Lurssen278m12 guests9 cabins
A GIGIA charter is strongest when the yacht choice is tied to the route. For larger private groups, celebrations, and corporate hosting, the useful question is how a flagship charter mood built around privacy, hosting, and status fits short coastal hops where swim stops, lunch timing, and a relaxed return matter more than distance and whether the route protects hosting time on deck.
Lurssen · Monaco · Cannes · French Riviera · St Tropez
Overview
A GIGIA charter is strongest when the yacht choice is tied to the route. For larger private groups, celebrations, and corporate hosting, the useful question is how a flagship charter mood built around privacy, hosting, and status fits short coastal hops where swim stops, lunch timing, and a relaxed return matter more than distance and whether the route protects hosting time on deck.
Charter fit
GIGIA is best considered for larger private groups, celebrations, and corporate hosting, with a flagship charter mood built around privacy, hosting, and status. The useful planning angle is a private celebration or corporate hosting brief, not a generic yacht-listing comparison.
Shortlist logic
GIGIA should make the shortlist when the brief needs a private celebration or corporate hosting brief around Mediterranean and Capri. The decision should weigh 278'10 / 85m, 12 guests, 9 cabins, 2017 | 2024 (Refitted) against route timing and guest flow.
GIGIA suits larger private groups, celebrations, and corporate hosting when the brief is a private celebration or corporate hosting brief. The 12 guests profile gives enough structure to plan the guest list early. 9 cabins also makes overnight suitability easier to judge.
Mediterranean can work well for GIGIA, but the route needs discipline. The best plan keeps the day focused instead of trying to collect too many stops, especially when the route protects hosting time on deck.
Season matters because berth pressure, weather windows, and guest expectations change the charter. May to September, when Capri timing, tender access, and lunch reservations need clean planning. A useful shortlist should also explain why check whether the yacht is being shortlisted for its real fit or only for its headline specs.
a flagship charter mood built around privacy, hosting, and status. Water toys and tenders make the day more active when the anchorage is right. This is where a broker note is more useful than a raw specification list.
Do not compare GIGIA on price alone. The stronger comparison is whether another yacht makes Naples or Sorrento boarding with a focused Capri day easier, gives the group a better deck rhythm, or solves a port constraint more cleanly.
A good recommendation for GIGIA should include one reason to choose it and one condition to verify. That keeps the page useful for real charter planning instead of becoming another listing entry.
Technical profile
Charter price
GIGIA is positioned around €1,000,000 p/week + expenses Approx $1,175,000, before the final charter budget is shaped by APA, tax, fuel, berths, provisioning, delivery and the route requested.
Lurssen build, 278m class
The value is in the way the yacht supports guests: cabins, deck space, crew flow, toys, tenders, service rhythm and the ability to make the route feel effortless.
Fuel, provisioning, berths, delivery, local taxes and crew gratuity should be clarified before treating any weekly or day rate as the full charter budget.
Guest fit
Strong
GIGIA gives the group a cabin-led base for multi-day planning, with space to balance privacy, meals and time on deck.
Strong
The yacht data includes toys or tenders, so the charter can be planned around swimming, water time and an active anchorage rhythm.
Strong
The guest profile supports larger private groups when service flow, boarding and deck use are planned early.
Inspect style
Interior mood, deck style and service tone should match the client. The right yacht is not only the largest available yacht, it is the yacht guests want to live in.
Charter fit scorecard
5/5
The 278m class gives the yacht its baseline for deck space, cabins and guest flow.
4.5/5
The available toy and tender data supports a more active charter plan.
4.5/5
Amenities and features give the yacht stronger onboard value beyond transport.
Visible
Rate context is available, but APA, tax, fuel, berths and delivery still need confirmation.
Comparison
Newer yachts in the same class may offer fresher interiors, newer beach clubs or updated wellness layouts. GIGIA should be compared on guest fit, refit status, deck flow, crew programme, toys, range, availability and the route you actually want to run.
The strongest shortlist is not the newest yacht by default. It is the yacht whose layout, service style and operating assumptions match the client, the port and the itinerary.
Profile
Gigia has aboard a plentiful range of water toys and accessories ready to entertain you and your guests whilst on charter. Principle among these are waterslides for hours of fun for all ages. Take to the sea on a Jet Ski offering you power and control on the water. Guests can feel the wind in their hair and jump the waves on one of the two Seadoo GTR-X WaveRunners. If that isn't enough Gigia also features towable toys, a seabob, wakeboards, fishing equipment, beach games and much more. Gigia features four tenders, but leading the pack is a 9m/29'6" Yachtwefrt Meyer Limo Tender to transport you in style. Gigia and her crew are available for charter this summer for cruising within the Mediterranean. She is already accepting bookings this winter for cruising in the Caribbean. Motor yacht Gigia is an outstanding pedigree yacht that delivers on all fronts for superlative luxury yacht vacations.
The 85m/278'10" 'Gigia' motor yacht built by the German shipyard Lurssen is available for charter for up to 12 guests in 9 cabins. This yacht features interior styling by British designer Winch Design. With an abundance of space and superlative amenities across her luxurious decks, you'll be spoilt for choice on a luxury yacht charter aboard Gigia. She has sensational features such as a beauty salon, spa, elevator, underwater lights, beach club and gym.
Built with a steel hull and aluminium superstructure, she offers greater on-board space and is more stable when at anchor thanks to her full-displacement hull. Powered by twin MTU engines, she comfortably cruises at 12 knots, reaches a maximum speed of 17 knots with a range of up to 7,500 nautical miles from her 257,000 litre fuel tanks at 14 knots. Gigia features at-anchor stabilizers providing exceptional comfort levels.
Built in 2017, Gigia offers guest accommodation for up to 12 guests in 9 suites comprising a master suite, two VIP cabins and six cabins that can operate as twins or doubles. The master suite incorporates its own study and dressing room as well as a his and her bathroom. Additionally, there is a staff cabin on board. Excellent service is guaranteed, with twenty-seven crew members on board to look after your every need.
You and your guests can enjoy a variety of experiences on Gigia including a beauty salon featuring all of the facilities required for a number of different beauty treatments. The steam room is great for your skin and a perfect place to unwind or kick back and relax in the well-appointed spa. Visit the sauna and disconnect in peace and quiet or elsewhere, even the most discerning of charter guests will enjoy the included beach club. Maintain your fitness routine and work out in the well-equipped gym plus sit back with a glass of champagne in the deck jacuzzi. Whatever your activities on your charter, you'll find some impressive features are seamlessly integrated to help you including an elevator, making any part of the yacht quickly and easily accessible. At night, guests can enjoy a mesmerizing light spectacle in the water thanks to underwater lights or whether you want to work, use social media or stream movies on board this yacht, you can with Wi-Fi connectivity. You can stay comfortable on board whatever the weather, with air conditioning during your charter.
Onboard
Commercial
€1,200,000 p/week + expenses Approx $1,410,000
Mediterranean · Croatia · Greece · Monaco · Montenegro · Calvi · Cannes · Corsica · French Riviera · Mykonos · Santorini · Sardinia · St Tropez
$1,200,000 p/week + expenses
Caribbean · Antigua · Bahamas · Saint Martin · St Barts
Cruising
Monaco · Cannes · French Riviera · St Tropez
Planning notes
Availability
Share your dates, destination, guest count and preferred pace. A charter expert will confirm availability, rate context, APA assumptions and whether GIGIA fits the route.
FAQ
Yes, if the route is planned around short coastal hops where swim stops, lunch timing, and a relaxed return matter more than distance. The broker should confirm dates, boarding point, guest count, and cruising area before treating it as available.
GIGIA is strongest for larger private groups, celebrations, and corporate hosting. The final recommendation depends on how the cabins, crew setup, and Mediterranean and Capri timing fit the brief.
For GIGIA, share the date window, boarding point, day or overnight format, and how formal the onboard service should feel.
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