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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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Belvedere “Giardini Angelo Messina”

Custonaci

Cala Bukutu

Custonaci

Bay of Cornino

Custonaci

Cofano Tower and Tonnara

Custonaci

Tower of San Giovanni

Custonaci

Stella Maris

Custonaci

Sanctuary of Maria Santissima di Custonaci

Custonaci

Living Museum Mangiapane Cave

Custonaci

Marble Exhibition Centre

Custonaci

Church of the Madonna del Carmelo

Buseto Palizzolo

Scorace Forest

Buseto Palizzolo

Paceco

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

Belvedere “Giardini Angelo Messina”

Custonaci
Located in the historical centre of Custonaci in an area adjacent to the Town Hall, the Belvedere, with its gardens full of vegetation and a large panoramic terrace, offers the opportunity to embrace ...

Cala Bukutu

Custonaci
Inside the Bay of Cornino is Cove Bukutu (or Bugutu) which, in addition to its crystal clear waters, is famous for the "Madonna di Custonaci" celebrations. Baia Cornino 91015 Custonaci (TP) ...

Bay of Cornino

Custonaci
This bay (a sandy inlet with crystal clear waters) was home to the ancient fishing village of Custonaci. This is testified by the white houses of the fishermen who lived and worked here. The bay is th...

Cofano Tower and Tonnara

Custonaci
Created to defend the tonnara of the same name, the Torre di Cofano (today used as a visitor centre) dates back to the beginning of the 16th century and is characterised by its four-pointed star-shape...

Tower of San Giovanni

Custonaci
This strategic sixteenth-century square tower constitutes a piece of the imposing coastal defensive system of watchtowers designed by Camillo Camilliani to face the Ottoman raids. From its terrace the...

Stella Maris

Custonaci
In the evocative setting of the Bay of Cornino (Baia di Cornino), a dip in the sea can result in a unique experience. The product of the fusion of ancient religious traditions and the creative genius ...

Sanctuary of Maria Santissima di Custonaci

Custonaci
This sanctuary, located on a hilly relief in the centre of today's town, is responsible for the birth of the urban centre of Custonaci. The history of the sanctuary goes back in time to the arrival fr...

Living Museum Mangiapane Cave

Custonaci
The Mangiapane Cave is the most famous of the Grotte Scurati (Scurati caves), inhabited by man since the Upper Palaeolithic, as suggested by the traces of human presence (flint tools, graffiti) that w...

Marble Exhibition Centre

Custonaci
The centre is the right place to discover the geological stratifications and lithic complexes of the territory, through surveys, photographs and samples of the extracted marbles. It also includes a sp...

Church of the Madonna del Carmelo

Buseto Palizzolo
The church dedicated to the patroness, Maria SS. del Carmelo, is located in the city center. It was built in 1695 by Nicolò Gervasi as a countryside chapel for the few inhabitants of the area. The sac...

Scorace Forest

Buseto Palizzolo
Driving along the provincial road, about 7 km east of the urban center of Buseto Palizzolo, you can see the Scorace Wood. The toponym, Arcudacii or Arcodaci, refers to the Arabic farmhouse which was s...

Paceco

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

Paceco

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