WESTERN SICILY

WESTERN SICILY

MAZARA DEL VALLO
Mazara del Vallo was an ancient phoenix seaport.
City rich in monuments as the Baroque Cathedral, the church of St. Michael annexed to the Benedictine Monastery...
On the Coast it is sometimes possible to observe the phenomenon of the Marrobio, rapidses fluctuations of thesea level that can also arrive to 1 mt. Mazara is also famous for its Dancing Satyr, bronze statue of Prassitele.

I GORGHI TONDI
Along the coast ,crossing the road that goes from Mazara to Torretta Granitola you can get a place of notable beauty: i Grorgi Tondi, small little lakes with a perfectly circular form.
What is amazing is the rich vegetation in proximity of the little ponds in strong contrast with the aridity of the surrounding zone.

PALERMO AND SURROUNDINGS

In the city of Palermo there are many monuments as the cathedral built in the 1184, the Church of St. Giovanni of the Hermits in typical Norman style, the church of Saint Maria dell' Ammirqaglio best known as the Martorana.
The Royal Building with the Palatine Chapel, Pretoria Fountain, theMassimo Theater and the Politeama Theater, the list would be too much long considering that in this city dominations have succeeded for centuries.
Many artists, poets and men of culture, have mentioned Palermo in their works, from Dante to Petrarca up to D'Annunzio and Ghoete.

THE NATURALISTIC ZINGARO RESERVE

A natural heaven, miraculously intact with its incomparable beauty.
Caves, beaches with thin sand, a clear sea colored among the blue and the turquoise, they characterize the Reserve landscape, that is the first natural reserve in Sicily.
the Zingaro is extremely important for the abundance of rare and endemic plants and also for its fauna.
Interesting zone also from the archaeological point of view for it Cave called Uzzo.The reserve is perfectly equipped and organized.There are no roads therefore it is possible to visit it walking only.

AGRIGENTO
"The most beautiful city of the deadly ones "so Agrigento was described by the Greek poet Pindaro in the V century B.C. the "Valley of the Temples" is today still the most sublime testimony of the presence of the Greek civilization in Sicily
to absolutely see:
Segesta and its Elims Temple and ancient Theatre
The archeaologic park of Selinunte
Erice, ancient medieval little town
Egadi islands
the island of Pantelleria, known like the black Pearl of Mediterranean sea