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Last summer in Sicily. My first trip to this part of Italy and the beginning of two months of solo travel. The port town of Trapani on the west coast smells like salt and fresh seafood and sounds like seagulls chatting above neighbours on their balconies. The boat trip to the sparkling aqua coves of Levanzo and Favignana, the Egadi Islands, marked the beginning of an endless summer of adventures.
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Date: July 2017
Location: Trapani and Egadi Islands, Sicily
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Places to see in ( Trapani - Italy )
Places to see in ( Trapani - Italy )
Trapani is a city in western Sicily with a crescent-shaped coastline. At the western tip, offering views as far as the Aegadian Islands, is the 17th-century Torre di Ligny watchtower. It houses the Museo di Preistoria e del Mare, with archeological artifacts. North of the harbor, the Chiesa del Purgatorio church holds wooden sculptures that are paraded around the city during Easter’s Processione dei Misteri.
Trapani is a city and comune on the west coast of Sicily in Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Trapani. Founded by Elymians, the city is still an important fishing port and the main gateway to the nearby Egadi Islands.Much of Trapani's economy still depends on the sea. Fishing and canning are the main local industries, with fishermen using the mattanza technique to catch tuna. Coral is also an important export, along with salt, marble, and marsala wine. The nearby coast is lined with numerous salt-pans. The city is also an important ferry port, with links to the Egadi Islands, Pantelleria, Sardinia, and Tunisia. It also has its own airport, the Trapani-Birgi Airport.
Much of the old city of Trapani dates from the later medieval or early modern periods; there are no extant remains of the ancient city. Many of the city's historic buildings are designed in the Baroque style. Notable monuments include:
The Church of Sant'Agostino (14th century), with the splendid rose-window
The Church of Santa Maria di Gesù (15th–16th centuries)
The magnificent Basilica-Sanctuary of Maria Santissima Annunziata (also called Madonna di Trapani) originally built in 1315–1332 and rebuilt in 1760. It houses a marble statue of the Madonna of Trapani, which might be the work of Nino Pisano, and with the museum Agostino Pepoli.
Fontana di Tritone (Triton's Fountain)
The Baroque Palazzo della Giudecca or Casa Ciambra.
The Cathedral (built in 1421, but restored to the current appearance in the 18th century by Giovanni Biagio Amico). It includes an Annunciation attributed to Anthony van Dyck.
Church of Maria SS. dell'Intria, another notable example of Sicilian Baroque.
Church of Badia Nuova, a small Baroque church.
Castello di Terra, a ruined 12th-century castle.
Ligny Tower, a 17th-century watchtower housing an archaeological museum.
Monte Erice is a cable car ride from the city and aside from the cobbled streets and medieval castle, there are views of Tunisia and Africa from up there on clear days. Several beaches run along the coast of Trapani, the best of which are at Marausa about 9 km (6 mi) south of the city.
Trapani-Birgi Airport is a military-civil joint use airport (third for traffic on the island). Recently the airport has seen an increase of traffic thanks to low-cost carriers from all parts of Europe (i.e. London-Stansted and London-Luton, Paris Beauvais, Dublin, Bruxelles, Munich, Frankfurt, Eindhoven, Stockholm, Malta).
The city is renowned for its Easter related Holy Week activities and traditions, culminating between Good Friday and Holy Saturday in the Processione dei Misteri di Trapani, colloquially simply the Misteri di Trapani (in English the Procession of the Mysteries of Trapani or the Mysteries of Trapani), a day-long passion procession organized and sponsored by the city's guilds, featuring twenty floats of wood, canvas and glue sculptures, mostly from the 17th and 18th centuries, of individual scenes of the events of the Passion. The Misteri are among the oldest continuously running religious events in Europe, having been played every Good Friday since before the Easter of 1612. Running for at least 16 continuous hours, but occasionally well beyond the 24 hours, they are the longest religious festival in Sicily and in Italy. Important also to the cult of the Madonna of Trapani. The city gives its name to a variety of pesto – pesto alla trapenese – made using almonds instead of the traditional pine nuts in Ligurian pesto. Trapani was also used, even if never mentioned by name, but only evidenced in movie scenes, as the base for filming the first serie of La piovra drama miniseries.
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Places to see in ( Trapani - Italy )
Places to see in ( Trapani - Italy )
Trapani is a city in western Sicily with a crescent-shaped coastline. At the western tip, offering views as far as the Aegadian Islands, is the 17th-century Torre di Ligny watchtower. It houses the Museo di Preistoria e del Mare, with archeological artifacts. North of the harbor, the Chiesa del Purgatorio church holds wooden sculptures that are paraded around the city during Easter’s Processione dei Misteri.
Hugging the harbour where Peter of Aragon landed in 1282 to begin the Spanish occupation of Sicily, the sickle-shaped spit of land occupied by Trapani's old town once sat at the heart of a powerful trading network that stretched from Carthage to Venice. Traditionally the town thrived on coral and tuna fishing, with some salt and wine production. These days, Trapani's port buzzes with ferry traffic to the Egadi Islands and Pantelleria, and the adjacent historic centre is a popular place to stroll, for both locals and travellers awaiting their next boat.
The elongated scythe like form of Trapani, as it curves elegantly into the sea, inspired early settlers: the Elymians, of Phoenician extraction, named the city Drepanon, which translated means sickle. Legend tells that Demeter, goddess of harvests and of plenty, whilst seeking her lost and beloved daughter dropped her sickle in a moment of despair, and as it fell to earth and landed by the sea, Trapani grew in its place, retaining the form of the Goddess' scythe.
Myths aside, Trapani is the perfect port, and fishing village, being set on a low peninsula stretching in an arc into the sea, the housing of the city melting into plains of salt pans, valuable to the regions economy. Beyond, the solitary plains dotted with windmills dating from the medieval era, lies the open sea stretching to the horizon, punctuated only by the beautiful peak of mount Erice and the Egadi Islands.
Apart from its ancient trade in tuna, fishing, and salt, Trapani also deals in olives and wine, and in recent years has begun to flourish. At present, the province of Trapani produces more wine than Austria, Chile, Hungary, or the region of Tuscany.
Trapani is the most strategic spot in the west of Sicily as it is the only major port. Thus for the various invaders mindful of its fertile potential and geographic position, it has been considered a small but worthy prize. After the epoch of the Greeks in which Trapani was a minor colony, it became a trading centre for the Phoenicians before becoming a pivotal hinge in the Carthaginian empire. The Romans, quick as ever to spot a valuable site, then defeated the Carthaginians in the battle of the Egadi Islands and took the town, using it as a minor trading post.
After the invasion and disappearance of the Vandals, the town revived a little during Byzantine rule, until 830 A.D. when for the first time the town began to come into its own under the Muslims who virtually reconstructed the town, enclosing it with walls on all sides, and giving it a unique street plan peculiar to the Arabs, to be found in several Sicilian cities. The Arabs also increased the town's prosperity with the growth in production of salt, tuna and coral as well as introducing an irrigation system thus increasing the town's food productivity. The Normans continued to develop the town's potential, awarding it with the title Royal City. Thus this picturesque little town of position par excellence, grew in prosperity throughout the Arab and Norman period.
During the Spanish era of dominion, the town's coral production and decoration grew along with the extraction and export of marble. As a port, the town had always enjoyed the benefit of customs ensuring a constant for the town's prosperity. Charles V restructured Trapani's walls adding a deep ditch and channel around the city to protect it from attack. At the end of the eighteenth century it was pulled down and the walls lengthened to the base of Mount Erice. From this time on, the town expanded indiscriminately and without planning, and sadly continues to do so
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Trapani is a city on the west coast of Sicily in Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Trapani. The city is still an important fishing port and the main gateway to the nearby Egadi Islands.
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Visiting a magical hidden island of Italy, called Marettimo.
Marettimo is one of the three Aegedian Islands in the west of Sicily. Even if Marettimo is quite isolated, it's sea is amazing: crystal clear with crazy colours. The center is full of white picturesque houses, it's tiny but very cosy. The main attractions are the caves and it's a perfect spot for diving.
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Salt, windmills and pink feathers. How Trapani sea salt is made.
Of all the staples in our kitchen, salt is probably the most overlooked. I flew to western Sicily to discover the sea salt winning tradition of Trapani.
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Places to see in ( Trapani - Italy ) Torre di Ligny
Places to see in ( Trapani - Italy ) Torre di Ligny
Ligny Tower is a coastal watchtower in Trapani, Sicily. It was built between 1671 and 1672 at a strategic position on the city's western coast. Today, the tower is in good condition, and it is open to the public as an archaeological museum.
Ligny Tower was built on a narrow strip of land on Trapani's western coast, to defend the city from attacks by the Barbary corsairs. It was named after the Viceroy of Sicily, Claude Lamoral, 3rd Prince of Ligne, who had ordered its construction. The tower was designed by the Flemish architect Carlos de Grunenbergh. It has a square base with scarped walls, with four corner turrets which originally contained lanterns.
The tower was proposed in a meeting held at Palermo on 11 January 1670. Construction began in 1671, and it was inaugurated in October 1672. A passage connecting the tower with the mainland was built in 1806, and guns were installed on the tower's roof until 1862. It was subsequently used as a semaphore station, but it was eventually abandoned.
In World War II, the tower was used by the Regia Marina and was armed with anti-aircraft guns. he tower was restored in 1979 by the architect Francesco Terranova. Since 1983, the tower has been an archaeological museum, known as Museo civico Torre di Ligny.
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Ritorno sulle terre siciliane per il week end di pasqua. Delle giornate intense, a camminare in ogni piccoli recessi del centro storico di Trapani. Trapani è un comune italiano capoluogo della provincia omonima in sicilia.
Piccola Frustrazione in questo film, non ho abbastanza piani sugli abitanti la città..
Attraverso questo nuovo video, il mio messaggio è molto semplice...
Alzate gli occhi per ammirare la bellezza degli edifici e dei numerosi palazzi che offerta Trapani. Quando il Sole appare, osservate le vie cambiare colori..
Ascoltate l'ambiente di queste viuzze siciliane storiche, ascoltate la vita siciliana ed immaginate questi buoni odori di cucina italiana che fluita nell'aria.
Lasciatevi portare per questo video per un campo pressante in Sicilia.
Abbiamo visitato solamente il centro storico di Trapani e l'isola di favignana. Ci sono certamente pieni di altre cose a vedere. L'isola di Marettimo, Levanzo, Le saline di marsala, Erice, San Vito Lo capo, la riserva naturale dello Zingaro, Segesta etc..
Ed una volta di più si nota la grande ospitalità dei siciliani per la loro accoglienza calorosa!
Ringrazio, Giovanni, Valeria M e Valeria C che hanno permesso alla realizzazione di questo piccolo film.
La Sicilia, ritorno presto !
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Retour sur les terres Siciliennes pour le week end de pâques.
Des journées intenses, à parcourir chaque petits recoins du centre historique de Trapani.
Trapani est une ville italienne qui se situe dans la partie occidentale de la Sicile.
Petite Frustration dans ce film, je n’ai pas assez de plans sur les habitants la ville.
A travers cette nouvelle vidéo, mon message est très simple...
Levez les yeux pour admirer la beauté des édifices et des nombreux palais qu'offre Trapani. Lorsque le Soleil apparait, observez les rues changer de couleurs..
Ecoutez l’ambiance de ces ruelles siciliennes historiques, écoutez la vie sicilienne et imaginez ces bonnes odeurs de cuisine italienne qui flotte dans l'air.
Laissez-vous porter par cette vidéo pour un court instant en Sicile.
Cette fois, nous n’avons visité que le centre historique de Trapani et l’ile de favignana. Il y a bien sûr pleins d’autres choses à voir. L’île de Marettimo, Levanzo, Les salines de marsala, Erice, San Vito Lo capo, la réserve naturelle de Zingaro, Segeste etc…
Une fois de plus nous avons remarqué la généreuse hospitalité des Siciliens par leur accueil chaleureux !
Je remercie, Giovanni, Valeria M et Valeria C qui ont permis à la réalisation de ce petit film.
La Sicile, je reviens bientôt !
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Return on Sicilian lands for the Easter Weekend.
Intense days, walking (working) thought every small hidden recesses of the historic center of Trapani.
Trapani is a city and comune on the west coast of Sicily in Italy. The city is till an important fishing port and the main gateway to the nearby Egadi Islands.
Small Frustration in this movie, I haven't enough plans of local people
Look up so that you can see the beauty of buildings and numerous palaces. When the Sun appears look how the colors of the streets change..
Listen to the atmosphere of these historic Sicilian alleys, listen to the Sicilian life and imagine these good smells of Italian cooking which floats in the air.
Be allowed carry by this video for short moment in Sicily.
We visited only the historic center of Trapani and the island of favignana. There is of course heights of the other things to be seen. The island of Marettimo, Levanzo, The saltworks of Marsala, Erice, San Vito Lo capo, the nature reserve of Zingaro, Segeste etc. …
And one more time we feel the generous hospitality of Sicilians trough their warm welcome!
I thank Giovanni, Valeria M and Valeria C who allowed the realization of this small movie.
Sicily, i’ll be back !
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Places to see in ( Castellammare del Golfo - Italy ) Spiaggia Guidaloca
Places to see in ( Castellammare del Golfo - Italy ) Spiaggia Guidaloca
Castellammare del Golfo is a small and charming Sicilian town, located in the province of Trapani, in a stretch of coast where the high cliffs are interspersed with sandy beaches and intimate coves. It owes its name to the beautiful castle that rises almost to the sea, a strategic point from where in the past centuries the waters were scrutinized to prevent possible enemy attacks.
Two of the most famous beaches of Castellammare del Golfo are Scopello and Guidaloca, easily reachable from the city center by public transport or in 5 minutes by car. The lido di Scopello is located near the Zingaro Nature Reserve, a natural place of great value and rare beauty. The beach of Scopello is truly fabulous and the seabed is particularly rich in flora and fauna making it an exceptional destination for all diving lovers.
A short distance from Scopello you can reach the small bay of Guidaloca , formed by a pebble beach about 400 meters long ending on the west side with a tower dating back to the sixteenth century, ancient lookout point. The waters in this stretch of coast are of an intense blue and a truly unique transparency and the various caves that dot the high and rocky coastline make the coast fascinating and mysterious.
For nature lovers and pristine coves it is advisable to move to the Zingaro Reserve, where the wild nature and the beautiful waters will give you authentic moments of relaxation, a real paradise on earth. In short, all the beaches of Castellammare del Golfo and the surrounding area are excellent places to spend a pleasant holiday.
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Places to see in ( Trapani - Italy ) Baia Santa Margherita, Castelluzzo di S Vito Lo Capo
Places to see in ( Trapani - Italy ) Baia Santa Margherita, Castelluzzo di S Vito Lo Capo
Before arriving in San Vito Lo Capo , past the hamlet of Castelluzzo , you can admire one of the most spectacular and photographed panoramas of western Sicily , we are talking about the gulf that from Monte Cofano reaches the cliffs of Cala Mancina .
Here is the beautiful Bay of Santa Margherita , fascinated by the beauty of its landscape, its pristine waters and the Mediterranean setting in which it is set.
Definitely an excellent alternative to the famous Sanvitese beachthat, in the days of August, it records the maximum of the presences and, without a doubt, an unmissable stop for those who love to discover the natural beauties of our territory. At the beach there is a small bar and you can also rent umbrellas and sunbeds.
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The Case Vacanza Elisir apartments are on the island of Favignana just 330 feet from the historic center of Favignana. The complex features panoramic views of the coast.
The Elisir Vacanza apartments include air conditioning and TV and some also have balconies.
The apartment complex has a terrace and panoramic solarium.
Cala Rossa, the beach famous for its turquoise waters, is a mile from the Elisir. Favignana is a 50 minute ferry ride from Trapani.
The apartments are generally available for 2 or more nights only. During summer months the minimum stay is 7 nights.