Woods and Picnic Areas - West of Sicily

Woods and Picnic Areas

Natural museums open for millennia.

EXPLORE
Rolling hills and plains, dense vegetation and varied fauna, ponds and picnic areas.

You can find this and more in the woods of the west of Sicily. If you want to have a picnic, take a break or enjoy breathtaking views, immerse yourself in the area’s largest “green lungs”: the woods of Scorace, Monte Baronia or Angimbè.

Custonaci

The crystal clear waters of Cornino Bay

Salemi

One of the most beautiful villages in Italy. And, therefore, in the world.

Buseto Palizzolo

A walk inside the scents and colors of a city garden.

Marettimo

Uncontaminated nature

Levanzo

Small and wild

Custonaci

The crystal clear waters of Cornino Bay
Swimming in the crystal clear waters of the bay of Cornino, suddenly look up and be surprised by the solemnity of Mount Cofano which quietly dominates the landscape: things that can happen in Custonac...

Salemi

One of the most beautiful villages in Italy. And, therefore, in the world.
Salemi is recognised as one of “The Most Beautiful Villages in Italy”. And I would like to see, anyone who has visited this jewel would say! Salemi, which lies between the Màzaro and the Grande riv...

Buseto Palizzolo

A walk inside the scents and colors of a city garden.
Do you know those little villages where you happen to stop, almost by accident, maybe on a Sunday morning, to be amazed by their beauty? Buseto Palizzolo is such a village, certainly less famous than ...

Jesuit Church (main church)

Salemi
This baroque church dedicated to Sant’Ignazio di Loyola has a facade that features four spiral columns wound with vine spirals to the sides of the entrance. Founded at the end of the 17th century, ...

Church and Cloister of Sant’Agostino

Salemi
This original 13th-century church is one of the oldest in Salemi and was built next to Porta Aquila, a city gate that has now been lost. On the facade, two niches accommodate the statues of Saints ...

Piazza Dittatura and Palazzo Comunale (Town Hall)

Salemi
Salemi’s main square takes its name from the “dictatorship” declared by Garibaldi on 14 May 1860, in the name of Victor Emmanuel II. From the Palazzo Comunale, Garibaldi declared Salemi the first capi...

Piazza Alicia

Salemi
This iconic square houses the remains of the former Chiesa Madre (main church). Built on the ruins of a mosque, it was rebuilt in the 17th century but almost destroyed in the 1968 earthquake, and is n...

Arab-Norman castle

Salemi
The Arab-Norman castle dominates the monumental landscape of Salemi and is an exceptional example of medieval architecture in the west of Sicily. A first fortification was built in the Norman perio...

Salemi Vineyards

Salemi
For thousands of years, vines and wine have been characteristic features of the Salemi area, together with the other two components of the “Mediterranean triad”, wheat and oil. The hilly terrain of...

Montagna Grande

Salemi
Montagna Grande is a special conservation area, where the ancient holm oak wood has been reforested with Aleppo pine conifers and is home to protected species. It is home to porcupines and hares, as w...

Marettimo

Uncontaminated nature
Dolomitic island characterized by a wild and uncontaminated nature, Marettimo appears from the sea with its green and luxuriant tops - whose peaks reach up to 686 meters at Pizzo Falcone - and the hou...

Levanzo

Small and wild
Small and wild this island is the ideal place for a relaxing vacation: intimate and sparsely inhabited, Levanzo offers many habitats in which to immerse themselves, devoting himself to a trek of disco...

Custonaci

The crystal clear waters of Cornino Bay

Salemi

One of the most beautiful villages in Italy. And, therefore, in the world.
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