Former Florio Plant — 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.

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.

Municipality: Favignana

Categories: Tuna and Tuna Traps

Guided visit of the museum: the boat halls, the preserve halls and the period films.

Multimedia installations on the "chamber of death" and testimonies of the tonnaroti (tuna fishermen).

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

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

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