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

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Bianco d’Alcamo

The white that pairs with the blue of the sea.

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The big names and those to be discovered.

Calabrese - Nero D’Avola

Known and appreciated around the world

Frappato

Scented like a bouquet.

Nerello Mascalese

A force that goes from East to West

Damaschino

A name, a history.

Zibibbo

A myth that has become a World Heritage Site

Grecanico

Ancient history with a look to the future.

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Bianco d’Alcamo

The white that pairs with the blue of the sea.

A harmonious composition characterises the formula of the excellent Bianco d’Alcamo, which is primarily made from a skilful blend of Catarratto grapes or other Sicilian white grape varieties. This ...

Marsala wine

Marsala

It has a fascinating and ancient history, akin to the attraction that the great and gifted British merchants felt for these lands. This famous fortified wine, a fine distillate to be savoured slowl...

Our DOCs

The big names and those to be discovered.

The varied territory and diverse grape varieties give rise to wines that are known the world over and wines to be discovered. In the west of Sicily, many wineries are experimenting with cultivation...

Calabrese - Nero D’Avola

Known and appreciated around the world

A Sicilian native grape variety par excellence, the Calabrese or Nero d’Avola has its roots in the Syracuse area. Its organoleptic characteristics vary in relation to the terroir in which it develops....

Frappato

Scented like a bouquet.

Its name means “fruity”. This variety may have Iberian origins, but it has a very Sicilian tradition, with its heart in the eastern latitudes of the island. Tenacious and robust, this late-ripening vi...

Nerello Mascalese

A force that goes from East to West

This ancient red grape variety, native to Sicily, has roots in the eastern part of the island, but is increasingly being cultivated in the vineyards on the sandy soils of the west. Its light red-co...

Damaschino

A name, a history.

The name of this ancient, traditional grape variety encapsulates the multicultural nature of the west of Sicily. This grape variety is believed to have arrived in Sicily during the Arab domination, an...

Zibibbo

A myth that has become a World Heritage Site

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Grecanico

Ancient history with a look to the future.

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The small town with the largest heritage of contemporary art in Europe

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