Marina di Capraia Isola

Marina on the island Capraia, Tuscany, Italy

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The island of Capraia, with its history spanning from the earliest navigators to the Romans, from hermits to pirates, from Maritime Republics to Corsican raids, to becoming a prison island and now a land and sea nature park, offers extraordinary natural beauty in stark contrast to the urban environment in which we live daily.

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The Porto di Capraia Isola is the island's main port and is the only link with the peninsula and the other islands of the Tuscan archipelago.

Situated between two piers, the 140-meter North Pier and the 200-meter South Pier, the harbor offers about 200 berths for motorboats up to 38 meters and for sailboats up to 26 meters.

It also has a buoy field, placed seasonally from May to September, which allows an additional 40 boats with a maximum length of 20 meters to dock.

The harbor offers numerous services, including daytime supervision, water supply, electricity, toilets and showers, fueling, diesel fuel for motorboats and commercial yachts, diver service, newspaper reservation service, Wi-Fi at the offices, and local Navimeteo marine weather forecasts.

Capraia is the third largest island in the Tuscan Archipelago, after Elba Island and Giglio Island, and the only one of volcanic origin, with a maximum altitude of 445 meters reached by Monte Castello. The island, which is 64 km from Livorno, 31 km from Capo Corso and 42 km from Portoferraio, covers about 19 km², with a length of 8 km and a width of 4 km. In the center of the island is a small rain-fed lake, the only natural pond in the archipelago.

The coastal profile of about 30 km includes coves such as 'Cala del Porto,' 'Porto Vecchio' and 'La Mortola,' the latter reachable only by sea and preferred by tourists for its wonderful sandy-bottomed bay.

The village and the Port are the only inhabited centers and are home to about 350 residents that increase to 2500 in August with tourists. Part of the territory and surrounding waters is part of the Tuscan Archipelago National Park, officially established on July 22, 1996, which with its 57,000 hectares of protected sea is the largest marine park in Europe.

Sports fishing is regulated throughout the island to preserve the natural heritage, with permits issued by the Park Authority. Permits can be obtained from various offices on the island and allow fishing in certain areas with limited equipment.