“At Porto Mirabello you feel already on holiday even before get on board”. This claim is the synthesis of the quality and lifestyle offered by this facility; a luxury environment designed to offer the best comfort to its guests. This was confirmed by the latest attainment of the “Luxury” label from the “Marina Excellent” certification by Rina. The excellent score achieved is the result of the particular attention paid to the quality and details, turned into hospitality, security/ privacy and additional services oriented to Mega/Giga yacht owner.

Porto Mirabello, offers its guests a gym, street basketball and paddle courts, a shopping centre with several shops, eleven among pubs, bistros, cafes and restaurants, including Mirabello Gourmet, a restaurant that have a wide range of products and fine wines with the possibility of on board-delivery.

La Spezia and its city center, connected to Porto Mirabello by a bridge, offers a rich and wide selection, as well as the several restaurants and typical “Trattorie” in the surroundings. Local food specialities, a mix of the Ligurian and Tuscan tradiction, are mostly fish, vegetables and flour based on food made uf of by unique products from the sea and mountain landscape, that offers amazing views too. One of the most suggestive is that one of the Apuan Alps that even during the summer seems whitewashed with snow, because of their marble, the famous “white of Carrara” preferred by Michelangelo Buonarroti.

On the opposite side, to the west coast you can found the Protected Marine Area of the Cinque Terre National Park, whose sea is part of the “Cetacean sanctuary” and, all the part of this coast, is a perfect destination for scuba diving, seawatching, walewatching and snorkeling activities, thanks to its depths rich in vegetation. For the one that like trekking there are 250 km of trails between the Mediterranean maquis and the sea overviews, such as “Il Sentiero Azzurro” that goes from Vernazza to Riomaggiore or “ La via Dell’Amore” between Riomaggiore and Monterosso. The streams and rivers that flow on the valleys, in particular the Magra and Vara, are a great attraction for those who do kayaking, canoeing, rafting, canyoning and hydrospeed.

Moving up in altitude, in the Ligurian Appennines, you can enjoy trekking trial, mountain bike and horse riding he mountains. For the golfers who don’t want to get too tired, they can relax with different types of “green”: the 4 holes of “The Golf of Cà del Moro resort” in Pontremoli, the 9 holes of the “Golf Marigola in Lerici” , a delightful environment from the natural point of view, or the 18 holes of “Versilia Golf” in Forte dei Marmi. Not to be missed is the “Palio del Golfo dei Poeti” in La Spezia, a rowing competition, in which 13 small maritime village of the gulf participate; and for those who are not afraid of alcohol, there are several “wine trekking” that goes through the Ligurian hinterland or through the park of Cinque Terre, during wich you can visit the cellars and taste the local wine. Infact these trekking trails run through the famous “cian”, which would be strips of land cultivated with vineyard, an impressive expanse of ordered terraced rected from dry walls and cultivated with vineyard for almost a thousand years.

Unique beaches just a few miles from Porto Mirabello.
A few nautical miles away, there are Portovenere and the Palmaria Island, a world apart of great natural beauty, here there is the sunny beach of “Cala Fornace” which has turquoise waters, and is accessible only by sea. Another of the most famous beach is “Baia Blu”, between Punta Santa Teresa and Punta Galera. Other interesting and beautiful beaches are located in the area of Lerici and Fiascherino, a very special and great for English poets as Byron and Shelley. Further west, the rocky coast of the Cinque Terre, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, there are small beaches such as Manarola and Monterosso or the dark ones of Bonassola and Framura. All located among the rocks, with a sand made of a thousand pebbles polished in every color, the same which is inspired the Ligurian pastry in its delicious Sea Pebbles with chocolate and almonds.
In the eastern coast, the sandy beaches of Versilia, run over 20 km on the Tuscan coast, there you can found a series of beaches super equipped and well-known including the one of Forte dei Marmi, Marina di Pietrasanta, Lido di Camaiore and Viareggio. A sea with shallow waters that in summer is close to 30 C, with very beautiful bathing establish, which from the evening to dawn become real night clubs.