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Travel Blogs from San Vito lo Capo
Land Ahoy!
... We arrived at around 2.00pm and the streets were deserted as the shops close and the locals break for lunch between 12-4.00pm. Chilled by the wind and with a healthy appetite after our unsettled time at sea, we found a little local restaurant by the waterfront to sample some fresh local seafood. What a feast we had. The most delicious calamari and prawns tossed in ...
Marsala and Erice
... of the proud gates.
In the evening, we're driven to the medieval hill town of Erice. The hairpin roads wind up to a park and car-free cobbles and flagstones between ceramic stores and pasticcerias offering marzipan fancies. The most famous is Maria Grammatico's where we devour ...
Zingaro National Park
... the site of a megolithic tomb. A pair of Russian visitors practise tightrope walking between a pair of trees here. An easier cycle ride back gets us back to San Vito for the inauguration of the annual Couscous Festival. After a tiresome introduction of chef contributors and listing of sponsors, the show is on. We skip the main act (a name we don't know) for the side streets.
32 varieties ...
San Vito lo Capo
... don't survive our two weeks.
The day is set aside for well-earned lounging on the beach. The sea here is calm and clear, with a long wade out to find any depth. The beach is soon crowded with weekenders – mostly Italian. Sunbeds are three or four deep. Visitors also fill the pizzerias, trattorias, gelatorias and (uniquely) couscouserias, for lunch.
The most popular dishes seem to be busciati (a twirled tube of ...
Cefalù to San Vito Lo Capo
Reports that the train service was unreliable are proved right this morning with all trains leaving Cefalų a minimum 10 mins late. Fortunately we's allowed long gaps between connections – a one-hour train to Palermo, 15 minute walk to the port bus terminal, 90-minute bus to Castellamare del Golfo, 90-minute lunch and 90-minute bus to San Vito Lo Capo. And so the day passes, staring out of a window at ...