Paceco

Windmills, salt flats, pink flamingos. It sounds like a movie, but it's all true

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The dazzling white of the expanses of salt, the delicacy of the pink flamingos, the yellow of the “cartucciaru” melons, the intense red of the “pizzutello” tomato, the deep blue of the sea that looks to the Egadi: Paceco is a kaleidoscope in which enchanted landscapes are featured.

Founded in 1600 and created, it is believed, by the Spanish architect Sabellos with an orthogonal plan, with perfectly parallel and perpendicular streets, today Paceco is one of the most important Sicilian towns from an agricultural and food point of view. Founded in 1600 and created, it is said, by the Spanish architect Sabellos with an orthogonal plan, with perfectly parallel and perpendicular streets, today Paceco is one of the most important Sicilian municipalities from an agricultural and food point of view. In fact, thanks to the cartucciaru melons, the pizzutello tomatoes and sea salt, Paceco is the municipality with the most slow food garrisons in the world.

Sea salt is considered “the white gold” and, over the centuries, it has also partly determined the geography of the territory, thanks to the presence of numerous salterns.

Very fascinating to visit are the windmills. And neither Holland nor Cervantes have anything to do with them. The mills (many still working today) are linked to the production of salt, so much so that one of them, the Mulino della Salina Maria Stella, is now an information and tourist reception center on the European Salt Road (Via del Sale). A marvel that warms the heart is the Riserva Naturale Orientata delle Saline di Trapani e Paceco, an enchanted place with an exceptional biodiversity of fauna and flora hosting many properties used as salt production centers.

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Saltworks of Trapani e Paceco

Humans and nature: happy coexistence.

In this natural reserve, where you can admire almost 300 species of birds, man has managed to fit in with respect and harmony. This important reserve is managed by the WWF Italian Association and covers about a thousand hectares, from the southern outskir...

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Grillo

Wine cellar with sea view.

Specchio di Venere
(Mirror of Venus)

Pantelleria

Archaeological Park of Selinunte

Castelvetrano

Cretto di Burri

Gibellina

Motya and the Museo G. Whitaker

Marsala

Catarratto

A fresh and fruity companion.

Pizzo Monaco

Custonaci

Caves of Custonaci

Custonaci

La Bufara

Custonaci

Monte Cofano Oriented Nature Reserve

Custonaci

Suburban park of Cerriolo

Custonaci

Grillo

Wine cellar with sea view.

In the west of Sicily, this vine is caressed by the sea breeze, as it is grown even in the lagoon habitat of the salt pans. Grillo is a grape variety with different “souls” and facets, with a fruit c...

Specchio di Venere
(Mirror of Venus)

Pantelleria

A turquoise-green body of water nestled in the extinct crater of a volcano. The Specchio di Venere (Mirror of Venus) – even its name sounds enchanting – is a feast for the eyes and a haven of physi...

Archaeological Park of Selinunte

Castelvetrano

Due to its vast size and the density of residential areas, Selinunte has been described as a kind of “megalopolis of antiquity” Set in a magnificent landscape, where the blue of the sky joins the g...

Castelvetrano

If you had visited the natural areas around Castelvetrano in the past you would probably have found the exact same landscape as today, thanks to the unspoilt nature around the Belice river nature rese...

Cretto di Burri

Gibellina

The Cretto is a symbol of memory, an imposing white concrete expanse covering 85,000 square metres. The Cretto is a monumental memorial designed by Alberto Burri (Città di Castello, 1915 – Nice, 1...

Motya and the Museo G. Whitaker

Marsala

Many centuries ago, around the 8th century BC, the Phoenicians built a city that prospered for hundreds of years until the tyrant Dionysius I of Syracuse destroyed it. This city is Motya, the pearl of...

Catarratto

A fresh and fruity companion.

An ancient grape variety found throughout Sicily, but cultivated mainly in the western part of the island. There are two forms of this vine: that of the Bianco Comune and the Bianco Lucido. Catarrat...

Pizzo Monaco

Custonaci

Located in an exceptional landscape, Pizzo Monaco is a place to discover by hiking, even better with associations or local guides who will come with you discovering the exceptional territory of Custon...

Caves of Custonaci

Custonaci

The Grotte di Scurati (Caves of Scurati) are a very valuable geo-anthropological testimony of this territory: they are in fact an ancient prehistoric settlement and speleological geosite. These caves,...

La Bufara

Custonaci

This sinkhole in the district of Assieni, looks like a chasm about 40 meters deep and 300 meters in diameter and can be discovered by going hiking in the territory of Custonaci.

Monte Cofano Oriented Nature Reserve

Custonaci

The reserve covers 537 hectares and includes unspoilt sea bays, cliffs overlooking the sea, caves, coastal watchtowers and defence towers, as well as countless paths where you can lose yourself in the...

Suburban park of Cerriolo

Custonaci

This park, which is located along the path that once connected the historical centre of Custonaci with the caves of Scurati, allows you to admire a wonderful scenery of the Gulf of Bonagia and to foll...