Mangalia Marina

Mangalia Marina, April 22, 2012

Mangalia Marina is a harbour for yachts and small boats(up to 18 m long) located on the Black Sea coast. It is the most modern tourist harbour in Romania.[1]

Mangalia Marina
Tourist Harbour
Mangalia Marina

Location of Mangalia Marina

Coordinates: 43°48′28.21″N 28°34′59.9664″E / 43.8078361°N 28.583324000°ECoordinates: 43°48′28.21″N 28°34′59.9664″E / 43.8078361°N 28.583324000°E
Country  Romania
County Constanţa County
City Mangalia
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Website http://marina.mangalia.ro

History

The marina was built between 2006-2008 with the help of a grants of 4,071,365.77 euro from the European Union (Phare 2004/016-772.04.01.01.01 - Large Regional Infrastructure Projects scheme) and a City Council and City Hall of Mangalia contribution of 651,418.52 euro.[2]

Location, description

Located just 2 days of sailing to Odessa in Ukraine, 1 day to Varna in Bulgaria and a couple of hours to Constanţa or to the Danube Delta and enjoying ideal conditions for mooring and vessels' maintenance,[3] the Mangalia Marina is the starting point for short coastal trips in the immediate vicinity, with stopovers in Vama Veche, 2 Mai, Limanu, Venus, Neptun, Olimp, Costinești, Eforie Sud, Eforie Nord, Agigea, Constanţa, Mamaia or Midia. Larger boats can follow longer coastal shipping routes within the perimeter Istanbul-Varna-Mangalia-Odessa-Yalta.

The Mangalia Marina, with a total capacitance of 146 mooring places,[2] together with the Varna Marina from Bulgaria are the hosts of the BMW Black Sea International Regatta,[4] which is organized annually by Romania Yacht Club, Bulgaria LZ Yachting 1991 and Odessa International Yacht Club.

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References

  1. Info Trip, "Portul Turistic Mangalia", April 30, 2012.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Portul Turistic Mangalia, "Mangalia Marina's official web page", May 1st, 2012.
  3. Portul Turistic Mangalia, "Portul Turistic Mangalia", May 1st, 2012.
  4. Jurnalul de Constanța, "Black Sea International Regatta a ajuns la a patra ediție", May 19, 2011.

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