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.

Sanctuary of Maria SS. Annunziata

Trapani
In this magnificent church, with 14th century origins, you can understand the powerful link between the city and its sea. This sanctuary - which houses the sacred and precious marble simulacrum of ...

The Fardelliana Library

Trapani
Entering the Fardelliana Library means going through the gates of one of the oldest places of culture in Trapani. Located in the church of S. Giacomo Maggiore (XIII - XVIII century), this civic librar...

Museum of Optical Illusions

Trapani
The M.O.O.I., the Museum of Optical Illusions in Trapani, is a surprising place that offers an immersive and entertaining experience that you shouldn't miss. Located in the heart of the city, the muse...

Balio Gardens

Erice
This elegant public garden, in English style, was born as a result of the intervention of the nineteenth century Count Agostino Pepoli, who transformed the area adjacent to the towers of Balio with th...

Path network of Agro Ericino

Erice
Since 2017, Erice is part of a wide-ranging project - funded by the Regional Department of Tourism in collaboration with GALelimos, CAI and Strada del Vino Erice DOC - involving several municipalities...

Erice City Gates

Erice
The city gates are to be considered an integral part of the impregnable circle of walls of Erice that was enhanced in the Norman era, in which new and larger doors were created (Porta Trapani, Porta C...

Elimo-Punic Walls

Erice
The path of the walls of Erice winds for about 800 m along the western side only and, although not known entirely, inside there are three important city gates: Porta Trapani (the southernmost) and, pr...

San Francesco Church and Convent

Erice
The church and the convent of the Franciscan Friars Minor date back to 1364. The foundation bull of the convent was issued by Pope Urban V on August 22, 1362 in Avignon. Starting from the 17th century...

Convent of San Domenico

Erice
The Dominican preachers founded this convent in 1486, to which the church of San Michele was aggregated, constituting a cultural and religious centre for centuries and becoming a priory in 1670; the c...

Museum Center "Antonio Cordici

Erice
The Museum Center is characterized by the heterogeneity of its important collections.   Named after "Antonio Cordici", it was established in 1876 and some archaeological finds belonging to various ...

Spanish Quarter

Erice
This imposing structure outside the walls, situated on a rocky spur, dates back to the 17th century, when it was destined to host a garrison of Spanish soldiers free of charge by virtue of the so-call...

Pepoli Tower

Erice
Built at the behest of Count Agostino Sieri Pepoli - scholar and patron - between 1872 and 1880, the "turret" is a building structure characterized by an original style, Moorish and medieval traits im...
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