The experience
Active from 1412 until 1969, today it is a place suspended in time: Punic cetariae pools, abandoned stone buildings and a silence that the FAI recognised as a Place of the Heart in 2017. The natural conclusion of the story of the rise and fall of the bluefin tuna in Sicily. In the new story the stop becomes part of a wider route through Monte Monaco, cliffs, caves and the Lighthouse, showing San Vito beyond the beach. Active from 1412 until 1969, today it is a place suspended in time: Punic cetariae pools, abandoned stone buildings and a silence that the FAI recognised as a Place of the Heart in 2017. The natural conclusion of the story of the rise and fall of the bluefin tuna in Sicily. In the new story the stop becomes part of a wider route through Monte Monaco, cliffs, caves and the Lighthouse, showing San Vito beyond the beach.
Municipality: San Vito Lo Capo
Categories: Tuna and Tuna Traps
A free walk among the historic buildings of the tuna trap, with external access.
A look at the remains of the Punic pools used for processing fish.
A swim in the waters of the Zingaro, a few steps from the tuna trap.
A nature trail along the cliffs of the western coast.
A visit to the Grotta dei Cavalli, only where conservation and safety conditions allow.
Continue to the San Vito Lighthouse to read the coast from the point of view of seafarers.
Reach it at sunset, perhaps by e-bike from San Vito Lo Capo: it is the most evocative moment to photograph it. If time allows, continue to the Lighthouse to end the route at dusk.
Catch of the day and rockfish soup, accompanied when available by the wild herbs of Macari and Castelluzzo.