Riserva Naturale di Stato Saline di Margherita di Savoia

About

They extend over a strip about 20 km long, going inland for a maximum depth of about 5 km. The total area is about 4500 hectares. The useful surface covered by the water is about 4000 hectares. This last surface is subdivided into evaporating (3500 hectares) and salting (500 hectares). The other 500 hectares of surface are constituted by roads, embankments, pile-ups, workshops, offices, housing, etc. The evaporating surface serves to bring the sea water to saturation with respect to sodium chloride (sea water has a density of 3.5 Baume and saturation is reached at a density of 25.7 Be at a temperature of about 15 ° C); the other surface covered by the waters constitutes the salting area in which salt is available. This area is continually fed with saturated water prepared by the evaporating zone and reaches the 30 degree salt at the end of the campaign. Well. The Salina evaporating tanks have variable surfaces and shapes depending on the elevation of the land.

At a glance

• Typical visit: about 1 hour 30 minutes