A Mediterranean style marina is going up at the Casa de Campo residential and tourist complex in La Romana. El Siglo newspaper reported that the marina is the responsibility of the Italian architect Gianfranco Fini. Architect Fini said that the marina will be completed in three years at a cost of US$40 to US$50 million. The marina is being built in an area of 80,000 square meters, and is south of the complex. The port itself should be ready in a year and a half. The port will consist of 70 docks, 20 of these for boats in transit. The ports will be able to accommodate boats from 60 to 150 feet long. Users of the marina will be able to arrive by way of the Casa de Campo International Airport, by land or by sea. Conceived in the style of the Mediterranean port cities, the Casa de Campo marina will feature villas and 115 apartments, restaurants, pizzerias and ice cream shop, a supermarket, gasoline station, commercial center with pharmacy, beauty salon, boutiques. The architect has been responsible for similar projects in Brazil, Italy and France.
