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Gulet Andrea is a gulet type ship but built in Croatia. This truly makes it a unique vessel with its pros and cons, but advantages always outcomer the dissadvantages o nthis gulet. Technical details fo not tell you much about this vessel as at 27 meters and 6 cabins does not look or sound over the top. But the caracterisitcs of this ship makes it the best ship in Croatia for Family type cruises.



In next 10 blogs, we will present you 10 gulets, which (by our humble opinion) deserve special attention. If you wish to go on a gulet cruise if you can afford it, this are the gulets you MUST CONSIDER! And if you are lucky, they are still available in your period...


Gulet Andrea is a mixture of Turkish gulet cruise concept and Croatian tradition. And this is indeed an interesting mixture. Croatia vessels have more then 100 years tradition and in last couple of year, this segment has truly grown. But most of the ships in Croatia are a bit bigger then standard Turkish gulets and they usualy have from 12 - 20 cabins. Their main charactersistic is very hard construction, quality type materials and the effort they are puting to ships. However most of the ships lack the superb Turkish concept, which is huge deck space and less cabins for private groups. Andrea was built Croatian style, with emphasis on quality materials and huge seafty, while the also included inside the Turkish concept. And in next couple of sentences, we will explain why this gulet is so perfect for families with children!



FAMILY CRUISES - EQUIPEMENT ON BOARD OF GULET:
Children get bored fast and they need more toys. And parents are usualy the ones, who can truly apreciate the time out, that this toys provides for them. Andra has it all:

            - play station
            - CD – MP3 player, caraoke possibility with microphone for singing
            - DVD player with very nice movie selection for kids
            - internet connection and computer on board
            - cards, monopoly all sorts of fun games

WATER SPORTS ON BOARD:
This is perfect for families, that have a bit older children (teenagers) with to much energy. 1 hour on canoe. nice donur ride and 2 hours of snorkeling will definatly make the kids busy and tired.
            - canoe, donut ride, dinghy 40 HP which alows you to make waterkiing, masks and snorkels

BABYSITER POSSIBIITY 
A week payment for babysiter on board of your gulet cruise holidays: 700 €/week
A tip for the babysiter doing a fine job: 10% at the end of the cruise
Watching an eye on children while they are sleeping in the cabins in the evening while parents go to town alone - PRICELESS! 
Daily animation for kids so you can relax in the sun - PRICELESS! 

SEAFTY ON BOARD - THE MOST IMPORTAN THING, WHICH MAKES ANDREA OUR FAVOURITE GULET FOR THIS:
            - one of biggest salons out of all gulets in Croatia, when children can play durng sailing
            - Bigger and heavier hence around the gulet with the net, which eliminates the children to fall in to the water during navigation
            - all neccessary seafty equipement for children
            - 2 cabins with TWIN /single beds) which are perfect for children
            - A lot of deck space for the children

FOOD CONCEPT
             - sperated menus for children and adults

Gulet Anđeo (english word is angel) is definatly one of my favorite 10 gulets. Why. I can tell you a story about how this gulet got mot of clients.

Gulet Anđeo came to Croatia late in season 2006 (late august) and the owner truly did not have time to make any searious marketing for it. But 1 agency had a great year and they sent them 4 groups to finish season 2006. What happened in season 2007? 3 groups came back, while the one group that could not make it, was a group of English lords. And this group had an annual meeting with other friends in same position. And when they explained them about gulet Anđeo, 3 more groups came back in 2007. So most of clients are repeated clients.

And this is not even the most interesting part of this gulet. Gulet Anđeo is around 26 meters long and it has 5 cabins. Gulet does not have box showers which makes it a bit uncomfortable to shower, and quite honestly, I have been on bigger gulets with migger cabins and a lot more deck space. There are several gulets in Croatia, that are a lot bigger (from 30 meters to 33 meters in lenght), that have bigger cabins, box showers and more deck space. But they are chartering for around 9.000 €/week and up to 12.000 €/week mostly. and a lot of them have problems with bookings. So why the hell then gulet Anđeo has the price around 15.000 €/week and it is mostly sold out? Read further and you will see why.

OWNERS OF GULET ANĐEO: family Glunčič is in cruising business for more then 100 years. The grandfather started with ships, that was carrying sand. Father renovated the ship and started doing tourism. And when the son Nikša grew odler, they bought a gulet and also the son got involved in gulet business. While the Glunčič senior has a B category ship (10 cabins 20 meters long ship with only a couple of toilets for entire group), his standards became world wide famous. I truly have to think, which restaurant is as clean as the engine room on that B category ship. It is amazing. The ship is truly not very comfortable, but the services, the condition of the ship, the food and how the father is takinc care of his clients......IT IS TRULY AMAZING!!!!! And this kind of awarnes runs in the family as the son is doing everything in a very similar way on gulet Anđeo. When you come to Croatia, all you have to do is ask around about gulet Anđeo and owners, and you will always get the same reply, that starts like this: "They are crazy"! And it is true, how they take care of their ship and their clients, is incredible.....

GULET ANĐEO - DETAILS: Mr. Donald Trump said one time:" God is in the details"! How right he way. Gulet Anđeo is all about details. Interior, exterior, technical equipement, bed sheets, plates, crew uniforms, services, towels, sun matresses, the way they clean the boat.....I could go on forwever. On gulet Anđeo, everything is prepared and organized to every single detail. Cabins are not big, but they are sparkling clean, painted and truly very nice. When you see the gulet, you truly get the filing this is super luxury gulet.

GULET ANĐEO - CREW: On board you only have 3 crew, but the job they are doing is amazing. Nikša is the young owner who has everything uner control and with the help of amazing chef and 1 sailor they are doing amazing job. They are one of truly few gulets with crew, who have same shirt, same trousers and waki-talki connection, where they can organize everything in time and without disturbing guests.

GULET ANĐEO - OVERAL IMPRESSION: there are bigger gulets in Croatia. Any maybe even a bit more quality type gulets. But if I was to choose the best super luxury gulet in Croatia, I woul go with Anđeo. And you know what. I am sure I would be back also for next season. The standards the owners have on this gulet and how they tace care of clients is amazing and the gulet charter price deserves every single penny. One of the clients came back the third streight year to gulet Anđeo. And because he was repeated client, owner wanted to give him 10% discount on charter rate. Client was offended and did not want to accept the discount! This is the best example of the gulet quality! Gulet Anđeo is a true Angel.