Skip to content
Itinerari del Gusto

Experience of the area

Not to be missed Favignana Tuna and Tuna Traps

Former Florio Establishment — Tuna Trap Museum

Here, at the end of the nineteenth century, Ignazio Florio invented the modern method of preserving tuna and built one of the largest tuna traps in the Mediterranean: the place that best tells what this trade meant for western Sicily.

Ex Stabilimento Florio delle tonnare di Favignana

The experience

Here, at the end of the nineteenth century, Ignazio Florio invented the modern method of preserving tuna and built one of the largest tuna traps in the Mediterranean: the place that best tells what this trade meant for western Sicily.

Town: Favignana

Categories: Tuna and Tuna Traps

Guided visit to the museum: rooms of boats, preserves and period films.

Multimedia installations on the “chamber of death” and testimonies of the tonnaroti.

Antiquarium with finds from the Battle of the Egadi Islands (241 BC).

Guided visits are scheduled during the day: check the times before taking the return ferry.

Tuna in all its preparations — bottarga, mosciame and ficazza.

Stop on an itinerary

The Tuna and Tuna Traps Itinerary

This experience is stop 1 of the route.

Availability request

Former Florio Establishment — Tuna Trap Museum

Enter an email or a phone number.