Υδατοδρόμιο Καλλίπολης

THE CITY OF GALLIPOLI
GALLIPOLI, FROM THE GREEK “KALE’ POLIS” OR “BEAUTIFUL CITY”, IS NOW ONE OF THE MAIN TOURIST DESTINATIONS IN PUGLIA AND ITALY. SITUATED IN THE IONIAN ARCH OF PUGLIA, WITH BEACHES AND NATURAL TREASURES, IS DIVIDED INTO TWO URBAN REALITIES: THE OLD TOWN, WHICH STANDS ON AN ISLAND OF LIMESTONE AND HAS A CIRCUIT OF ABOUT 1.5 KM, AND THE NEW VILLAGE, CONNECTED TO THE ISLAND BY A STONE BRIDGE, COMMERCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE CENTER.
RICH IN CULTURAL AND NATURAL HERITAGE, TRADITIONS AND CRAFTS, GALLIPOLI IS ONE OF THE MOST REQUESTED TOURIST DESTINATIONS IN RECENT YEARS IN SALENTO AND PUGLIA.
THE PORT’S SITUATION.
THE COASTAL FIEF OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF GALLIPOLI EXTENDS ON TWO SIDES:
– THE SCIROCCO COAST. (FROM PUNTA PIZZO TO THE ANCIENT CITY)
– THE TRAMONTANA COAST. (FROM THE ANCIENT CITY, THAT IS FROM THE HISTORICAL CENTER, UP TO THE SHELLS SHORE)
THE NORTH COAST HAS THE MAIN PORT KNOWN AS THE “COMMERCIAL PORT”, WHERE COMMERCIAL VESSELS, THE ARMED FORCES’ VESSELS AND THE LARGEST FISHING FLEET STATION, AN UNINTERRUPTED SERIES OF PRIVATE DOCKS UP TO THE NORTHERN LIMIT OF THE URBANIZED PART.

THE GALLIPOLI’S PORT IS DIVIDED INTO SEVERAL BASINS BETWEEN WHICH THE OLD TOWN IS SET. TO THE SOUTH OF IT THERE IS THE OLDEST, CALLED “SENO DEL CANNETO”. TO THE WEST THERE IS THE SMALL PORT OF SAN GIORGIO AND TO THE NORTH THE BASIN OF THE MAIN PORT CALLED MERCANTILE, SHELTERED BY THE SAME ANCIENT CITY, BY THE ABOVE AND BELOW WAWE.

THE TWO LARGEST BASINS (MERCANTILE AND SENO DEL CANNETO) ARE SEPARATED BY A BRIDGE OF ABOUT 70 METERS THAT CONNECTS THE ANCIENT CITY WITH THE TOWN ON THE MAINLAND. THE MAIN PORT, RENOVATED IN THE 80’S, HAS AN AREA OF 80,000 SQUARE METERS AND HOUSES THE HEADQUARTERS OF HARBOR MASTER’S OFFICE, STATE POLICE, FINANCIAL POLICE, CUSTOMS AGENCY AND LANDINGS FOR LARGE BOATS, MERCHANT SHIPS AND FISHING FLEET, AS WELL AS AN AREA IN CONCESSION TO PRIVATE PLEASURE CRAFT AND TOURISM.