Discovering the beauties of Trapani.

Welcome! With this itinerary I will take you to discover the Trapani area and the wonderful coasts.

Four days departing from Trapani, a city in western Sicily with a view of the Egadi Islands.

Once in Trapani you can leave your luggage in the Kantunè bed and breakfast, and then start your tour.

Just 300 away we find the beautiful Clock Tower. Located close to Palazzo Cavarretta on Via Torrearsa, the Tower marks the limit of the oldest part of the city, which was accessed through the Porta Oscura, a passage that still exists today, despite the transformations undergone following the construction of the facade of the aforementioned palace, made in 1678.
And it is precisely by looking up and diverting attention from the prospect of the seventeenth-century building towards the narrow adjacent alley that, almost timidly, the beautiful astronomical clock appears, one of the oldest in Europe, designed and built by the Trapani master Giuseppe Mennella, in 1596. Constructed in marble with lead details, the clock is made up of two circular dials with edges in blue stone to represent the sky: the Lunario, characterized by a central hole to represent the Earth, and the dial of the Sun.

A little walk and you will find the Trattoria del Corso where you will have the possibility of tasting typical dishes of the area.

In the afternoon, I suggest to go the small and fascinating village of Erice, a unique medieval town located on the top of a mountain 760 meters above the sea level overlooking the port of Trapani; here you can visit the Castle of Venus and have a little walk through the narrow streets of the town, having a look to its marvelous ancient buildings and churches.

After visiting the Venus Castle, you can stop at the splendid beach of Castello di Terra. In the nearest Piazza Vittorio Emanuele, in fact, you can see the archaeological remains of a medieval Castle, found in 1186 by the Normans, which was still exhausting in 1800, when it was transformed din a prison. Then it was partially destroyed.

If you want to have a very good fish dinner, looking at the sea, here is the right place! Let's start with antipasti with sardines, crabs, small prawns and other fish species caught on the day and taste one of the different recipes of fish pasta, or order a grilled fish ...in any case, you will be really satisfied!

Have a good night, tomorrow you will discover many other beautiful things!