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Land Ahoy!
... lightly fried followed by fresh pasta with mussels and seafood were devoured quickly. The calamari was sweet and tender and possibly the best We have ever eaten. This was accompanied with a bottle of local Sicilian white wine and a complimentary lemoncello. We headed back to the ship with full bellies and light heads, which led to an afternoon nap. As we set sail for ...
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.
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San Vito lo Capo
... Zingaro National Park is part closed off. The tinder-dry weather and brisk winds raise the chances of forest fire. We can't find transport their today anyway, so we hit the beach again. Most tours to Zingaro go by boat and allow visitors to swim towards the bays rather than hike the trails. It's overcast today, with fewer visitors but just as many hawkers, offering massage, bracelets, sarongs, coconuts and inflatables.
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Cefalù to San Vito Lo Capo
... confections and manna (actually sap from the ash tree). A band play a medley of O Sole Mio and New York New York.
We're staying 10 minutes out of town at Villa Ancora. The father of the proprietor, and land owner, who tends to a veg garden at the rear, is rightly proud of his homestead in the town he has spent all his life, close to the massive pyramid of Mont Monaco and in view of the sea.
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