The Palermo marina
Marina di Villa Igiea is located in Acquasanta and is Palermo’s port dedicated exclusively to nautical tourism. It is located north of the industrial slipway and is protected by two piers, a breakwater to the north and a breakwater to the east. Inside Marina di Villa Igiea are a number of fixed concrete piers and floating docks that allow mooring.
The Marina has sandy bottoms up to the ranging from 2 to 10 meters, and offers 400 berths on fixed and floating docks for boats up to 65m in length. Thanks to its favorable location, boaters can enjoy a considerable variety of tourist itineraries both in terms of mountain and sea excursions, such as Isola delle Femmine in the marine area of Capo Gallo or the island of Ustica.
Marina di Villa Igiea is just minutes from the center of the city of Palermo and half an hour from Falcone and Borsellino International Airport.
The port offers excellent dockside services, efficient boat servicing, and onshore hospitality. In the marina, boats can dock or be in transit only. The docks all have arranged for excellent maintenance, and are complete with water and light supply columns, assisted by various services needed by boaters and tourists passing through.
The entrance to Marina di Villa Igiea is continuous and offers 24-hour mooring assistance and supervision.
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Port Services of Marina di Villa Igiea:
- Mooring with dead body and catenary on floating docks
- Fixed concrete jetties or shoreline docks
- Front desk
- Fresh water and electricity
- (220V/16 a-380 v/32 a) per berth
- Fuel Dispensers
- VHF channel 74 (156.725 Mhz) continuous listening
- Weather (internet service)
- Day and night guarding
- Nautical School/Diving School
- Car and motorcycle parking
- Waste pickup
- On-demand service center
- Club House (operational since 2005)
- Hauling and launching up to 50 tons (agreement with boatyard 6 miles N)
- Full technical assistance (agreement with boatyard 6 miles N)
- Accessories and spare parts (resale a few meters from the ports)
- Fishing articles (resale a few meters from the ports)
- Bank-exchange (about 500 mt from the ports that can also be reached on foot)
- Gas liquid refill
- Newspapers (resale a few meters from the ports)
- About 100 meters from the ports is the Supermarket, a grocery store, and fruits and vegetables
- Hotel
- Bars a few meters from the port
- Tobaccos a few meters from the port
- Pharmacy a few hundred meters away
- Post office a few hundred meters away
- Internet Point