Porto di La Caletta, Tourist port in Siniscola, Italy

The port of La Caletta covers about 15 hectares between the Torre di San Giovanni promontory and the mouth of the Canale Vivarelli, 50 km south of Olbia. It can berth up to 500 boats and is run by the municipalities of Siniscola and Posada together with the Circolo Nautico La Caletta.

The harbour lies near the ancient Roman Portus Luguidonis, cited by Ptolemy; locals called the area Pedras Niddas and sailors La Calitta. From 1877 postal steamships linked the site with Civitavecchia, Livorno and Genoa, carrying Lula mine extracts and charcoal. The port itself was built between 1956 and 1958 with funds from the autonomous region of Sardinia.

Locals call the site Pedras Niddas, "black stones", while sailors knew it as La Calitta; the name La Caletta derives from this. Cargo handling was once done without any port structure, and goods such as Lula mine extracts and charcoal were stored in the muristenes near the church of San Giovanni.

The port lies 50 km south of Olbia, between the Torre di San Giovanni promontory and the mouth of the Canale Vivarelli, and is managed by Siniscola with Posada and the Circolo Nautico La Caletta. Boats moor in a basin of about 15 hectares with room for up to 500 vessels. Approach from the sea between the two harbour works.

In summer 1992 the Sardinia Express tested a passenger and car link between La Caletta and Civitavecchia using the Australian catamaran SeaCat, 74 metres long and able to carry 100 vehicles and 450 passengers at over 40 knots. The crossing took three and a half hours instead of the usual seven, and the route carried 20,000 passengers and 5,000 vehicles in August and September alone.