Porto di Pisa in Marina di Pisa: Getting There, Harbour Information and Sailing Destinations

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Porto di Pisa lies in Marina di Pisa, right at the mouth of the Arno, and with 354 berths it is the marina of the city of Pisa. Here you can read how to get to the harbour from the airport and from the city, where to park and shop, what weather to expect, which sailing destinations lie off the Tuscan coast and what skippers should know when entering the harbour.

Where is the Porto di Pisa?

The Porto di Pisa lies on the south bank of the Arno estuary, at the northern end of the town of Marina di Pisa. The Arno flows into the sea just north of the harbour entrance, while to the south lie the houses and the seafront promenade of Marina di Pisa. It is around ten kilometres to the centre of Pisa.

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The spot at the river mouth is called Bocca d’Arno, which is why the name Boccadarno is also in common use. The harbour is run by Marine Resort S.r.l., whose office is in the old customs house, Dogana Vecchia, on Via della Foce. The harbour lies within the Migliarino, San Rossore, Massaciuccoli Nature Park, at around 23,000 hectares the largest protected area in Tuscany. North of the river, the park's coastline begins with the long beach of the Tenuta di San Rossore, with the Apuan Alps rising behind it.

Arriving for the start of your sailing trip at the Porto di Pisa

From Pisa airport to the Porto di Pisa

Pisa Galileo Galilei International Airport is around 14 kilometres from the harbour, and the journey takes about 15 minutes by car. You can also book a hire car with pick-up directly at the harbour, and chauffeur-driven transfer services are available as well.

Without a car, you can take the People Mover, a small automated rail shuttle, from the airport to Pisa Centrale station in around five minutes. There you change to the bus for Marina di Pisa.

By car, train and bus

By car, leave the A12 motorway at the Pisa Centro toll station, around five kilometres from the harbour. The Pisa Aeroporto exit on the Florence–Pisa–Livorno expressway is around seven kilometres away. From Pisa, Viale D’Annunzio leads around eleven kilometres to the sea at Marina di Pisa. From Florence, the journey takes about an hour.

Pisa Centrale station is around 13 kilometres from the harbour. From Pisa, Autolinee Toscane bus routes 10 and 20 run via San Piero a Grado and Viale D’Annunzio to Marina di Pisa and on to Tirrenia and Calambrone, and some services on route 10 start at the station. There is a bus stop right next to the harbour. With the “Litorale Pisano” fare, a journey between Marina di Pisa and Pisa costs 2 euros instead of 3.40 euros (as of November 2026). You can find timetables at Autolinee Toscane.

Parking

For boat guests, the Porto di Pisa has 500 reserved parking spaces with card access, 250 of them covered. The entrance for cars is at the north quay and is monitored by staff. To unload luggage, you may drive up close to your berth, after which the car goes to its assigned parking space. There are short-stay parking spaces for visitors, marked with blue lines. A speed limit of 15 km/h applies within the harbour area.

Public car parks in Marina di Pisa are at the Belvedere Mediterraneo, around 150 metres from the harbour, on Via Tullio Crosio, around 200 metres away, and on Via Maiorca, around 300 metres away.

Showers and sanitary facilities

The harbour has showers and toilet facilities for boat guests, set up as lockable individual rooms. Each facility also includes a public, wheelchair-accessible toilet. An external service collects laundry from your boat after reservation and brings it back, including on public holidays.

Shopping for the trip

The nearest supermarket, a Conad City, is around 300 metres from the harbour. Another supermarket, a Coop, is around 1.4 kilometres further south. Between the harbour and the seafront promenade, over a stretch of around 400 metres, you will find further shops, banks, launderettes, pharmacies and doctors' surgeries.

Doctor, pharmacy and emergency services

The nearest pharmacy, the Farmacia Benini, is around 500 metres from the harbour. A local health service (USL) office is in Marina di Pisa, around 1.9 kilometres away. The nearest major hospital is the Polo Ospedaliero Santa Chiara in Pisa, around eleven kilometres from the harbour.

• 112: single emergency number for police, Carabinieri, fire brigade and ambulance service, free of charge from landlines and mobiles, with translation into several languages
• 1530: Coast Guard emergency number for emergencies at sea; at sea, also VHF channel 16

What does the Porto di Pisa offer?

The Porto di Pisa is a modern marina with 354 berths for boats from 8 to 50 metres in length.

Feature	Details
Location	Via della Foce, 56128 Marina di Pisa, south bank of the Arno estuary
Coordinates	43°40’37“ N, 10°16’08“ E
Berths	354, boats from 8 to 50 m
Transit berths	5, stay of up to 72 hours
Water depth at the quays	3.5 to 4.0 m
Bottom	Sand
VHF channel	74
Power	220 V at 16 to 63 A, 380 V at 63 to 240 A
Fuel	Fuel dock with diesel and petrol
Parking	500 berths for visiting boats, 250 of them covered
Operator	Marine Resort S.r.l., office in the Dogana Vecchia
Website	portodipisa.it
Distances	Pisa approx. 10 km, Pisa Centrale railway station approx. 13 km, airport approx. 14 km

Equipment

Water and electricity are available on the quays, and Wi-Fi is free. There is security staff in the harbour at night, plus round-the-clock video surveillance. At the start of each shift, the staff check the mooring lines of all the boats.

You can get diesel and petrol at the fuel dock. From June to September it is open daily from 8.30am to 12.30pm and from 2.30pm to 6.30pm; from October to May it is open only by prior arrangement, at least one day in advance. In the middle of the complex there is a bar with a restaurant overlooking the harbour basin. The harbour has been awarded the Blue Flag several times.

What is the sailing weather like at Porto di Pisa?

For strong winds and heavy surf along the coast, known in Italian as Mareggiata, the Tuscany region issues its own warning levels. They appear in the region's Allerta Meteo system.

The Italian Air Force weather service issues strong wind and gale warnings (Avviso di burrasca) from wind force 7. In these warnings, Pisa belongs to the coastal section “Alta Toscana”, which runs from Punta Bianca to Piombino. In very severe weather, the harbour may close access to the quays on the breakwaters and to the pontoons.

Which sailing destinations can you reach from Porto di Pisa?

Porto di Pisa lies in the middle of the Tuscan coast: to the south and west are Livorno and the islands of the Tuscan Archipelago, and to the north are Versilia and, further on, the Cinque Terre.

Livorno is the nearest large harbour to the south. In 1606 the Medici raised Livorno to city status, and the Fortezza Vecchia watches over the harbour. Some 3.5 nautical miles off the coast of Livorno lie the Secche della Meloria, a marine protected area with shoals only 1.5 to 2 metres deep in places, extending north as far as the coast off Pisa.

Gorgona is the northernmost and smallest island of the archipelago and lies about 33 kilometres off the coast of Livorno. There is a prison on the island; visitors may only go ashore in guided groups, with a maximum of 100 a day, and swimming is prohibited. The national park covers the island and all the surrounding waters except for the approach corridor to the mole.

Capraia lies about 40 kilometres from Gorgona. Here too, large parts of the island and about 168 square kilometres of sea belong to the national park, with the harbour and the village excluded. A grotto where monk seals have been observed has been closed since 2020, and fishing is permitted only with the park's authorisation.

Elba is the largest island of the archipelago, at about 224 square kilometres. We present the main town and its berths in our profile of the harbours in Portoferraio .

Viareggio is the most important town of Versilia to the north. The first darsena, the old harbour basin, was built in 1819, and fishermen and small boats still lie in the Burlamacca canal today.

Cinque Terre: The coast off Riomaggiore, Vernazza and Monterosso has been a marine protected area since 1997. There are strictly protected zones at Punta Mesco and Capo Montenero, and you can apply for permits online from the national park.

If you sail further south, you will find on the coast of Lazio the Porto di Roma in Ostia.

What can you do on a day in port at Marina di Pisa?

The beach, the promenade and the mouth of the Arno are within walking distance of the harbour, and a bus runs to Pisa and San Piero a Grado.

Breakwater walk to the mouth of the Arno: Porto di Pisa can be explored entirely on foot, and a path along the north quay leads to the mouth of the Arno. From the outer breakwaters you can see the sea, the river and the Apuan Alps. The quays are open to the public from 9am to 9pm, while the heads of the breakwaters and the rocks in front of them are closed off.

Marina di Pisa: The former fishing village became a seaside resort in the second half of the 19th century. Many Art Nouveau houses stand among the pine woods, and large squares open directly onto the sea.

Basilica of San Piero a Grado: The Romanesque church from the 11th century stands on the spot where, according to tradition, the Apostle Peter came ashore. Bus lines 10 and 20 stop at San Piero a Grado.

Pisa: On the Piazza dei Miracoli you will find the Leaning Tower, the cathedral, the baptistery and the Camposanto. On Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II on Corso Italia you can also see the mural “Tuttomondo”, which Keith Haring painted in 1989.

Tenuta di San Rossore: The heart of the nature park lies north of the Arno, a few kilometres from the centre of Pisa. On foot, by bike or on horseback along its paths, you will often see deer, wild boar and many species of birds.

For skippers: berthing and marine weather at Porto di Pisa

Before entering, call Porto di Pisa on VHF channel 74. The staff will assign you a berth and help with mooring.

Registration and visitor berths

The entrance is open around the clock. You can reach the mooring staff on channel 74 or by phone, daily from 7 am to 8 pm from 1 April to 30 September, and daily from 7 am to 7 pm from 1 October to 31 March. You can also request a berth in advance via the harbour's website.

Five berths are reserved for boats in transit. You state how long you want to stay on arrival. A transit stay is limited to 72 hours. You may stay longer in an emergency, in cases of force majeure or for as long as berths are free for public use. A transit berth in the 12-metre category (up to 12.60 × 3.99 m) costs 48 euros per day from 1 October to 31 March, 68 euros in April, May, June and September, and 88 euros in July and August (as at November 2026).

After mooring, you present the boat's papers, your ID, the skipper's boating licence, the crew list and the insurance policy at the office. Every boat needs third-party liability and fire insurance, and without adequate cover the harbour may refuse entry. The office in the Dogana Vecchia is open Monday to Saturday from 8.30 am to 1 pm and from 2.30 pm to 6 pm, and on Sundays from 8.30 am to 12.30 pm.

berthing

You moor to the bollards on the quay or pontoon and to ground chains in the basin. For the chain, use your own sinking lines in good condition; the pick-up lines of the chains must not be used as mooring lines. You need fenders of sufficient size and number so that neither your boat nor your neighbours' boats are damaged. You may only lie alongside with the permission of the harbour management, and the gangway must be lit at night.

Harbour rules

The harbour regulations of Porto di Pisa stipulate, among other things:

• A maximum of 3 knots in the harbour; keep to the middle of the access channel, and departing boats have priority.
• Sailing without an engine is not permitted either in the harbour or within 300 metres of the entrance.
• Anchoring in the harbour is prohibited except in cases of force majeure.
• Engines must not be run at the berth for testing or for charging batteries, except in justified exceptional cases.
• Bathing, swimming and fishing are prohibited in the harbour and the entrance.

Approach

If you are coming from the north or west, take your bearings from the mouth of the Arno and the town of Marina di Pisa, which lies south of the harbour entrance. Coming from the south, you will find the entrance at the northern end of Marina di Pisa. The harbour's control tower is conspicuous. The entrance is marked by a red and a green flashing light. If you enter on a course of 45 degrees, the two fixed lights, red and green, are in line. The seabed is sandy.

The Arno flows out right next to the entrance. When leaving and entering, pay particular attention to boats coming out of or entering the river, and observe the collision regulations. Test runs at high speed are prohibited within 1,000 metres of the entrance.

Which marine weather forecast applies off Pisa?

The authoritative source is the marine weather forecast of the Italian Air Force weather service (Aeronautica Militare). It is updated every six hours for the whole Mediterranean and broadcast by the coastguards by radio. The strong wind and gale warnings are issued every three hours and additionally as required, in Italian and English; for Pisa, the section “Alta Toscana” applies.

In addition, the regional weather service of Tuscany, the LaMMA consortium, issues a daily marine weather forecast for Tuscan waters . It is divided into sectors such as Gorgona, Capraia and Elba, and gives wind, gusts and sea state for morning, afternoon and evening.

Sailing trips from Pisa on Törnfinder

You can find sailing trips along the whole Italian coast and on the islands under Sailing in Italy, offers throughout the Mediterranean at Sailing in the Mediterranean. All sailing areas together can be found under Trips.

Frequently asked questions

How do I get from Pisa airport to Porto di Pisa?

By car, for example a hire car or taxi service, in around 15 minutes; the distance is about 14 kilometres. Without a car, take the People Mover to Pisa Centrale station and from there the bus to Marina di Pisa.

Where do I park at the start of my trip at Porto di Pisa?

Boat guests park in the harbour's 500 reserved spaces using an access card, 250 of which are covered. There is public parking in Marina di Pisa, around 150 to 300 metres from the harbour.

Are there showers at Porto di Pisa?

Yes, the harbour has showers and sanitary facilities for boat guests in private, individual rooms.

Is there a supermarket near Porto di Pisa?

Yes, a Conad City is about 300 metres from the harbour. Another supermarket, a Coop, is around 1.4 kilometres further south.

Are Porto di Pisa, Marina di Pisa and Boccadarno the same harbour?

Yes. Porto di Pisa is in the town of Marina di Pisa at the mouth of the Arno, at the spot called Bocca d’Arno. That is why all three names are in use; they all refer to the same marina.

Which VHF channel can Porto di Pisa be reached on?

On channel 74. Call in there before entering the harbour and you will be assigned a berth.