Cable Car Erice

Gondola to Erice - Beautiful View of Trapani, Sicily (2013) [HD]

Beautiful view of Trapani from the Erice Funivia (Gondola). The ski lift type gondola departs from the city of Trapani and take you 3 Km up the slope to Erice, 700m above sea level. There are many beautiful views on the way up to the old city and from the top. More info on the gondola can be found on This footage is speed up by 600% since the ride is about 12 minutes long.

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Cable car ride down Mount Erice, Sicily, Italy - 20th August, 2011

Double speed video footage of the cable car descent down Mount Erice from Erice to Trapani in Sicily. The footage includes views over the Trapani peninsula, and views of the rugged mountain landscape. Erice is located on top of Mount Erice, at around 750m above sea level, overlooking the city of Trapani, the low western coast towards Marsala, the dramatic Punta del Saraceno and Capo san Vito to the north-east, and the Aegadian Islands on Sicily's north-western coast, providing spectacular views.

Trapani, Sicily seen from Erice cable car

Erice, Trapani, Sicily, Italy, Europe

Erice is a historic town and comune in the province of Trapani in Sicily, southern Italy. The main town of Erice is located on top of Mount Erice, at around 750 metres (2,460 ft) above sea level, overlooking the city of Trapani, the low western coast towards Marsala, the dramatic Punta del Saraceno and Capo San Vito to the north-east, and the Aegadian Islands on Sicily's north-western coast. Casa Santa forms part of Erice at the base of Mount Erice, immediately adjacent to Trapani. A cable car joins the upper and lower parts of Erice. The bordering municipalities are Buseto Palizzolo, Paceco, Trapani, Valderice and Custonaci. The hamlets are Ballata, Casa Santa, Crocefissello, Napola, Pizzolungo, Rigaletta, San Cusumano and Torretta. The ancient Greek name of Erice was Eryx, and its foundation was associated with the eponymous Greek hero Eryx. It was not a Greek colony, as the Phoenicians founded it, but was largely Hellenized. It was destroyed in the First Punic War by the Carthaginians, and from then on declined in importance. Eryx was conquered by the Aghlebids in 831 and was renamed as Cebel Hamid. It was ruled by the Arabs until the Norman conquest. In 1167 the Normans renamed it Monte San Giuliano, a name maintained until 1934. In the northeastern portion of the city there are the remains of ancient Elymian and Phoenician walls indicating different stages of settlement and occupation in antiquity. There are two castles that remain in the city: Pepoli Castle, which dates from Saracen times, and the Venus Castle, dating from the Norman period, built on top of the ancient Temple of Venus, where Venus Ericina was worshipped. According to legend, the temple was founded by Aeneas. It was well known throughout the Mediterranean area in the ancient age, and an important cult was celebrated in it. In his book On the Nature of Animals, Aelian writes that animals chosen for sacrifice would voluntarily walk up to the altar to be killed. A cable car ran from 2005 to 2017, when it was closed due to a forest fire, from the outskirts of Trapani to the town of Erice. The cablecar was rebuilt and reopened in June 2018. Erice hosts scientific meetings at the Ettore Majorana center, organised by the controversial astrophysicist Antonino Zichichi. There is also an annual workshop on Molecular Gastronomy.

Riding the cablecar down from Erice, Italy

Trapani, Sicily seen from Erice cable car 2

Places to see in ( Trapani - Italy ) Erice

Places to see in ( Trapani - Italy ) Erice

Erice is a historic town and comune in the province of Trapani in Sicily, Italy. The main town of Erice is located on top of Mount Erice, at around 750 metres (2,460 ft) above sea level, overlooking the city of Trapani, the low western coast towards Marsala, the dramatic Punta del Saraceno and Capo San Vito to the north-east, and the Aegadian Islands on Sicily's north-western coast. Casa Santa forms part of Erice at the base of Mount Erice, immediately adjacent to Trapani. A cable car joins the upper and lower parts of Erice.

The bordering municipalities are Buseto Palizzolo, Paceco, Trapani, Valderice and Custonaci. The hamlets (frazioni) are Ballata, Casa Santa, Crocefissello, Napola, Pizzolungo, Rigaletta, San Cusumano and Torretta.

The ancient Greek name of Erice was Eryx (Έρυξ in Greek), and its foundation was associated with the eponymous Greek hero Eryx. It was not a Greek colony, as the Phoenicians founded it, but was largely Hellenized. It was destroyed in the First Punic War by the Carthaginians, and from then on declined in importance.

Eryx was conquered by Aghlebids in 831 and was renamed as Cebel Hamid (In Western sources Gebel Hamed, meaning Mountain of Hamid). It was ruled by Arabs until the Norman conquest. In 1167 the Normans renamed it Monte San Giuliano. It was known as Monte San Giuliano until 1934.

In the northeastern portion of the city there are the remains of ancient Elymian and Phoenician walls indicating different stages of settlement and occupation in antiquity. A cable car (funivia) ran from 2005 to 2017, when it was closed due to a forest fire, from the outskirts of Trapani to the town of Erice. The cablecar may be rebuilt.

There are two castles that remain in the city: Pepoli Castle, which dates from Saracen times, and the Venus Castle, dating from the Norman period, built on top of the ancient Temple of Venus, where Venus Ericina was worshipped. According to legend, the temple was founded by Aeneas. It was well known throughout the Mediterranean area in the ancient age, and an important cult was celebrated in it. In his book On the Nature of Animals, Aelian writes that animals chosen for sacrifice would voluntarily walk up to the altar to be killed.

( Trapani - Italy ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting Trapani . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Trapani - Italy

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Erice cable car

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A cable car (funivia) journey up into the clouds of Erice, a small town 750 metres above Trapani in Sicily.

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Funivia Erice-Trapani 20/9/2015

Erice Cableway

Trapani - Erice cableway

From Palermo to Monreale and Erice (4K) / Italy Travel Vlog #228 / The Way We Saw It

Our journey today takes us to Monreale outside of Palermo. This small village seems very inconspicuous but it holds one of the most stunning cathedrals in the world! We then head our way to Trapani at the west coast and take the cable car to Erice, a small quaint touristic spot with wonderful views and more impressive churches.

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Erice funicular

Sicily - Erice

Glimpses from our visit to Erice, near Trapani, on 4.03.2013.

The city in the clouds - Erice (Italy)

Timelapse in Erice (Trapani - Italy)
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Mount Erice

How long did it take me to go down if the distance I travelled in the video was the hypotenuse of a triangle?

Erice Sicily Italy (4K)

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Erice is a beautiful medieval town situated on the top of Monte San Giuliano, 751m above the bay Trpani. This town with massive defensive walls, slippery paving stone streets, squares, backyards, stone houses and numerous churches. Erice is characterized by breathtaking views./


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