ELENA NUEVE is a Benetti Classic 120, a 36.57-metre motor yacht delivered in 2007 and built in the tradition that made Benetti’s name: timeless proportions, a displacement hull and interior volume that still outmeasures many newer yachts of her length. She is a yacht for guests who value warmth and space over novelty, and she carries the settled, well-run feel of a charter yacht that has been doing this well for years.
Her natural home is the Western Mediterranean. Based in Spain and cruising the Balearics, Catalonia and the Costa del Sol through the summer, she is sized and paced for the island-hopping rhythm of that coast: long, comfortable passages at a displacement cruise, calm nights at anchor and easy access to the beaches and towns that define a Balearic charter. She carries twelve guests, an unusually generous number for 36 metres, across five cabins.
Inside, the styling is classic rather than contemporary, with warm timber, soft furnishings and a sense of proportion that feels residential. The main deck living space gives the group room to spread out: a main salon of sofas and armchairs arranged for conversation and evenings in, a wet bar for drinks before dinner, and a separate dining room for meals under way or at anchor. Light comes through generous windows on every level.
Accommodation is arranged around a full-beam master, with a VIP and further double and twin cabins that make her genuinely flexible for families and mixed groups. All five cabins are en suite, the guest cabins in warm timber and the full-beam master in a calmer, contemporary grey, and the layout keeps the master private while placing the guest cabins within easy reach of the main deck.
Her decks are the heart of a Mediterranean charter. Sun loungers stretch along the upper deck beside an open-air dining table, shaded and open seating layers across the main and aft decks, and the aft platform steps down easily to the water. A crew of seven run her with the ease of long practice, and her displacement hull keeps her steady and easy whether under way or at rest.
The activity side is straightforward and family-friendly, run from the aft deck and the swim platform. A tender handles exploring and the runs ashore, and the low, easy access to the water makes swimming and beach stops the natural shape of a day. Itineraries here follow the coast rather than a clock, built around the long Balearic afternoons and the quiet anchorages that sit between the busier towns.
ELENA NUEVE is not chasing speed or spectacle. She is a comfortable, capable and well-proportioned classic, ideal for a family or group who want space, service and a relaxed pace in one of the Mediterranean’s most rewarding cruising grounds. Her combination of twelve-guest capacity, five en suite cabins and a genuine sense of volume at 36 metres is increasingly hard to find, and it is a large part of why she charters so consistently.
She cruises the Balearic Islands and the wider Western Mediterranean in summer, chartering from EUR 110,000 per week.
