Marina of Rome


The Marina of Rome is a tourist port that rises along the banks of Ostia, in the Municipality of Rome.
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History

The port, designed in the 1990s, it is part of a redevelopment project of the area of the Ostia Seaplane Base; in fact, the Centro Habitat Mediterraneo, an oasis of managed by LIPU extends not far from one of the entrances of the port.
The construction was entrusted to ATI, which inaugurated the Marina in 32 months, with an investment of 120 billion lire, in June 2001.
In 2015 Mauro Balini, the administrator of the port, was arrested on charges of bankruptcy, issue of false invoices, money laundering and corruption; the port is therefore administered by the Italian judiciary.

Facilities of the marina

  • 833 berths with the possibility of hosting mega-yachts up to 55 meters long
  • 80 shops for commercial and catering activities, apartments and offices;
  • about of promenade with an outlet on the Ostia seafront
  • more than of exhibition areas
  • an outdoor amphitheater with 750 seats
  • 2,300 parking spaces on internal and external parking lots
  • a shipyard equipped with a 400-ton travel lift
  • offices and headquarters of the law enforcement and a post office

Access

The Port of Rome is located immediately south of the mouth of the Tiber River, just 10 minutes by car from Fiumicino international airport and the archaeological park of Ostia Antica.
It can be reached by public transport with the Rome-Lido "Metromare" railway.