender delivers you to the beach at Bagno Roma, the establishment that has been setting up sunloungers on this shore for a hundred years. Lunch at a seafront restaurant under the pine trees. The afternoon belongs to Viareggio itself: the Carnival Museum, the promenade, the gelateria that has been operating since 1927. Return to the ship as the light turns the sea gold.
Aboard Four Seasons I · ViareggioMonte Carlo, Monaco
The approach to Monte Carlo is best made at a measured pace, allowing the principality time to reveal itself: the palace on the rock, the Casino gardens, the yachts ranked in the harbour in an ascending order of consequence at which Four Seasons I occupies a position of considerable confidence. The ship berths at Port Hercule for a final morning: the Casino and its formal gardens, the Oceanographic Museum founded by Prince Albert I in 1910, the Café de Paris for a last espresso on the terrace, the boutiques of the Carré d'Or. Disembarkation after lunch, with private transfers arranged to Nice Côte d'Azur Airport (20 minutes) or onward to any address in Europe. The Martins Travel team will have arranged an extension in a private villa on the Côte d'Azur if desired.
Disembarkation · Monte CarloThe Onboard Experience
The Vessel · Italian Riviera
Tyrrhenian Sea
The first yacht in Four Seasons history — 207 guests across 111 suites, five dining venues, a 200 sqm spa, two pools and a marina platform with water sports. Every suite has an ocean-facing balcony. The ship carries no inside cabins.
Onboard Suite Experience
Upper Decks, Four Seasons I
The 80+ sqm Ocean Suites occupy the upper decks with panoramic ocean views from both living room and bedroom. Private terrace, residential furnishings, and 24-hour Four Seasons butler service. The Penthouse Suites above offer two-bedroom layouts and a private plunge pool.
Destination · Days 3–4
Gulf of Naples, Italy
The limestone sea stacks of the Faraglioni, visible from the ship at anchor, are among the most iconic natural features in the Mediterranean. Capri was the retreat of Roman emperors, and the approach by private tender from Four Seasons I is the closest the modern traveller will come to understanding why.
Private Enquiry
This voyage is presented as a point of departure. We will tailor the suite category, pre- and post-voyage arrangements, private shore excursions, and any special occasion wishes to your exact preferences. A Martins Travel cruise specialist will respond personally within 24 hours.