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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Lifestyle
Alicia Miller

Nine of the best affordable boating holidays in Europe

There’s something enduringly charming about holidaying on a boat.

In theory, the world is your oyster, with hedonistic agendas shaped by surf, sunshine and lazy waterside lunches – rather than same-old, box-ticking sightseeing. And yet you needn’t have a budget the size of a celebrity superyacht (nor any boating qualifications) to get on board. These shipshape breaks, which range from simple DIY cruisers in the UK to sun-soaked sailings in the Med, all ring in at fair prices.

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