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Adriatic · May to September

Venice & the Italian Adriatic

Anchor off San Marco; and at the other end of the sea, the limestone harbours of Puglia.

33 places on the chart: 5 harbour towns and ports, 1 marina or yard, 18 islands, 8 anchorages and bays and 1 beach.

Open Venice & the Italian Adriatic on the chart

Why the fleet comes here

Venice

Anchor in the Bacino di San Marco, or lie at the Marina Santelena

Trieste

The Barcolana every October, the largest sailing race in the world by entries

Otranto

The most easterly harbour in Italy, and the crossing to Corfu

Polignano a Mare

A town on a limestone cliff with a cove cut into it

Santa Maria di Leuca

The heel of Italy, where the Adriatic meets the Ionian

Every place in Venice & the Italian Adriatic

• Veniceharbour town
• Triesteharbour town
• Otrantoharbour town
• Venetian Lagoonanchorage
• Polignano a Mareharbour town
• Muranoisland
• Buranoisland
• Lido di Veneziaisland
• Gulf of Triesteanchorage
• San Giorgio Maggioreisland
• Torcelloisland
• Santa Maria di Leucaharbour town
• San Lazzaro degli Armeniisland
• Giudeccaisland
• Gulf of Tarantoanchorage
• Gulf of Veniceanchorage
• Lido di Pomposabeach
• Pellestrinaisland
• Sant'Erasmoisland
• Marano-Grado Lagoonanchorage
• Vignoleisland
• Isola di San Clementeisland
• La Certosaisland
• Marano lagoonanchorage
• Barbanaisland
• San Pietro di Castelloisland
• San Francesco del Desertoisland
• Sacca Sessolaisland
• Cioloanchorage
• Santa Maria della Graziaisland
• San Giorgio in Algaisland
• Lagune di Caorleanchorage
• Compagnia della velayacht club