Read your comments on the marina and either you have a very small boat or your prices are certainly wrong you stated that you paid 450e hardstanding for 3 days were being charged 1626e for a month to work on our own yacht plus you’re NOT allowed to stay aboard to complete the repairs quickly.

May 2018: Paid €31 per night for 12.5m monohull inc. Water and metered Electricity. Fuel/reception quay very dangerous in westerly blow due to exposure to swell – we tried to dock there, splintered our rub rail because the large rubber buffers got under it and barely escaped without injury to crew. Don’t try it in a strong westerly. Safely docked at a finger on pontoon 10 instead. Long walk to the office and they were about to close, thus perhaps their ill-advised insistence on us docking on the reception quay.

Westerly swell enters the marina, especially the SE quadrant. Good facilities, French chandlery and Volvo dealer in the boatyard, little café with high prices, not much else nearby. Many liveaboards.

The town is a bit so-so, with some dodgy characters hanging around the border and shopping streets.

Access to Gibraltar on foot is easy and no problems at the border, mostly waved through, once a peek into a shopping bag. More chandleries in Gibraltar, all in walking distance.

Alcaidesa Marina, La Linea

I have been birthed here now for two years and highly recommend the marina.

I have seen some major changes, all have been good, more staff, a complete refurbishment of the ladies and gents toilet and shower block (June – July 2017) it’s now all completed and looks great.
The amenities are cleaned three times a day, bins are regularly emptied at the end of each pontoon by the marines.

Security is good, patrols day and especially at night, they walk along every pontoon regularly and aren’t afraid to challenge people looking ‘out of place’

The laundry has recently been provided with new machines, €4 for a wash and €3 for the dryer, they take 50 cent, one and two Euro coins.

Access to the marina, via Gibraltar Bay is easy and in my opinion simple.
With a strong Westerly and reasonable fetch coming into the marina, it’s still manageable- but, don’t go alongside the fuel berth, it can be a bit bumpy and as others have said, the fixed rubber fenders are almost a hindrance, so if you have to, put all your fenders out and vary the heights a bit.
If it’s difficult, give the marina call, they will have a couple of pairs of hands waiting to assist.

The marina is run by Tony (Antonio) and his able assistant Anna, they do a good job and are very approachable.
All the girls working the day to day front office, are lovely and all speak good English, as are the marineros.

If you arrive late, you will always get a berth somewhere, it might be unserviced, i.e. no water or electricity- but as a temporary berth, until the morning- it’s fine.
If the office is closed and you can’t get hold of anyone on channel 9, come into the marina entrance, near the fuel berth, security will be nearby and able to assist you, by directing you to a temporary berth etc.

Good haul out facilities, with all manner of repairs being carried out, by English tradesmen if you prefer, or the Spanish workforce employed in the Varedero yard, which is next to the marina.

May 2017 We had an excellent experience leaving our boat for the winter at Marina Alcaidesa in La Linea de la Concepcion. The port is modern, clean and secure, and the staff are friendly and helpful. We left our boat in the inner east basin on a finger berth with no electricity or water for 6 months and paid approx. 1900 Euros. We had no damage despite a stormy winter.

The webcam of the marina is on the roof of the hotel just across the street, so we could check on our boat every day. For haul out, pressure wash, 3 days of hard standing and relaunch, we paid approx. 450 Euros. The boatyard staff were professional and friendly.

There are good ship chandlers, canvas repair, mechanics, and electricians around. We particularly appreciated the agreement between the marina and the 4-star hotel across the street, where we stayed while working in the boatyard. Booked through the marina for the first week of May, we received more than 35 % discount with (huge) breakfast buffet and dinner buffet included. The bus station is just across the street from the marina, with bus service to Malaga where you can get cheap flights to most European cities. Gibraltar is a 10-minute bike ride away and the old town of La Linea has its own charm, along with a good market every day.

There are a huge Carrefour supermarket and commercial centre 10 minutes by bike and they deliver to the marina for free. Highly recommended.

Be very careful if using the haul out to the hard standing at Alcadeisa Varadero. We asked to show 3rd party liability insurance covering crew working on the boat and also charged 50 euros per day for each person working on the boat.

Very unhelpful office if you don’t want to use their own staff. No staying on board while on the hard. No working Sundays and no locks on the one shared toilet. Very unimpressed indeed. Go to Algiceras on the other side of the bay. 7 days a week access, stay on board and have whoever you choose working for you.