Sicily | Trapani & Egadi Islands | Italy Travel Diary
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
Music: ‘Lost’ by Scavanger Hunt
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Levanzo Island, Egadi Islands, Sicily
Places to see in ( Marsala - Italy ) Egadi Islands
Places to see in ( Marsala - Italy ) Egadi Islands
The Egadi Islands (Isole Egadi in Italian, also called Aegadian Islands in English) are three islands off the western coast of Sicily, close to Trapani and Marsala, and conveniently located for Trapani Airport (a Ryanair base). The islands make an attractive holiday destination.
The Egadi Islands are not as dramatic as the volcanic Aeolian Islands, nor breathtakingly beautiful and exclusive like Capri. Their appeal is more low-key, but this, along with their accessibility, gives them their own brand of charm. Visitors can relax in a picturesque island piazza on Favignana with a cheap glass of wine, see prehistoric cave-paintings on the little picture-postcard island of Levanzo, or step further from the hectic world on Marettimo, for a leisurely holiday based around swimming and diving in the clear water around the coast, or hill-walking in the island's interior. There is a protected marine reserve around the islands, whose coastal waters contain caves, shipwrecks and rich marine life.
The Egadi Islands aren't much known to non-Italians, and outside the peak Italian holiday period of July-August, tourism isn't too intrusive. There are services for tourists - good places to stay, restaurants, cafes, shops, bike hire and boat trips - but you'll still encounter a very authentic and welcoming local atmosphere. It is really quite remarkable how easily and quickly you find yourself in a different world: pottering past the rickety fish stalls where Favignana's fishermen sell their catch, or sipping wine at a cafe table as a local wedding spills out from the Chiesa Madrice into the wide piazza, where small children play on their bicycles.
The most obvious activity is simply to do some island-hopping, and visit each of the three islands, pottering around their villages and sampling their food and drink. you can tour the islands on scheduled ferry services, but you'll also, during tourist season, have the option of taking boat trips, often informally run and marketed at the quayside by ageing skippers, to circle the islands' coastlines, visit grottoes, catch a lift to beaches, or enjoy a cruise with lunch and some swimming opportunities. 'Pescaturismo', which is basically fishing tourism, can also be arranged at the fishing harbours, and tourists can have the adventure of accompanying a local fisherman on a fishing trip.
Cycling is a popular pastime and practical way to get about on Favignana, where you'll find bargain bicycle hire rates. Scooters, buggies and cars are also available for rent on the island; shops hiring out all these vehicles are easy to find right by the port in Favignana. There aren't any big sandy beaches on the islands, which have quite rocky shores, but there are popular coves for swimming, and some smaller beaches with sand. As well as swimming and sunbathing, the more active can go snorkelling and diving in the crystalline protected waters. Marettimo is particularly popular with divers, but diving excursions can be organised on all of the islands.
Marettimo is mountainous and offers some serious opportunities for hiking up slopes, through wild flowers, and to ruins, as well as shorter walks. Favignana is mostly flat, with roads and lanes to walk along, but also has one steep ridge crowned by a historic fortress; this makes a scenic though strenuous excursion. Levanzo is hilly with walks along the coastline and over its rural interior.
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Places to see in ( Marsala - Italy )
Places to see in ( Marsala - Italy )
Marsala is an Italian town located in the Province of Trapani in the westernmost part of Sicily. Marsala is the most populated town in its province and the fifth in Sicily. The town is famous for the docking of Giuseppe Garibaldi on 11 May 1860 (the Expedition of the Thousand) and for its Marsala wine. A feature of the area is the Stagnone Lagoon Natural Reserve — a marine area with salt ponds. Marsala is built on the ruins of the ancient Carthaginian city of Lilybaeum, and includes in its territory the archaeological site of the island of Motya, an ancient Phoenician town.
Situated at the extreme western point of Sicily, the town was founded on Lilibeo Cape from where the Aegadian Islands and the Stagnone Lagoon can be seen. The territory of Marsala, 241 square kilometres (93 sq mi), has a rich cultural and landscape heritage; its area includes the Stagnone Lagoon, a Natural Reserve in which is located the island of Mozia.
In 397 BCE the Phoenician colony of Motya on the southwestern coast of Sicily was invaded and destroyed by the Syracusan tyrant Dionysius I. The survivors founded a town on the mainland nearby that they called Lilybaion (Lilybaeum in Latin), The town that looks at Libya, on the site of modern-day Marsala. The Punic fortress Lilybaion was never conquered although it was besieged several times, e.g. by Pyrrhus of Epirus and by the Romans.
Ravaged by Vandals during the 5th century CE, the town was annexed in the 6th century to Justinian's Byzantine Empire. In this period the town was struck by dysentery, raided by pirates, and neglected by Constantinople. Since the end of the 11th century, the area has been conquered by Swedish, Norman, Angevin and Aragonese troops. During this time, Marsala became wealthy, primarily through trade.
Alot to see in Marsala such as :
Marsala Cathedral
Church of Purgatorio.
Church of Addolorata.
Church of Itriella.
Convent, church and belfry of the Carmine.
Church of Saint Matthew.
Church and monastery of Saint Peter.
Church of Saint John the Baptist.
Spanish Quarters (Town Hall)
VII April Palace (16th–17th century), built on the site of the Lodge of Pisani.
Fici Palace.
Grignani Palace.
Spanò-Burgio Palace.
Communal theatre, built in 19th Century consists in 300 seats, reopened during the 1994 and dedicated to Eliodoro Sollima.
Cine Teatro Impero, built during Fascism.
Agricultural Technical Institute With Specialized School Wine Abele Damiani Marsala
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Bordered by the lush Mediterranean maquis of the Nature Reserve of Vendicari, and lapped by the crystal-clear water of the Ionian sea, the spectacular beach of Calamosche is a 200 m crescent of fine white sand where the sea forms a clear natural pool.
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Trapani, Sicily - April 2017
A longer-than-usual video showing clips of our visit to the island of Sicily, where we stayed for just a couple of days just as a short relaxing break.
Trapani is a beautiful town with great restaurants and some amazing views out across the sea. We stayed there for duration and visited the salt production farm and got an introduction to how it is made and the history of the farm itself from the owner's son, which was fascinating. We also rode the cable car up the hill behind Trapani to an even smaller town called Erice. Very quaint, very touristy, nice restaurants but we only had a quick look then came back down.
I was a little worried about flying the drone (DJI Mavic) especially on the early sunrise footage) as Trapani is quite a windy little town. It's on the most westerly point of the island and leans into all the Mediterranean winds (which is one reason the place is able to farm so much salt), but the Mavic handled it without a problem. I did get chased out of the sky by the seagulls though...
Yes, it's quite long, but I hope this gives a good flavour of how our little trip to Sicily was. We definitely hope to go back there and explore the east coast, maybe around the Etna area...