The natural reserve of Marinello

The Marinello Laghetti Nature Reserve, set up in 1998 and entrusted to management in the Regional Province of Messina, extends over an area of approximately 378 hectares belonging to Patti’s communal territory.            

Following the A / 20 motorway, Me- Pa about 55 km in the direction of Palermo, in the center of the Gulf of Patti extends a vast sandy beach that encloses brackish coastal lakes of warm and crystal clear waters. The Marinello lagoon area subject to impressive morphological variations that modify the beach line and create semi-permanent or semi-permanent coastal ponds represents a remarkable system of single-lane coastline along the Sicilian Tyrrhenian coast.     

About Marinello lakes...

The Marinella Bay, located on the northeastern coast of Sardinia, about 15 km north of the city of Olbia, is one of the most beautiful areas for its beaches and quiet bays. Lakes names: Marinello, Tonnara and Green Mergolo

Inside the bay there is more than a mile long, white sandy beach, surrounded by the typical emerald sea of the Gallours. Gradual access to water and equipment for a variety of water sports make it a paradise for families with children.  

This beach is so famous for its incredible shape: sand dunes and everchanging marine water strips designed by tides and sea storms. The constant tepid temperatures of their waters and their rich seabeds, make of Marinello a stunning nature reserve. By the way, the beach is also open to nudists.       

Along the sandy coast it is possible to observe a pioneer vegetation dominated by Mediterranean pork and helichrysum italicum, where they find particularly rare species such as the Echinops spinosissimum and the shingles of brackish water the coastal flora.              

In the waters of the ponds there is the sea  hay,a rare vascular plant typical of salty  environments, and Halophila stipulacea, originally of the Red Sea,  spreading in the coastal plains of the Mediterranean following the opening of  the Suez Canal.                     

On rocks, the rupture vegetation is rich in rare  species and precious endemics such as the  Centaurea seguenzae, the rowan carnation,  whitish cabbage, the erucaste, and the widow  of the cliffs, which, with their blooms,  characterize a coastal landscape of rare beauty.                         

Our experiences This was our last trip we had in Sicily. We were tired and the sun was shining. But it was nice to see beautiful lagoons. I am afraid, they will disappear, like, everything wonderful in this world, so, it was... honour for us to see them now. Our friend, Jakub, discovered a nice way how to escape the sun and hot wind. He dig himself a hole in sand and  he was sitting and chilling in for long time, when the other students were swimming in clear, blue sea. I was reading my favourite book... We were happy to be there.

Our definition of "park". "Park is clear, almost innocent piece of land, where everything can grow up happily," Adéla Piszczorová "Park is a place, where I can forget about everything and recharge my battery," Daniela Vanclová

Kuba found a way how to fight against hot weather! And thank you for everything!