Port of Riposto, Maritime port in Riposto, Italy

The port of Riposto is a mooring destination for boats and yachts along Sicily's eastern coast. It provides multiple berths of varying sizes and comes equipped with standard utilities including water and electrical hookups for visiting vessels.

The bay served as a landing place since antiquity, but requests for a real harbour began only in the early 19th century, when the area collected wine and agricultural produce from the Etna region for export. A nautical school was founded in 1820 under Ferdinand I of Bourbon. Giarre's 1836 request went unanswered; after unification the Royal Government installed an anchoring buoy in 1865, and the first stone of the port was laid on 5 August 1906.

The port's name "Porto dell'Etna" links it to the volcano whose wine trade filled its quays; the surrounding area was the maritime outlet for Etna's vineyards. A nautical school founded in 1820 under Ferdinand I of Bourbon trained captains for coastal and open-sea navigation, a role still echoed by the Guardia Costiera office based here.

The completed basin is privately managed and takes vessels up to 60 m, with 366 berths, fuel and water supply, shipyards and hauling cranes. The port is also a maritime border crossing, with a "Valico marittimo" run by the local Carabinieri station. The Guardia Costiera's Circondariale Marittimo office is based here, under the Catania harbour authority.

The harbor sits directly below Mount Etna, Europe's largest active volcano, which dominates the view from the water. This geographic proximity creates an unusual backdrop for any visit to the mooring area.