Limassol Marina (Cyprus)
| Location | Limassol, Cyprus, at 34 40.0 N 33 02.4 E, VHF channel 12 |
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| Manager | FS Marinas, with older listings still naming Camper and Nicholsons Marinas and the Francoudi and Stephanou group |
| Berths | 650 quoted by the marina for yachts to 110 m, with the manager's own site quoting 680 and 120 m |
| Resident fleet | over 500 annual berth holders |
| Status | official EU port of entry with 24 hour security and CCTV |
| Residences | apartments and villas including 44 Island Villas, each with a private berth off the garden |
| Boatyard | 100 tonne travel lift, 40 tonne trailer and slipway, suited to light repairs and smaller craft |
| Services | single and three-phase power, fresh water, fuel station, grey and black water discharge, waste oil and bilge pump-out |
| Connectivity | high-speed fibre optic with telephone and IPTV plus site-wide wifi |
| Rates | rate card published for download, unusual at this level |
| Distances | Beirut 130 nm, Port Said 205 nm, Kastelorizo 205 nm, Rhodes 255 nm, Alexandria 265 nm, Suez Canal 285 nm |
| Season | among the longest in the Mediterranean, with winter averages around 14 degrees from November to February |
| Cost, published rate card current July 2026, annual, before VAT: EUR 16,931 for 18 to 20 m, EUR 25,397 for 20 to 25 m, EUR 8,952 for 12 to 14 m | |
| Cost, same card, daily before VAT | EUR 181 for 18 to 20 m, EUR 271 for 20 to 25 m, EUR 95 for 12 to 14 m |
| No season loading | the card is a single year-round price, so the August rate is the February rate |
| The published card stops at 25 m. Everything from 25 m to 110 m is quoted on application | |
| Over-width vessels are charged twice the applicable berthing fee | |
| Rates exclude VAT, which is 19 per cent in Cyprus, and are payable in advance and non-refundable | |
| Worked example | a 24 m yacht on an annual contract invoices at EUR 25,397 plus VAT, or EUR 30,222, before power, water and waste |
Where it is and how to get in
The marina sits on the seafront of Limassol, Cyprus's second city, at 34 degrees 40.0 minutes north, 33 degrees 02.4 minutes east, and works VHF channel 12. It was built out from the old harbour as an entirely new quarter, so the water, the quays and the streets behind them were all laid out together for large yachts.
The marina does not publish depths or a maximum draught in its public material, which is the one gap in otherwise good documentation, so a deep hull should get a written figure from the berthing office before the passage. What it does publish is the position relative to everything else, and that is the more useful number here. Beirut is 130 nautical miles away, Port Said 205, Kastelorizo 205, Rhodes 255, Alexandria 265 and the Suez Canal 285.
What it holds
The marina's own services page quotes 650 berths for yachts up to 110 metres. Its management company gives 680 berths and a 120 metre maximum. Either way this is the largest superyacht capability in the eastern Mediterranean by a distance, and the numbers are worth confirming for a specific boat.
More telling than the headline count is that the marina reports over 500 annual berth holders. That is a resident fleet, not a transient one, and it changes the character of the place. The quays are occupied in February. Crew live locally. The businesses along the promenade have a customer base outside the eight weeks of summer.
Among the largest superyacht capacity in the eastern Mediterranean, and it publishes its rate card.
The berthing reality
Availability here is genuinely better than the western Mediterranean because demand is lower and the marina is large. Single nights, longer stays, seasonal contracts and annual berths are all offered, and a large yacht arriving in the shoulder season can usually be accommodated at short notice.
It is also an official port of entry, so a yacht clears into the European Union at the quay with 24 hour security and CCTV, VHF 12 monitoring and berthing assistance on arrival. For a yacht coming up from Suez or across from the Levant that is the difference between a straightforward arrival and a day lost to a commercial port. Cyprus is an EU member state, so a yacht already in free circulation stays in free circulation and there is no temporary admission clock to manage on arrival. Crew changes are handled through the same office.
How a berth is obtained, and the villas that come with one
Berths are contracted directly through the berthing office, and unusually for a marina at this level the rate card is published for download. Annual, seasonal, long-stay and nightly terms are all available. Enquiries go to the berthing desk in Limassol.
The other route is the residential one, and it is the marina's signature. The development includes apartments and villas, among them 44 Island Villas, each with a private berth attached to the garden, so the owner walks from the house onto the yacht. There is a Peninsula Villa group as well. Berth sizes and prices attached to individual properties are quoted on enquiry and not published, so anyone buying into the scheme should establish exactly what berth the deeds carry.
What it costs, from the published card
The rate card is a downloadable PDF and the numbers on it are real, which is rare at this level. On the revised card current in July 2026, before VAT, an annual berth costs EUR 8,952 for a 12 to 14 m yacht, EUR 16,931 for 18 to 20 m and EUR 25,397 for 20 to 25 m. The same bands run EUR 1,194, EUR 2,258 and EUR 3,386 a month, and EUR 95, EUR 181 and EUR 271 a day. What is missing from the card is any season loading at all. It is headed year-round destination, year-round price, and the August daily rate is the February daily rate, which is the opposite of how every marina in the western basin prices and a large part of why a resident fleet has built here.
The card stops at 25 m, and everything from 25 m to 110 m is quoted on application, which is where this readership sits. So the published card sets the floor of the market rather than the price a large yacht pays. Three conditions carry across regardless of length. Rates exclude VAT, which is 19 per cent in Cyprus. An over-width vessel is charged twice the applicable berthing fee, which is the single most expensive line on the card for a wide-beam motor yacht. And rates are payable in advance and are non-refundable. Worked through at the top of the published range, a 24 m yacht on an annual contract invoices at EUR 25,397 plus VAT, or EUR 30,222, before power, water, waste and any agent's fee, and at roughly double that figure if she is over-width for her length band.
Power, water, fuel, waste and the boatyard
Single and three-phase electricity and fresh water run to the berths, with a fuel station on site. Waste handling covers grey and black water discharge, waste oil disposal and bilge pump-out. Crew get showers and washrooms, dedicated parking and a buggy service, and the marina runs high-speed fibre optic internet with telephone and IPTV alongside site-wide wifi.
There is a boatyard, and its limits should be understood. It carries a 100 tonne travel lift, a 40 tonne trailer and a slipway, plus a chandlery, winter storage and a trailer boat park for craft up to 10 metres. That covers light repairs, maintenance and the smaller end of the fleet. A 60 metre yacht needing a haul-out is going to Palma, La Ciotat or Turkey.
Security, privacy and the quarter around the berths
Security is 24 hour with CCTV across the site and controlled access, and Cyprus is a low-crime jurisdiction. The marina's reception and concierge run around the clock. On the security question an owner has nothing to think about. The residential quarter behind the berths is gated in its own right, which adds a layer for owners who keep a villa here.
Privacy is moderate. This is a residential and retail quarter with restaurants, designer boutiques, a spa and fitness club, a museum and a maritime school, and the promenade is open to the city. Yachts are visible from the waterfront. The compensation is that Limassol gets nothing like the yacht-spotting traffic of Monaco or Portofino, and the crowd on the promenade is largely local.
Ashore, the airports and the season
Larnaca and Paphos international airports are each about 70 kilometres from the marina, which means roughly an hour by road to either. Both carry European connections and business-jet handling, and having two airports at similar distance is a practical hedge. The marina sits in the city centre, so restaurants, hotels and shops are on the doorstep.
The season is the longest of any marina in this guide. Cyprus has one of the mildest winters in the Mediterranean, averaging around 14 degrees from November to February, so spring and autumn are fully usable and a yacht can be in commission all year. Cruising runs along the island's own coast to Latchi, Paphos, Protaras and Ayia Napa, with the Turkish coast and the Dodecanese within a longer passage. Sea temperatures hold well into November, so the water toys stay in use months after the western season has closed.
The honest downside
Start with the distance table in reverse. Cyprus is a long way from the Riviera, the Balearics and Sardinia, so a yacht based here has committed to the eastern basin and a repositioning passage of several days if the owner changes his mind. The proximity to the Levant coast is the other side of that coin, and it is why some owners and some insurers treat the eastern Mediterranean differently. That is a conversation to have with a broker before a season is committed.
Two practical points remain. The heavy technical capability is not here, so a large yacht's refit means a delivery passage. And the management has changed, with FS Marinas now running the marina where older listings and guidebooks still name Camper and Nicholsons Marinas alongside the local Francoudi and Stephanou group. An owner working from a two-year-old directory entry is contacting the wrong company.
Ashore, access and booking
| Getting there | Larnaca and Paphos international airports are each about 70 km from the marina, roughly 45 minutes to an hour on the motorway, and having two at a similar distance is a practical hedge when a flight moves. A private car from Larnaca is quoted between about EUR 60 and EUR 105 depending on the operator, the vehicle size and the time of night, so agree the figure before the transfer rather than at the kerb. The cheap route is the airport shuttle to Larnaca station and a bus on to Limassol at EUR 6 to EUR 7, but it runs over two hours door to door. The marina is in the city centre, so hotels, shops and the old town are on the doorstep. |
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| Arriving by sea | Work VHF channel 12, monitored 24 hours. Call the marina on 12 at four nautical miles to begin the arrival procedure. At three nautical miles call Limassol Port VTS on VHF channel 9 to request clearance to cross the commercial shipping lane and the port entrance, because the marina shares its approach with a working cargo port. A marina workboat then meets you on channel 12 at the entrance fairway mark and leads you in to the berth. Reception is +357 25 020 020 and the duty attendants +357 95 115 268. Port and starboard ground mooring lines are laid at every berth, so have matching lines and shackles ready; use of an anchor is neither required nor permitted. |
| Clearing in, and the rules that bite | This is an official EU port of entry with clearance available around the clock, so a yacht coming up from Suez or across from the Levant clears into the Union at the quay instead of losing a day in a commercial port. Appoint a local agent for customs and immigration pre-clearance and file the IMO crew list, FAL form 5, in advance. The Cyprus marinas will handle inward and outward clearance for a fee that is normally waived on a marina contract of six months or more. Limassol is a strict no-discharge zone: black and grey water discharge is prohibited within three nautical miles of the Cyprus coastline, and non-EU arrivals have catering waste collected daily at 08:00 and 17:00. |
| Reserving a berth | Berths are contracted directly through the berthing office on [email protected] or +357 25 020 020, and general enquiries go to [email protected]. Single nights, longer stays, seasonal contracts and annual berths are all offered, and the marina site carries an online calculator that returns a preliminary quotation from LOA and dates, which is unusual and worth using before you call. Peak season runs May to October and a confirmed berth before arrival is expected then. The other route in is residential: the development includes apartments and villas, among them 44 Island Villas each with a private berth off the garden, and the berth attached to a specific property is quoted on enquiry and not published, so establish exactly what the deeds carry. |
| What a berth costs | The marina publishes a downloadable rate card, which is rare at this level, and the headline on it is that there is no season loading at all. On the card current in July 2026, before VAT, an annual berth is EUR 8,952 for 12 to 14 m, EUR 16,931 for 18 to 20 m and EUR 25,397 for 20 to 25 m, and the daily rates for the same bands are EUR 95, EUR 181 and EUR 271. The August rate is the February rate. Three conditions carry across every length: rates exclude Cypriot VAT at 19 per cent, they are payable in advance and non-refundable, and an over-width vessel is charged twice the applicable berthing fee, which is the most expensive line on the card for a wide-beam motor yacht. Worked through, a 24 m yacht on an annual contract invoices at EUR 25,397 plus VAT, or EUR 30,222, before power, water, waste and any agent's fee. |
| Power, water, fuel and waste | Single and three-phase electricity and fresh water run to the berths, with a fuel station on site and waste handling covering grey and black water discharge, waste oil disposal and bilge pump-out. The operator quotes shore power from 16 A to 850 A across the berths; a Limassol agent's captain guide describes the superyacht supply as 400 A or 125 A industrial plugs at 400 V, 50 Hz, which is the European standard and means a 60 Hz yacht converts on board. Crew get showers, washrooms and changing rooms, dedicated parking and a buggy service, and the marina runs high-speed fibre optic internet with telephone and IPTV alongside site-wide wifi. Consumption tariffs for power and water are not published. |
| The boatyard, and its ceiling | There is a yard on site and its limits should be understood before a season is committed. The marina's own pages give a 100 tonne travel lift, a 40 tonne trailer and a slipway, with a chandlery, winter storage and a trailer boat park for craft up to 10 m; the operator's material says 110 tonne. Either way that is light repair, maintenance and the smaller end of the fleet. A 60 m yacht needing a haul-out is making a delivery passage to Palma, La Ciotat or Turkey, and that passage should be priced into any decision to base here. |
| Eating within walking distance, and after dark | The marina's own line-up is dense enough that guests need not leave the quarter. Azura is the Mediterranean kitchen in the middle of the marina; Delta and Epsilon are the two PNS resto bars, Epsilon with verandas looking down the lit Molos promenade; Pyxida is the fish tavern with sea views; Jamie Oliver Kitchen, Wagamama, PAUL, Caffe Nero and Cafe Calma cover the all-day end; MATA is billed as the only Korean restaurant in Cyprus; Marina Breeze does international food and cocktails; TGI Fridays carries a rooftop bar with 360 degree views. Gazebo Mare is the only beach bar on Peninsula Beach. The old town is a short stroll and the 17 km seafront promenade starts at the gate. |
| What is NOT published, and the fixed dates | No depth or maximum draught in the marina's public material, and the third-party figures disagree by too much to average: the operator gives 4.5 to 17 m, a berth directory 4.5 to 6 m and Noonsite 3.5 to 9 m. Berth count and maximum LOA move with the source too, between 650 berths to 110 m, 650 to 115 m and 680 to 120 m. Get all of it in writing from the berthing office. The rate card stops at 25 m, and everything from there to the top of the marina's capability is quoted on application, which is exactly where this readership sits. On fixed dates, the Limassol Boat Show organisers announced on 17 February 2026 that the show is postponed to 2027, although several exhibition directories still list May 2026 dates; the last edition ran 22 to 25 May 2025 at the marina. The marina's own 2026 calendar carried the Cyprus Coastal Regatta on 30 April to 2 May and Poker Run Cyprus on 29 to 31 May, both worth checking for 2027 dates. |
What owners and crew report
The arrival is a three-radio job, and the anchor stays in the locker
A Limassol agent's captain guide sets out the sequence in full: the marina on VHF 12 at four nautical miles, Limassol Port VTS on VHF 9 at three to request clearance across the commercial shipping lane, then a marina workboat on 12 at the entrance fairway mark to lead you to the berth. Port and starboard ground mooring lines are laid at every berth and use of an anchor is not required or permitted, so lines with shackles should be made up before the approach. The same guide is explicit that Limassol is a strict no-discharge zone, with black and grey water prohibited within three miles of the coast and non-EU arrivals having catering waste collected at 08:00 and 17:00 daily.
Yacht Shore (Limassol yacht agency), captain's guideClearance is effectively free if you stay
Cruisers report that the Cyprus marinas will assist with inward and outward clearance for a fee, and that the fee is normally waived on a marina contract of six months or more. Limassol is an official port of entry with customs and immigration clearance available 24 hours a day, which is the practical difference between arriving here and arriving at a commercial harbour.
NoonsiteThe marina show that is not happening
The Limassol Boat Show organisers posted on 17 February 2026 that the show is postponed to 2027. The last edition ran 22 to 25 May 2025 at Limassol Marina. Several third-party exhibition directories were still listing May 2026 dates when Yotters checked, so anyone planning a berth around the show should take the date from the organisers rather than an aggregator.
Limassol Boat Show organisersThe tax structure is a bigger lever than the berth fee
Cypriot maritime practices describe a yacht leasing scheme under which Cyprus VAT at 19 per cent applies only to the portion of use deemed to take place in EU territorial waters, with the deemed proportion falling as the vessel gets larger. It runs on a written lease of not less than 91 days and not more than 48 months, with an option to purchase at the end at a final consideration of not less than 2.5 per cent of the yacht's initial value. The savings depend entirely on the structure and on current guidance, so this is a question for an adviser and not a rule of thumb.
Cypriot maritime tax practices (Chambers and Co; Scordis, Papapetrou and Co)Every hard figure about this marina should be taken in writing
Yotters compared three published sources and none of them agree. The marina's own berthing pages give 650 berths for yachts up to 115 m with a 100 tonne travel lift. The operator, FS Marinas, gives 680 berths, a 120 m maximum LOA, 22 superyacht berths for 40 to 120 m, a 22 m maximum beam, depths of 4.5 to 17 m, shore power of 16 A to 850 A and a 110 tonne lift. Noonsite gives berths from 8 to 115 m and draft from 3.5 to 9 m. That is a normal state of affairs in marina publishing and it is why the berthing office, not a directory, is the source for a specific boat.
Limassol Marina, FS Marinas and Noonsite, compared by the Yotters desk in August 2026
What is good, and what to watch
Strong points
- It publishes a rate card, and the card has no season loadingOne price all year to 25 m, so the August daily rate is the February daily rate. That single decision is most of the reason a resident fleet has built here.
- The longest usable season of any marina in this guideWinter averages around 14 degrees from November to February, and the marina reports over 500 annual berth holders, so the quays are occupied and the businesses ashore are open in the off months.
- A documented arrival that actually worksVHF 12 at four miles, Limassol Port VTS on VHF 9 at three to cross the commercial lane, a workboat at the fairway mark, ground lines at every berth and no anchor needed. EU clearance is available at the quay around the clock.
- Position, for anyone working the eastern basinBeirut 130 nm, Port Said 205, Kastelorizo 205, Rhodes 255, Alexandria 265 and the Suez Canal 285. For a yacht coming up from Suez it is the first proper EU superyacht marina.
- The residential option is real, not a brochure lineThe scheme includes 44 Island Villas, each with a private berth off the garden, so an owner walks from the house onto the yacht.
What to watch
- The published card stops at 25 mEverything above it is quoted on application, so the part of the readership that berths a superyacht here negotiates without the transparency the card provides to everyone else.
- The terms are unforgivingRates are payable in advance and non-refundable, VAT at 19 per cent sits on top, and an over-width vessel pays twice the applicable berthing fee.
- Depth is not published and the public figures contradict each otherQuoted ranges run 4.5 to 17 m, 4.5 to 6 m and 3.5 to 9 m depending on who is publishing. A deep hull cannot plan from any of them.
- No heavy technical capabilityA 100 to 110 tonne lift and a slipway cover light repair and the small end. A large yacht's refit is a delivery passage out of the eastern basin.
- Basing here is a commitment to one basinRepositioning to the Riviera, the Balearics or Sardinia is a passage of several days, and the proximity to the Levant coast is a conversation to have with a broker and an insurer before a season is committed. The operator's name has moved too, from Camper and Nicholsons Marinas to FS Marinas, and older directories still list the wrong company.
Who it is for: An owner who wants an eleven-month season, a resident fleet around him and the option of a house whose garden ends at his own berth.