Situated at the centre of the popular Spanish yacht charter destination – Palma de Mallorca, Moll Vell is a new superyacht marina, surrounded by the 13th century cathedral, 15th century government site, gothic fish market from the same time and the old city ramparts. Below is an eight-minute documentary-type film, made on progress at Moll Vell as well as interviews with Oscar Siches, responsible for the marina’s redevelopment.

About Moll Vell
It has been used as a yacht harbour for the last 25 years and the attached building was home to maritime agents and associations, shipping companies and a couple of workshops – it also hosted “La Lubina” restaurant, where one could find politicians, captains of industry, football players, journalists and the most notorious Palma who’s who.  The restaurant closed in the early nineties and the whole area started a period of continuous decay.

After many years of speculation, the harbour authority issued a public offer for the modernization of the marina and construction of a new building. In 2010 the concession was granted to Amarres Deportivos SL, a company formed by the managers of Pantalan del Mediterraneo marina here in Palma and Banco Pastor, one of the oldest banks in Spain (1776) and merged today with Banco Popular.

The winning project includes renewal of all moorings and shore services (24 berths, 22 for vessels over 25 metres in length and two for superyachts over 40 metres) and the demolition and rebuild of the building, which will be very modern in style and feature a restaurant, bar/café, a rooftop terrace with city views, offices and commercial units.

The whole area towards Palma will become a public square with increased number of trees creating a green natural canopy – the marina area will be separated by a glass fence to avoid creating a negative visual impact.

Investment is in excess of 8 million euros. The works are well underway and the opening of Moll Vell is scheduled for spring 2013.