Laghetti di Marinello nature reserve

The natural reserve of the Laghetti di Marinello is a protected area established in 1998 and entrusted in management to the Metropolitan City of Messina. It extends over 400 hectares at the foot of the Tindari promontory. The area of ​​the reserve, from Capo Tindari to Marinello, is characterized by tongues of sand that enclose brackish lakes called Marinello, Mergolo della Tonnara, Verde, Fondo Porto and Porto Vecchio. It is a lagoon area that was formed about 200 years ago and is very unstable and subject to constant changes in the coast line. Some plant species present are rare or indigenous.