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Egadi Islands
Favignana, tamed by S. Caterina mountain, greets the visitor with the royalty of Florio Tuna-Fishing net, an example of industrial archaeology, and the elegance of Florio Palace’s liberty style.
It enthralls with its sea’s clearness and its creeks’ silence. Red Creek, Light-Blue Creek, Perciata Cave.
Levanzo is an island rich of archaeological proofs in its sea beds. You can discover its ancient origin in the Genoese Cave, looking at the neolithic pictures up to 5.000 years ago.
Marettimo closes the triangle: it the farthest and the wildest island, with its wonderful caves, its mountain paths, it offers the visitor the chance to have a symbiotic relationship with it.
San Vito lo Capo
It is a lively town whose main activity is tourism, thanks to its beaches and its climate, its uncontaminated sea, its sprigged little streets, its fresh fish and to its famous “couscous”, a typical Arabian dish.
Zingaro Natural Reserve
It has been the first Natural Reserve founded in Sicily. This wonderful reserve unravels along about 7 km of wonderful and uncontaminated coast, starting from Castellamare’s gulf until San Vito lo Capo. It is a reserve rich of very rare plants and of faunistic diversity, unusual to find in any other side of the island.
Scopello
It is an ancient and characteristic mariner burg, famous for the great abundance of tuna fishes in its sea. It is the seat of the ancient Tuna-Fishing net, by now disused, but reason of a big touristic attraction. It is noteworthy a magnificent court in which during summer time, besides musical events, one can admire also a little centre dedicated to art of making pottery.
Ustica Island
is 67 km far from Palermo which province it belongs to. Appreciated tourist and bathing locality, Ustica Island is one of the most ancient volcanic isles rising out of depths of the sea. It is full of indented coasts, inlets and bays which open into splendid grottoes which sometimes can be reached only by ships. Ustica Island catches up all the year from Palermo, with the hydrofoil or the ship that complete the travel respective in 75 minutes and two hours and thirty. From June to September Ustica Island is connected also to Naples, Favignana and Trapani from the hydrofoils (time of travel from Naples 3 hours and 45 minuteren). The municipality has an area of 810 hectares. It rises on flat area and is 238 metres a.s.l. Typical is the "round on boat of Ustica", organized by local people. During the trip it is possible to visit several grottoes scattered all over the isle
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