Porto di Levanzo

The port of Levanzo cannot be defined or categorized among normal Italian ports. Both in structure and in the maritime profile with which it manifests itself. In fact, it represents, among the anchorages and ports that characterize the sea life of the boats that sail the waters of the Egadi Islands, one of the most fascinating docking points, and not necessarily by functionality.

The port stands on the southern coast of the island, remaining carved out practically, from a cove, called the Cala Dogana. Its composition is very simple and modest, when compared to the architecture of an average Italian ports. It consists, in fact, of an 80-meter elbow pier and two docks. One shore quay is adjacent to the pier and the second quay dedicated to hydrofoils.

Obviously, this modest structure of his allows him to accommodate mainly small fishing boats, hydrofoils and some boats of daredevil coastal sailors, who can find in the port of Levanzo a safe haven from the northern winds.

Despite its modesty, however, the peculiar beauty that this ports can offer should not be minimized. For fans of boats, sailing and sea life, being able to dock in a small port that in the middle of the island knows how to give shelter and at the same time beauty, can prove to be a pleasant surprise in the voyage.

It is enchanting, in fact, the coastal stretch overlooked by the inhabited landscape, which opens up between the pier and the last hydrofoil dock. The picture-postcard view is that of a particularly rocky inhabited village but with shy beaches of very small inland formation, in which a few boats are often pulled ashore. A walk through such scenery can only make one feel closer to Hemingway’s Old Man and the Sea.

There are therefore very few berthing facilities allowed by the ports. Maximum 15 berths and the rocky and sandy bottoms, do not reach more than 6 meters deep. Port services guaranteed by the facility, are scarce. The only services guaranteed are equipment for embarking and disembarking, rescue, salvage, and pilotage. Boat access to the harbor, is often assisted by on-site employees or other boaters who frequent the facility.

This need for help, especially for local outsiders, is especially apparent on the most dangerous sailing days, when the typical libeccio and scirocco winds that often caress the island’s coastline blow.

Instead, the port of Levanzo, often forgotten among the island’s anchorages, is a small port that with its primary services can provide shelter and a stop for passing boats while combining the pleasant view of a fascinating and undiscovered slice of coastline.

The ports of Levanzo