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Travel Blogs from San Vito lo Capo
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
Nataly drops us off in Marsala for a couple of hours. Marsala is built around a photogenic Baroque old quarter of churches, palazzi and tabacceria. It's noted as the starting point of Garibaldi's war to unite Italy as one nation in 1860 and for its sweet wine, that we never manage to taste for ...
Zingaro National Park
... are on offer from various stands, though our
choices are gone by 9.30pm. Participants buy a voucher for €10 to
exchange for a dish of couscous, a dessert and glass of wine. A local
band play Sicilian accordion favourites in Piazza Marinella and we get
roped into dancing. It's all good spirited, a late-night family event of
feasting.
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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
... Vito Lo Capo is a fury of sun-worshippers and hawkers.To be able to find a room, we've booked three days here before the invasion of grain lovers that fill all the B&Bs for the town's annual Cous Cous Festival. However, butting right up to this, is another festival, Tempuri Capuna, celebrating local produce and fishing. The streets are lined with stalls offering free samples of olive oil, wine, chocolate ...