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The characteristics of caique, a small floating hotel with every comfort, the beauty of the places, the professionalism of the crews and the good cuisine are typical aspects of the cruise in caique.
Caiques in Italy are more concentrated in the Aeolian Islands, where she was born the winning idea to use them for pleasure cruises, but over time, they have spread in other places and their nautical bases have proliferated throughout the Italian Seas in the best and most evocative places of our coasts and islands.
From Sicily, with the Aeolian Islands and Egadi to the Pontine Archipelago, with Ponza and Ventotene opposite the coast of Lazio; from the picturesque Capri, Ischia and Procida in the Gulf of Naples to the green Island of Elba and the Tuscan Archipelago with Capraia, Giglio and Giannutri; from worldly or not known Sardinia to wild Corsica.
All these are our proposals of caique cruises you can enjoy during your vacation.Please note below some examples of caique cruises in Italy, taking into account that are only indicative and could be modified according to your personal preferences and needs of navigation and weather conditions at the time.
Egadi Islands face to the west coast of Sicily: its three islands, Favignana, Marettimo and Levanzo are the destination for a cruise in Sicily alternative to more traditional Aeolian Islands.
Favignana is the largest of three islands and has a unique town, where you can take a trip on the streets or sip a coffee in the bar.
Favignana is also famous for the slaughter of tuna fishes that is conducted in the months between April and July.
Marettimo has a jagged coastline and cliffs overlooking the sea, dominated by a castle on top of the island.
Levanzo is the smallest among the three islands.
It is very old and there are evidences of early human settlements to Egadi such as paintings in caves dating back to prehistoric times. 
The other two smaller islands, Formica and Maraone, are extremely small, but at the same time naturalistically splendid and characteristics.
Traces of ancient human installations are mainly had to Levanzo and in smaller measure to Favignana.
In 241 B.C. the Romans conquered the islands after the final naval battle of the First War Punica, in which Cheerful Lutazio Catulo the Carthaginian fleet. After the collapse of the Roman empire the islands the historical stories of the islands followed those of the Vandals and of the Goths, Saracen and of the Norman ones and finally in Sicily up to the XVI century, when they became ownership of the Pallavicini-Rusconis in Genoa and then, in 1874, of the Florios.
The characteristic dishes of the Egadis include base dishes of couscous and connected specialty to the fishing as the marinated tuna, the fish sword roasted and the lattume of fried tuna. Preserved I am the tuna to the oil of olive, the bottarga and the salty tuna.
Capri, former summer residence of Roman emperors, is famous for its natural beauty, whose best known examples are the Blue Cave (Grotta Blu) and the “Faraglioni” (tall rocks rising directly from the sea near the coast).
Ischia is the largest of the three islands.
During its circumnavigation you can admire the Aragonese Castle and its magnificent bays.
Lovers of physical well-being do not forget a visit to its many spas.
Procida is the island where he set the famous novel by Elsa Morante "L'Isola di Arturo" and is perhaps the less flashy but an attentive visitor could find many suggestions.
Do not neglect a visit to the natural reserve of small island of Vivara.
The Amalfi Coast is dotted with nice small villages among them Positano and Amalfi are the most famous.
Positano with its white houses overlooks the sea along the rocky coastline and is always full of life.
Amalfi, one of the old four Maritime Republics, retains the characteristics of its ancient past.
Ponza is the largest island, mountainous and of volcanic origin, has rocky beaches and jagged cliffs. One example might be the famous beach of “Chiaia di Luna” surrounded by high cliffs overlooking the sea. Famous are also the “La Scogliera” (The Cliff) and “Faraglioni” of Lucia Rosa.
Always by its rocky nature, Ponza is rich in underwater caves that attract many scuba divers.
Palmarola is the second largest of the Pontine Islands and is a nature reserve, inhabited only in summer.
Zannone is of great natural interest and is included in the National Park of Circeo.
The island is completely uninhabited.
Ventotene is a destination for enthusiastic divers, offering very interesting scuba diving in its wonderful depths.
In this island there are a lot of Roman ruins, villas and aqueducts of Roman epoch, but the main attractive is the ancient port where fish-pond shaped in the rocks in the volcanic tuff, where the Romans raised morays. ene.
Gavi is a small island, inhabited by very few people.
The island is characterized by the presence of local unique fauna, like the “lizard of Gavi”.
Santo Stefano is a small uninhabited island and like the other islands of has volcanic origin.
The only building is a prison famous for its illustrious Italian political prisoners during the Fascism epoch: among them we remember the former President of the Republic, Sandro Pertini, and others such as Giorgio Amendola and Altiero Spinelli.
Elba allows you to navigate with any wind and sea condition because you can choose the best shelter with few hours of navigation.
A typical cruise in Elba would be his circumnavigation with embarkation/disembarkation in Portoferraio, where the “Darsena Medicea” is the basis of some nautical caiques and is also one of the most beautiful and ancient marinas of the Mediterranean.
Portoferraio is the greatest commune in the Elba and here Napoleone Bonaparte sojourned you during one of his/her exiles.
Different residences entertained him and should be visited.
After the departure from Portoferraio the island can be circumnavigated and to stop, to visit the beaches and the most beautiful places.
To be mentioned absolutely, the zone of the iron Mines, active already to the time of the Etruschis, the "Gulf Stella" with the islets Gemini, the Gulf of Lacona, Marina of Field, Pomonte with his underwater wreckage accessible to everyone with a very easy and suggestive dive (13 meter depth), Marciana Marina, the Gulf of Procchio and the Biodola, Cap Enfola with his suggestive sunset.
Elba has a strategic position in the middle of the Tyrrhenian Sea and is the ideal base for a long week cruise to reach the other islands of the Tuscan Archipelago in the south of Elba.
Montecristo is the only integral nature reserve in Italy, a granite rock that you can visit with a special permit granted to a limited number of visitors. Rising from Cala Maestra, the small entry bay, to the top of the island you can admire a breathtaking panorama.
Giglio is an island with a great scenic beauty very famous for its beautiful depths, a typical destination for scuba divers.
The very characteristic village of Giglio Castello overlooks the whole island from the top; the tourist village of Campese with the namesake ancient Tower and the Faraglione close the northern wide gulf.
Giannutri has a particular shape created by a volcanic crater open to the southeast side, it can be visited only in part due to a large forbidden area where is the famous Roman Villa with some ruins in the sea.
Capraia is an island of volcanic origin and this nature is clearly recognizable admiring Cala Rossa (Red Bay), the "caldera" of the old volcanic crater collapsed and partially sunk: the bright red of residual crater walls, especially during the sunset, offers an unforgettable natural sight.
Corsica is an island with little towns, where nature, sea, land and environment conserve a real still wild and primitive aspect.
The cruises arrive in Macinaggio and then continue to the Finocchiarole islands, the mighty Cape Corso, the small fishing village of Centuri, famous for lobsters, the nice town of Saint-Florent, the “Désert des Agriates” with the “Caribbean” beaches of Saleccia and Loto.
A one week cruise finishes in Calvi, with its ancient citadel and the famous Foreign Legion.
After Calvi, there is the nature reserve of Scandola with the cliffs that look like a grand canyon on the sea. Continuing the cruise arrives to the Gulf of Porto with the "Calanches" of Piana, Cargese, Propriano, Figari.
But those described do not cover the wonderful places of Corse, the beaches almost deserted and little known that one can achieve in this cruise, being surprised by their beauty.
It starts from Bosa, where is the only navigable river in Sardinia, or from the nearby Alghero, a suggestive village with ancient Spanish remains.
The north-west coast of Sardinia is characterized by the high cliffs of Capo Caccia, which surround the Caves of Neptune, where you can make a visit by feet but also an unforgettable and spectacular scuba diving in the cave.
Continuing north you encounter the red beach of Porto Ferro and the small village of Argentiera, where you can visit the ruins of the old silver mines.
We continue our cruise to reach the nature reserve of Asinara Island and then the Pelosa beach of Stintino, a huge natural swimming pool of turquoise colour.
The cruise ends at “Isola Rossa” (Red Island) and the large beach of Badesi.
One stop at Castelsardo to buy some souvenirs in its craftsmanship shops and after the cruise begins the return to the starting point.
A group of attractive islands made of granite in the more beautiful sea of the Mediterranean Sea: this is the Archipelago of La Maddalena.
Beaches, rocks from the strangest cuts, depths rich of life, waters from the turquoise to the emerald, these are the things you'll see in a cruise in caique, a very comfortable and safe navigation with many ports and shelters where everybody can relax and take a sunbath.
Embarkment from Santa Teresa di Gallura with the nearby Capo Testa, an old granite quarry of the Romans, where still some traces of partially excavated pillars.
Crossing the Strait of Bonifacio the cruise arrive at in a unique bay among the three suggestive islands of Razzoli, Santa Maria and Budelli.
Sailing continue alternating nice islands, as Spargi, La Maddalena and Santo Stefano, to the Sardinian coast of Palau with Porto Rafael and Punta Sardegna.
Last island to the west is Caprera, here we can visit the last home and the tomb of Giuseppe Garibaldi, the Hero of Two Worlds.
Caprera is also famous for the prestigious namesake sailing school and to the jagged west coast, where there is “Cala Coticcio” as known as Tahiti.
Capo d’Orso (Cape Bear whose name is due to a characteristic and imposing rock) and the Gulf of Cannigione close this one week cruise.
With more time available it is easy to include in the cruise of the archipelago of La Maddalena even the southern Corsica, the islands of Lavezzi and Cavallo and the ports of Bonifacio and Porto Vecchio.
As alternative, the cruise can continue to the fashionable Costa Smeralda.
Navigation starts from Bosa towards the south in a nearly uninhabited Sardinia with its rocky coastline, beaches of quartz and huge sand dunes.
The first stop is the marine reserve of Mal di Ventre island and the Peninsula of Sinis, where you can visit the ancient town of Tharros, where they alternated in ancient times the Phoenicians, the Greeks and the Romans, leaving an area of archaeological great interest.
Ponds and wetlands of the Gulf of Oristano are famous for the presence of flamingos and other migratory and marsh birds. Do not forget to test the famous "bottarga" of mullet, obtained from the treatment of eggs of this fish.
After the Gulf of Oristano, this cruise reach “Torre dei Corsari” (The Tower of Corsairs) with its large sand dunes, “Costa Verde” (The Green Coast), the beach of Piscinas and the massive “Faraglione” (Tall Rock) of 133 meters of white limestone, named Pan di Zucchero (Sugar Cake).
Two large islands close this cruise: San Pietro and the old port of Carloforte, Sant'Antioco and the fishing port of Calasetta.