Valderice

A dip in the blue sea, a ride in the hills, 4 steps in history: the traveler's triathlon.

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Valderice is one of the most interesting areas of all Western Sicily, from a landscape point of view. You can do mountain biking fascinating routes through the hills around and benefit from unique landscapes, or romantic walks in the seaside village of Bonagia, you can lie on the sand of Rio Forgia with Mount Cofano reflected in the blue waters of the Gulf. You can admire one of the most important tuna-fishing nets of the territory, today become a hotel, the tuna-fishing factory of Bonagia, a structure dating back to ‘500. And also in Valderice, as in all Sicily, there are churches and historical buildings to visit, for a nice alternative immersion, in history instead of in the sea. The beauty of Valderice is appreciated since ancient times. This is also demonstrated by the magnificent nineteenth-century villas that were built in this magnificent town to enjoy the spectacular summer season, but that is not even the whole story.

Tonnara of Bonagia

Valderice

In Bonagia, in front of a small and picturesque harbor, there is the Tonnara di Bonagia, one of the most important and ancient tuna nets of the territory. Belonged to the family Burgarella, in ‘500 was a beam with a clear dual function of production...

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Knight's Arch (or Monumental Arch)

This is one of the symbolic sites that testify to a centuries-old tradition of the territory along the road that connects Custonaci and Valderice, in the former trazzera del cavaliere Rizzuto – called via del Cavaliere. The chapel has a square plan,...

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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.

Jesuit Church (main church)

Salemi

Church and Cloister of Sant’Agostino

Salemi

Piazza Dittatura and Palazzo Comunale (Town Hall)

Salemi

Piazza Alicia

Salemi

Arab-Norman castle

Salemi

Salemi Vineyards

Salemi

Montagna Grande

Salemi

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...