Monaco Yacht Show: Tickets and What a Pass Buys
The Monaco Yacht Show runs Wednesday 23 to Saturday 26 September 2026 in Port Hercule, with around 120 superyachts on display, 43 of them delivered this year. A one-day pass is €700, a two-day pass €1,300, sold online only and valid from Thursday — Wednesday is reserved for invited guests. The pass gets you onto the docks. It does not, on its own, get you onto a yacht.
What the show actually is
It is a sales event. The yachts in the harbour are there because a shipyard or a broker wants to sell or charter them, and the people they are hoping to meet are buyers and charterers. Everything else — the pavilions, the tenders, the aviation and car displays, the evening programme across the city — is built around that. Understanding it as a market rather than an exhibition explains most of what follows, including why a ticket and a boarding are different things.
The facts for 2026
| Item | 2026 |
|---|---|
| Dates | Wednesday 23 – Saturday 26 September |
| Hours | 10:00–18:30 Wed–Fri; 10:00–18:00 Sat |
| Venue | Port Hercule, Monaco |
| One-day pass | €700, VAT included |
| Two-day pass | €1,300, VAT included |
| Sales | Online only — nothing sold at the gate |
| Wednesday | Invited guests and Sapphire Experience only |
| Fleet | Around 120 superyachts; 43 new deliveries |
| Largest yacht | Leviathan, 111 m (Oceanco) |
| Largest charter yacht | NIXIE, 102.4 m |
Sources. Dates, hours and ticketing from the Monaco Yacht Show official ticketing; fleet numbers from the official 2026 superyacht list; largest yachts from BOAT International and YachtCharterFleet. All consulted 20 September 2026. Dates and prices are set per edition by the organiser; the 2027 figures will differ.
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What the pass gets you
- The docks. Every quay in Port Hercule, the full length of the fleet, from the outside. That is genuinely worth the price: nowhere else are this many yachts of this size in one harbour.
- The pavilions. Shipyards, designers, brokers, tenders, toys, and the adjacent industries that follow the money — aviation, cars, watches, property.
- The atmosphere. The show spills into the city. Evenings in Monaco during show week are the show as much as the harbour is.
What the pass does not get you
A boarding. Access to any individual yacht is at the discretion of the shipyard or broker exhibiting it, and for anything above a certain size that means a pre-arranged appointment with a qualified buyer or charterer. Walking up a gangway with a €700 wristband and expecting a tour is not how the top end works, and a visitor who has not arranged viewings in advance will spend the day looking at hulls. How viewings are actually arranged is in boarding at the Monaco Yacht Show.
Wednesday and the Sapphire Experience
The first day is closed to the public. It is for exhibitors' invited guests and holders of the Sapphire Experience — the show's own VIP programme, capped at around 200 people, application-only, and with roughly four in five applicants refused. What it includes, who it is for, and why the refusal rate is the point are in the Sapphire Experience.
The city that week
Hotels in Monaco, Nice, Antibes and Cannes sell out weeks before the show, and the restaurants brokers want for client dinners are gone before the first yacht arrives. A visit that is only planned as far as the ticket is half planned. Where to stay, how to eat and how to get in and out are in Monaco Yacht Show week.
Common questions
Can you buy a ticket on the day?
No. Passes are sold online only and there is no ticketing at the gate. Buy before you travel, and check whether the day you want is open to the public — Wednesday is not.
Is a one-day pass enough?
For the docks and the pavilions, yes — a full day covers the harbour. For boardings, it depends on how many are booked and when; viewings are scheduled by the exhibitor and rarely all fall on one day. Two days is the norm for anyone with appointments.
Are the yachts at the show for sale or for charter?
Both, and often the same yacht is both. Brokers are aboard to take enquiries for either. What the yacht you toured would cost to charter next summer is the subject of chartering the yacht you saw at the show.
Is there a dress code?
Smart, and on board it matters: most yachts ask for shoes off or provide covers, and crews notice. Comfortable for the docks, presentable for the gangway.
A visit that includes the boardings
Tell us which days, who is coming and which yachts — or which size and type — you want to see. You get the pass, the viewings arranged with the right brokers, and the week around it: the hotel, the evenings, the transfer. Send us the dates.