Crotone’s Greek Heritage

Crotone and its province are located in one of the most fascinating territories of Calabria, in the southern tip of the Italian boot. The port of Crotone was born at the beginning of the eighth century BC, when the city was founded by Greek colonists as new polis of Magna Graecia and soon activated intense commercial exchanges with the motherland.

The port is divided into two areas, Old and New. The New Port, where the cruise terminal is located, is protected by a 1.725 m long breakwater and a 900 m long inner pier with a quay surface of 120.000 m² and depths of about 7,8 m.

Crotone Cruise Port manages the cruise terminal of Crotone offering transit, inter-porting and homeporting operations, as well as an increasingly wide range of ancillary services. Dedicated to small and medium sized ships, it is a hidden pearl in the heart of the Mediterranean Sea.

Thanks to a mild climate, a rich hospitality system and a modern and efficient infrastructural network, the Ionian Calabria finally shows its beauties also to the cruise public, a new emerging star in the panorama of the ports of the Mediterranean Sea.

If you are visiting Crotone, you absolutely cannot miss these three must sees. The first one is the castle of Charles V, located almost in front of the cruise terminal. Symbol of the city, it is the seat of a section of the civic museum.

Leaving the city you can admire the sanctuary of Hera Lacinia from Capo Colonna, located on a promontory strategic for the control of the routes that joined Taranto to the Strait of Messina.

From here, you can easily reach Le Castella, one of the most beautiful stretches of the “Capo Rizzuto” Marine Protected Area. For sea lovers, welcome to the Calabrian paradise!