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°E / 43.8078361; 28.583324000Coordinates: 43°48′28.21″N 28°34′59.9664″E / 43.8078361°N 28.583324000°E / 43.8078361; 28.583324000
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. Short boat tours are available.

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.

References

  1. ↑ Vacanța.ro, "Portul Turistic Mangalia", April 30, 2012.
  2. 1 2 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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