Cala Galera, Marina in Monte Argentario, Italy.
Cala Galera is a marina built in the 1970s in a small eastern inlet of Monte Argentario, about 3 km north-east of Porto Ercole. It has almost 670 berths, 60 of them for boats in transit up to 50 m long, with depths of 3.5 to 6.5 m at the quays and across the basin.
The marina was founded in the 1970s under Mayor Susanna Agnelli's leadership and was among the first private ports of its kind built in Italy. It helped shape how marinas developed along the Tuscan coast in the following decades.
Cala Galera hosts the Circolo Nautico e della Vela Argentario, a historic yacht club that organises the Campionato Invernale dell'Argentario, the oldest offshore sailing championship in Italy. The marina has held the Bandiera Blu awarded by the Foundation for Environmental Education for several years.
Visitors should know the port offers modern facilities including fuel, repair workshops, and electrical connections for vessels. It is advisable to contact in advance since this is a private facility with potential restrictions on public access.
The Circolo Nautico e della Vela Argentario, based at the marina, organises the Campionato Invernale dell'Argentario, described as Italy's oldest offshore sailing championship. The bay itself silted up after the harbour was built, and the resulting sand now forms the beach of Cala Galera beside the leeward mole.
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