Santo Stefano di Camastra ...and drive to Sciacca!

Welcome to Santo Stefano di Camastra, a little town with some thousands of inhabitants but with a great ceramic tradition!

Here you can take fantastic pictures and selfies t share with your friends!

I suggest to discover some of the land artworks which are part of the Fiumara d'Arte: an open-air museum consisting of a series of eleven works by contemporary artists located along the banks of the Tusa river (today only with a torrential character), which flows into the Tyrrhenian coast of Sicily near Castel di Tusa, a hamlet of municipality of Tusa, and which in ancient times flowed between the Nebrodi mountains with a path of twenty-one kilometers, up to the ancient città di Halaesa. Here is the sculpture named Energia Mediterranea, a blue wave connected with the blue Mediterranean Sea.

The imposing Pyramid owes its name, "38 ° Parallel", to its location on a hill in the territory of Motta d'Affermo overlooking the sea and the Aeolian Islands and in the background the archaeological excavations of the ancient city of Halaesa.

The work, entitled Monument for a dead poet, dates back to 1989 and was created by the sculptor Tano Festa. The sculpture, 18 meters high, is located on the seafront of Villa Margi, part of the village of Reitano, and was renamed by the locals Window on the sea: don't you think it's a perfect name for this artwork?

Have a stop here, where you can have a great traditional lunch!

Armao Palace is one of those types of buildings that housed the principal's residence within the same production structure. In the second half of the 19th century, the Armao ceramic factory became one of the most important. It was during this period of greatest splendor, within the majolica clay production, that the Armao family expanded the factory, deciding to incorporate their home within the same structure, adding a second floor to the lower body. Thus was born Palazzo Armao, in a simple nineteenth-century style. The period of greatest splendor lasted until the first decades of the 1900s, during which the Palazzo underwent new interventions: it was enriched with new preciousness, including the sumptuous pictorial decorations on the vaults of some rooms on the first floor, which today represent a faithful example of the inventive and coloristic talent of the Liberty style at the beginning of the last century. The majolica floors of excellent workmanship, dating to the end of the 19th century, adorn the halls of the Palace. Incredible is the ornamental frieze of the main façade of the Palace (ribbon re-arrangement formed by 116 majolica tiles in length and 4 in height), which shows a series of lions in pairs, facing, raised or rampant, alternating with a simple ornamentation of plant racemes and a real catalog of Greek vases, which constitute 10 different types in shape and decoration. Subsequently, after the Second World War, with the decline of clay production, the consequent sale of the business by the Armao family and their transfer to Palermo, the building had a structural decay and finally was bought by the municipal administration. Today the restored Palazzo is the seat of the municipal library.

Welcome to Sciacca, one of the most beautiful cities on the south cost of Sicily, full of beauties and history! The history of the town starts from the Arab period and the subsequent medieval times. During the centuries, became one of the most important land, owned by rich families, always fighting: the Luna and Perollo families, who where the protagonist of the very famous "case of Sciacca" This is a piece of Sicilian history which could recall modern telenovelas! If you want to discover some of the architectural beauties of the city, here is a suggested izi.TRAVEL audioguide on the Churches of the city! Sciacca is very famous for many things: the thermal sulfurous bath, the ceramic, the coral production and, last but not least, its Carnival! If you want to have an experience in a potter's workshop, by trying to shape clay and creating your own ceramic object, the Ecomuseo Diffuso di Sciacca will be able to suggest the right experience for you!

Sciacca is also the queen of fresh fish, so it is difficult to be disappointed if you want to taste it. Here is a restaurant strictly recommended, if you want to have a great food experience here!

I suggest this B&B where I'm sure you will sleep very well and, tomorrow, you will enjoy a great local breakfast. A busy new day will wait for you! Enjoy your stay and have a good night!