For 361 days of the year, Monaco is already one of the most extraordinary concentrations of glamour, horsepower and wealth on earth. Then, for four days every September, things go up another gear.

The Monaco Yacht Show has been the most important gathering in the superyacht calendar since it was established in 1991. And, as it celebrates its 35th edition this year, from 23–26 September, Port Hercule will once again become the centre of the yachting world. Around 120 superyachts are expected to gather in the harbour, alongside the shipyards, designers, brokers and specialists responsible for creating them. Of those yachts, no fewer than 43 will have been delivered in 2026 alone.

For those unfamiliar with the show, however, it is worth explaining that Monaco is about far more than simply looking at very large boats.

For prospective owners, it presents an unusual opportunity. Within the confines of a single harbour, it is possible to step aboard some of the finest yachts currently for sale, see many of the year’s most significant new launches, meet the shipyards that built them and speak directly to the designers and brokers who know them best. For existing owners, it is a place to discuss everything from refits and new-build projects to management and the next yacht. And, for those considering charter, there are few better opportunities to understand what separates one yacht from another.

Then there is everything that happens beyond Port Hercule. Monaco Yacht Show week has developed a rhythm entirely of its own. Meetings become lunches, lunches become drinks, and drinks tend to become dinners and parties aboard yachts, in hotels and around Monte Carlo. For four days, much of the international yachting world finds itself squeezed into the tiny principality.

The only difficulty is knowing where to begin, so…

There is going to the Monaco Yacht Show. And then there is doing Monaco with Edmiston.

As a long-standing exhibitor and one of the leading brokerage houses in the world, Edmiston has become a significant presence at the show. This year, its international team will once again be on the ground to guide clients through everything from buying and selling to chartering and commissioning a new yacht.

More importantly, the Edmiston Experience is designed to remove much of the complication from what can otherwise be a rather frantic four days. Its brokers can arrange private yacht viewings, make introductions and help clients decide which yachts are genuinely worth their time.

Because, with around 120 yachts in Port Hercule, trying to see everything rather misses the point. A good broker will understand how you intend to use a yacht, where you want to travel, who will be joining you and what you value most, before reducing an entire harbour to the handful of yachts you really ought to step aboard.

And the experience doesn't end when the show closes. Monaco Yacht Show is as much about the conversations taking place away from the harbour as those happening on it, and having a team on the ground makes navigating the dinners, meetings and hospitality around the principality considerably easier.

So, once you make it to Port Hercule, where should you begin? Here are six yachts worth making time for.

The headline act in Edmiston’s Monaco fleet is difficult to miss. Delivered this summer after a five-year build, the 102.4-metre NIXIE is a Lürssen with exterior and interior design by British studio RWD, accommodating 12 guests across 10 cabins. Among the highlights are a 7.5-metre glass-bottomed infinity pool, vast beach club, 144-square-metre gym, cryotherapy chamber, sauna, steam room, indoor and outdoor cinemas and a commercial helipad. Despite her extraordinary scale, the interiors are restrained and contemporary, with light oak, marble and travertine used throughout. NIXIE enters the charter market exclusively with Edmiston, from €2.4 million per week.

There will be a familiar face in Port Hercule this year: SILVER FOX, which provided the setting for a Gentleman’s Journal campaign earlier this summer, will make her world premiere at the show with Edmiston. The 72-metre yacht is the first of Sanlorenzo’s new 74Steel series and pairs vast proportions with an emphasis on quiet, refined cruising. Her standout spaces include an expansive beach club with gym and wellness facilities, a glass-bottomed swimming pool and an extraordinary private owner’s deck. Accommodating 12 guests across eight cabins, SILVER FOX is available exclusively for charter through Edmiston from €900,000 per week.

At 54 metres, SAIRU is the largest Riva ever built, taking a name synonymous with beautiful Italian runabouts firmly into superyacht territory. Designed inside and out by Officina Italiana Design, the 499GT yacht combines Riva’s characteristically elegant lines with some serious amenities, including a five-metre beach-club pool, fold-out terraces, a passenger lift connecting all four decks and a full-beam owner’s suite. Twin MTUs provide a top speed of 18 knots and a range of 3,600 nautical miles. Making her global debut at Monaco, SAIRU is currently offered for sale through Edmiston for €42 million, excluding VAT.

Built by Feadship in 2018 and fresh from an extensive refit at the Dutch shipyard in 2025, PROMISE. combines serious explorer credentials with everything you would expect from one of yachting’s most celebrated builders. She was the first Feadship to achieve Ice Class 1E and a Lloyd’s Register Polar Ship Certificate, yet her Bannenberg & Rowell interiors are anything but utilitarian. Highlights include two master suites, a heated freshwater pool, guest elevator and a bridge deck engineered to accommodate an EC135 helicopter. Add a range of around 4,500 nautical miles and PROMISE. is a yacht capable of taking her next owner considerably further than the Mediterranean.

One of the most interesting new yachts at Monaco this year, SPIRIT suggests that the future of superyachting may be as much about intelligence as size. The 51.5-metre full-custom Tankoa combines exterior design by Philippe Briand, naval architecture by Vitruvius Yachts and interiors by FM Architettura with a hybrid parallel propulsion system designed to reduce fuel consumption and maintenance. Wellness is equally important: the beach club houses a gym, infrared sauna and waterside dipping pool, while the sundeck has a hydro pool and the owner’s suite its own private balcony. Accommodating 12 guests across six cabins, SPIRIT is offered through Edmiston for €42.5 million excluding VAT.

For those who want to venture rather further than the Côte d’Azur, PARA BELLVM makes a compelling case. The 47-metre Sanlorenzo 500Exp has a range of up to 5,400 nautical miles at nine knots, but combines those genuine expedition capabilities with interiors by Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel and plenty of Mediterranean indulgence. She is the first and only Sanlorenzo Explorer to feature an aft infinity pool, while a vast 113.5-square-metre sea-level entertainment area, fold-down terraces and an 8.5-metre all-weather chase boat make her particularly well equipped for life away from port. PARA BELLVM is offered for sale through Edmiston at €27.95 million and is also available for charter.

For something altogether more traditional, ANDROMEDA LA DEA brings some serious sailing pedigree to Monaco. Originally delivered by Perini Navi in 1990, the 47-metre yacht helped establish the Italian shipyard as one of the great names in large sailing yachts, and has now been comprehensively rebuilt and recommissioned in 2026. Her interiors have been reimagined by Guillaume Rolland of Christian Liaigre, while practically every major onboard system has been renewed, alongside a new North Sails wardrobe and redesigned flybridge with Jacuzzi. Accommodating 12 guests across six cabins and capable of cruising for up to 5,000 nautical miles, ANDROMEDA LA DEA offers the romance of a classic Perini with the technology and finish of a modern yacht. She is offered for sale through Edmiston at €24.95 million.

The temptation at Monaco Yacht Show is to try to see everything. Don’t. Appointments matter, particularly if there are specific yachts you want to board. Visits are ultimately at the discretion of the exhibiting brokers and shipyards, and on the opening Wednesday the Dockside Area is reserved for invited guests and qualifying VIP pass holders before general visitor access begins on Thursday.

Instead, choose the yachts that genuinely interest you, leave enough time between appointments and remember that the conversations you have aboard can be as valuable as the yachts themselves.

And leave some room in the diary for Monaco. Have lunch somewhere overlooking the harbour. Stop for a drink when the show closes. Accept the dinner invitation. Stay out slightly later than you intended. Because, after 35 years, the Monaco Yacht Show has become about more than the yachts moored inside Port Hercule. It is four days when an entire world gathers in one very small principality.

And with Edmiston taking care of the details, all that remains is deciding which yacht you want to step aboard first.

For more information get in touch with Edmiston