marina di cala del sole

From what I understand this marina is new/renovated, and it's absolutely stunning. There are great places to stop and drink/eat, and the service is excellent!

HopefulIy I won't exaggerate when I say the best fish I ever ate! It is right on the beach. Staff was friendly and patient. We felt as an english speaking guests very comfortable.

We wintered here and will be again thanks to an excellent experience. The staff can't do enough to help you from taking you to and from the bus station to catch /return from flights home, to organising dentists appointments and Drs visits. The marina is clean, well maintained and the service is first class. The town is convenient for shopping, coffees meals out and to see and be a part of the wonderful fiestas and parades that regularly happen. I couldn't recommend this marina enough.

When we arrived in this marina we had a good feeling, immediately!Nice staff, nice and very save marina, every okay.And after the tragic death of my partner in Februari 2014 there was - and the still are - of great help. It's amazing how kind and helpfull there were and are.Made a lot of friends in the marina, the liveaboards and especially the staff and personnel of the marina.

Whilst this is our first season as a "live aboard" and we don't have any direct comparison to make, I think this marina certainly has set a high bar for our future expectations for a wintering location and Mediterranean stop over point.The marina is nicely sheltered from all points of wind, there is plenty of room for boat manoeuvres to access your berth and the facilities are excellent. A good supermarket, laundrette, chandlers and shopping centre are very close by, but the best attribute is the marina staff who are charming, and nothing is ever too much trouble for them.I would certainly recommend the marina to anyone who wanted to spend a short stay or a winter stopover.

Having previously reviewed this marina I thought it fair to update with improvements made here. The benefits previously mentioned still exist... Almost perfect protection from any sea state or direction. We have been here from Oct 2013 till now ( March 2014 ) and despite some pretty hairy winter storms we have never experienced swell or severe chop.The staff remain extra ordinary in their helpful enthusiastic approach to cruisers.My only previous concerns were shower facilities and security. The showers have been upgraded and there is now constant hot water 24 hrs a day as hot as could be wished for.There are security patrols round the clock. Many cruisers have expressed a strong preference for avoiding being fenced in by physical barriers and aesthetically the marina is far better for an open aspect.Therefore I am happy to say an already great marina has been improved. The marina management have taken onboard the concerns of cruisers and improved facilities where needed. For the price there cannot be a better, safer, more comfortable marina in the Med! Infact at any price you would be hard pressed to find better!

We are wintering in marina di cala del sole 2013/14. We are very happy with all the facilities in the marina complex. The staff are the high point of the marina, they could not be more helpful, the ladies in the office and marineros are all excellent. It is a very well sheltered marina? Licata town is a very sicilian place, with everything in easy reach from the marina. As has been said a huge supermarket and shopping mall is literally on the doorstep! We would not hesitate to return here, and at €1000 for 7 months for a 12m yacht, it offers amazing value.

Been watching the marina being built over the years and awaiting it's opening and finally here it was! Sailed from Malta twice in the summer of 2013,first coming over in May and enjoyed being there that decdided to come back again in September with more friends of mine. All enjoyed staying cos the facilities are great the staff friendly and very helpful the rates excellent for a 14mtr boat,parking your car another bonus which was right next to the pontoon+a supermarket/restraurant etc within the marina which makes it so easy for shopping within a short distance of the pontoons.Planning to go there again in 2014 and hopefully spend a longer time.

I have found this Marina to be very welcoming, very friendly and very helpful . We decided to keep our boat here, unattended , for the winter, after arriving here in the summer with a few engine problems. The Marina staff quickly put us in touch with a very capable engineer who sorted the problems out at a very reasonable cost.Recently we went down to Licata for a weekend break, to check the boat, and to organise some more winter work to be done. Again, very helpful and friendly staff made this easy to achieve.While we were there, the newly formed 'winter live-aboards' group made some noise about security problems and the unhelpful nature of the management at the Marina to address those problems.It was suggested that a campaign on 'trip advisor' might make the management respond to their concerns. I found this idea to be confrontational, distasteful and unnecessary, but forgot about it until I received an email from trip advisor asking whether I would like to review Marina di Sole at Licata. Reading the comments I am shocked by the vitriole imparted and the ugly nature of the comments. Anyone reading these comments should be aware that these may have been solicited by a group aiming to influence the management into action.There are often alternatives to a story, and I am sure there is right on both sides; but this is a new Marina, there will be teething problems, finances I am sure are being stretched, they have offered a very smart, well equipped winter solution at a very reasonable cost, a 10 euro fee to join the 'club' doesn't sound onerous to me, and I hope security issues will be addressed when current financial constraints allow. I am happy with the Marina, I am not in any way connected to the Marina Staff and these are my own opinions.

As an experienced yachtsman,who has sailed in the Med for 15 years,I have to say this is one of the best marinas I've ever stayed in.What a great find!Originally attracted by the low winter fees,I have nothing but good things to say.Very well sheltered and safe.The friendly staff are always on site,and immediately attend to any problems.A Bar/Cafe and large supermarket on site.The town of Licata,where absolutely anything can be found,is within easy walking distance.Showers and facilities first class.And of course the added bonus of the very friendly Sicilian people.Cannot understand why anyone could be negative.

Dear Sal , thank you for your complaint, always well accepted as an incentive to do even better. The room you speak about has always been destined to the Yacht Club, as it has always written on the outside windows and on the table and the sign on the wall. The room has never been included in the service list of the marina, either in the emails or on the website; the free access was allowed for some weeks just to try it, while the Club was created . The Yacht Club is an important element, present in all modern marinas, it serves to give benefits to the members, to organize private events and reinforce the feeling of a community for resident boaters. The only difference between our Yacht Club and the others is that our Membership Card costs only 10 Euros/year . Almost all resident boaters became members and they all look satisfied with the services of the marina. The only incidents of theft have been reported by one single boat (1 over more than 200); the security have been reinforced, either through the staff and a professional security company, and we are installing locks on the gates . Unfortunately, it is impossible to make everyone happy , the management and all the staff will always work as well to solve all the little problems that can happen.

Excellent staffing, clean, spacious, directly in the town, supermakert/shopping mall, great vegetation ample spaces for your yacht anddelightful staff catering to your every need at any time...on arrival we were met at the harbour entrance by a cortesy boat escorting us to our mooring place and each and every time you go and come they are to assit. Any complaints, suggestions are attended to and implemented as soon as possible. The openness of the marina does create a va-et-vient of locals who are attracted by so many beautiful yachts...we would hate all the locked gates and CCT cameras on every corner excluding us from meeting the towns folk and making us into animals in a zoo.

Spotless marina; extremely helpful and friendly staff; good facilities with laundrette. Large and comfortably furnished community room available for social events and meetings. Rather upmarket yacht cafe, again, friendly staff and decent light meals/snacks available. The marina is quite busy at the weekends with local families walking around, this is commonplace is every marina we've ever visited, the local people are friendly to us foreigners.The marina is not fenced in, we certainly do not consider this an issue. We do lock doors and padlock bicylcles in the same way as you would a house. The marina staff do patrol and are on call 24 hours a day.Pricing is extremely reasonable, all essentials as in food shopping and otherwise are within minutes walk.

Dear Mark ,I am very sorry to read that you don’t feel comfortable in Marina di Cala del Sole , we do our best every day to provide good services in this new marina. In the two years since the opening of Marina di Cala del Sole, more than 2.000 boats passed through and incidents of damage or theft were 2 or 3. The staff is always present 24 hours a day, every night of the year and oversees at all times, but the area is really big; the harbor entrance is guarded by cameras , and there are automatic barriers for cars. Marina di Cala del Sole is an integral part of the city and people can walk inside; docks and pontoons are fenced and we will improve it with safety locks in the gates. We always recommend to consider the boat as your own home , so always closing the entry hatch and lifting the footbridge. We will however improve the security checks. The bathrooms of the marina have water heaters by 300 liters each and solar panels, we are already increasing their capacity. The taps of the showers are not temporized, as in other marinas, so it is often consumed more water than expected. Thank you for your complaint and suggestions, our office is always open for every need. I hope to see you soon to talk about the improvements we are doing and that we could do!

We went there with some friends of ours. The staff was really helpfull and very professional. They go to great lengths to be helpful and treat its guests as boating royalty.They even helped us out even before we got there. The facilities are clean. The marina is very sheltered.