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USEFUL INFORMATION THE COAST OF SANTA MARINELLA

Satellite View north coast of Santa Marinella - Link useful coast map:in Google map

The beaches of Santa Marinella

Santa Marinella is widely known as the Pearl of the Tyrrhenian Sea, mainly due to its location on the sea and the climate, characteristics that make it a really nice city, as well as the numerous archaeological sites (domus, burial grounds and fish belonging to the Etruscan and Roman) in the hinterland and the coast.
The climate is one of the peculiarities of the place, is mild and temperate due to the presence of the mountains of Tolfa (located a few miles to the north, north-west of the city) that inhibit the action of cold winds from the north, give the tourists a stay not only in summer but also during other months of the year.

The coast of Santa Marinella, easily accessible by Aurelia parallel to the coast, covers about 22 km between the village of West Bay, about 8 km from the town of Civitavecchia, and the castle of Santa Severa, located about 62 km from the capital.
Moreover, the presence of numerous summer residences and villas overlooking the sea liberty and the many coves, sandy hour hour rock, complete the coastal landscape making it ideal for summer holidays and beyond.
As proof of the above is the fact that Santa Marinella is a popular destination for tourists all year round and not just Roman.
But one can not overlook the fact that this site is of primary importance for those who love surfing, in fact, the special relationship between the morphology of the seabed and the position of the coast have made ??possible, in some places, such as the development of waves attract the attention of surfers from all over Europe.

These, then, the fundamental features of the coast of Santa Marinella, traits, characteristics that deserve to be further highlighted in the following pages that describe the costs and dividing it into different areas each treated in relation to the potential and the resources it offers to tourists.

The Coast Santa Marinella

And 'This is the coast of Santa Marinella that initial 8 km away from the city of Civitavecchia and from the area of Triangolane (Triangle area residence on Aurelia) and the tip of Capolinaro.

The costs for this first leg, still looks to the west and is mainly rocky:
In fact, starting from the Triangle area of residence up to the town of West Bay, the coast has beaches, wild gravel, alternating with small areas of sand, sweeter, where the presence of bathing facilities to ensure all necessary services tourists establishments with bars, umbrellas, pedal boats for hire, surf, etc..
The sea floor is open to a variety of fishing activities and in particular offers a magnificent coral gardens to those who love diving, and the shape of the seabed it is characterized mainly by stones, rocks and inlets, habitual lairs for a variety of Mediterranean species of marine life.
Given the shallow water, diving in apnea is clearly the activities best suited to the characteristics of this stretch of coast.

But the real peculiarity of the area is definitely the archaeological site called Punta della Vipera, which is proceeding further south past the West Bay area:
it is the presence of an ancient Roman structure used as a very extensive murenario; its walls emerge from today, especially at low tide, archaeological monument is very extensive and consists of a set of rectangular areas inscribed in a perimeter, which is also rectangular largest size in the center of which stands a circular swimming pool.

The old farm eels, as you might imagine, gives the environment on which it stands and its circumstances, a fascinating and charming appearance and its tanks, still maintaining their original function, they offer fun and entertainment to those who want to try when fishing with the net, because these environments, linked together by canals dug between the walls, creating a continuous movement of water acceptable to the marine fauna.

Continuing south to the area of ??the park Mallorca the presence of a series of row piles (occasional presence in the area of ??West Bay) here becomes the typical feature of the coast:
it is very small wooden houses perched on pillars (also wood, planted in water), which follow one another, seamlessly, creating, especially when viewed from afar as a whole, certainly a picturesque landscape.
From each of these makes little piles, not more than 6 or 7 meters, a small wooden platform to which are often delicious moored fishing boats.

This landscape, occasionally broken by small rocky coves, finds its conclusion in the area of ??Capolinaro.
It 'exactly when this ward the coast of Santa Marinella changes position, turning their gaze to noon.

But not only it is in fact just Capolinaro from the coast occurs almost throughout its length, characterized by sandy beaches, factories, places where tourists classic Summer relax.