PORT HERCULE – MONACO

Hercules Port is a natural bay at the foot of the ancestral rock of the princes of Monaco. It is one of the few, if not the only deep-water port of the French Riviera. It was used as a trading port by the Greeks and Romans but had the disadvantage of being poorly sheltered from the easterly winds. This prompted the erection of two piers in the early twentieth century which went some way to providing better protection. More recently, at the instigation of HRH Prince Rainier III, studies were conducted in the 1970s to better protect the stretch of water by placing, before the two existing piers, a new sea wall and a lee breakwater intended to provide the port with full protection from the swells of the eastern sector. These studies were to lead to the construction of a colossal structure 352 metres in length and weighing 160,000 tonnes at the foot of the Rock of Gibraltar. It has the unique feature of being semi-floating in order to conserve the marine fauna and flora.
700 berths of which 30 visitors according to availability on Quai des Etats-Unis and T central piscine.
Depth: Outer pier 30 metres, Outer port 40 metres, Docks from 5 to 30 metres
Reception: +377 97 77 30 00 or VHF channel 12
Mooring: rear berthed and mooring line at the front.