Here we are!

For customers who would like to spend some time with us to participate in building their new boat, or just using the opportunity to do some sailing on the Sicilian coast before taking their boat home, here is some information about our location:

After choosing Sicily as a very good location in western Europe for boat-building, we have been searching diligently for the perfect spot on the island - and we found it!

Just 4 km north of the city of Marsala there is a beautiful lagoon called Stagnone. It is a paradise for boaters and kitesurfers; the surrounding islands protect against high waves and too strong winds. Although we build easily transportable boats, we wanted to settle close to the sea, to be in a maritime environment. It is also close to where we find tools and material supplies, in cities near by - Marsala, Trapani and Palermo. For easy reach from outside Sicily, there is also an airport only 3 km away.

This part of Sicily is perfect for boating; the lovely Egadian islands just outside the lagoon as well as small bays, villages and beaches all along the coast, with national parks like Riserva Naturale dello Zingaro (Natural reserve of the gypsy).  On the mountain top behind Trapani lies the spectacular pearl of the medieval village of Erice

Sicily is not un-effected by tourism. Specially the east coast, with cities like Catania overcrowded with mass tourism, huge tourist hotels, every beach with entrance fees and rows and rows of parasols and sunbeds lined up like toy soldiers, or very expensive towns like Taormina - also called "St. Tropez of Sicily".

The north-west, where we are located, does not experience this. There are tourists, but they come individually or in small groups and mainly stay in smaller, family owned hotels, and do not over-power the Sicilian culture and daily life. The price level is also much more moderate compared to the east coast. In the lagoon, all beaches are free and without expensive tourist traps. 

Our accommodation 2

Our accommodation 1

Beaches and caves at Zingaro nature reserve

Zingaro nature reserve

Salt mill at the lagoon

Outdoor restaurant at the lagoon

Egadian island of Favignana