Coast of western Sicily
An invitation to stop: in the villages, by the sea, in the kitchens and in the places where the area truly tells its story.
60 experiences
Experience • Paceco
A visit to the salt pans at their most evocative hours, followed by an aperitif that uses salt as the narrative thread between preserves, bread, oil and local products.
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Experience • Paceco
A guided experience in the Paceco salt pans to understand the salt cycle, seasonal work and the role of pans, wind and windmills.
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Experience • Petrosino
A guided ride along the Petrosino coast through rural stretches, sea views and hamlets.
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Experience • Petrosino
A meeting with a fisherman or a family of the coast to learn about nets, seasons and local species, followed by a cooking demonstration and a shared meal.
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Experience • Petrosino
A walk among vineyards near the coast with the story of the local varieties and of the relationship between wind, land and sea.
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Experience • Marsala
This is the place where the catch leaves the port and becomes a food story: the old market keeps the popular energy of Marsala and links the sea to everyday cooking.
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Experience • Paceco
A more rustic, country-style cooking, where the local catch meets the products of the hinterland: here the recipes become simpler and more homely, in direct continuity with the nearby salt houses of Nubia.
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Experience • Trapani
The scenic nineteenth-century exedra that for a century hosted the daily sale of the catch: today the square tells the memory of that market, while in the alleys of the historic centre family-run trattorias carry the tradition on in the kitchen.
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Experience • Mazara del Vallo
It is the natural starting point of the itinerary: here the return of the fishing boats tells of the everyday relationship between Mazara del Vallo and the Mediterranean.
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Experience • Marsala
Salt pans, windmills and the lagoon that for centuries has kept Mozia: the natural close of the story of the relationship between this coast and the sea.
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Experience • Trapani
Driving along the SP21 towards Marsala you get the first big view of the salt pan landscape: this is where the Reserve begins, on the southern edge of the city of the two seas.
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Experience • Paceco
A nature outing dedicated to the birds of the wetlands and the delicate salt-pan ecosystem.
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