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Travel Blogs from Trapani
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 ...
Would you like wine with dinner?
... restaurant perched on a bluff overlooking the sea. Spectacular view. Absolutely spectacular. After taking numerous photos of the view and of each other we settled down for an amazing seafood lunch. The antipasti platter included everything that swims, slithers or just sits in the sea: Shrimp, fish, octopus, squid, urchin, and mussels. All amazingly fresh and tasty. We ate, we talked, we laughed and we forgot about time and the fact that ...
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 ...
Friends in Marsala
... pizza and the chance to wash away a day's worth of dust and sand.
Their home is large and filled with heirlooms, rugs and original courtly paintings. The garden is an olive grove and orchard. Dinner tonight is called in a augmented by delicious home-marinated olives, and wine provided by the family.
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Zingaro National Park
The Reserva Nationale dello Zingaro is just 11km east of San Vito but no public buses run there. You have to find your own transport. Most visitors opt for the €20 boat trip to view the rocky coast and take a dip offshore. Others choose a €10-15 minivan drop-off service. After much grumbling over price, we agree on the minivan, so we can hike at least, then discover they plan to cut ...