Coast of western Sicily

Misiliscemi

An area to discover

Misiliscemi is not gathered in a single square: it is a set of districts between countryside and coast. Salinagrande, the olive groves, the almonds and the Marausa shore offer different ways of reading the same territory.

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The identity of the place

A story to live

The route starts where the fields meet the salt pans of Salinagrande. It then crosses farmland, oil and home cooking before finding the sea again at Marausa. It is a gradual passage from salt to land, from the table to the view of the Egadi.

To experience

Experiences to enjoy

Experience • Misiliscemi

Marausa Lido and the Torre di Marausa

A fishing hamlet with a view of the Egadi Islands, where fish reaches the table the same day it is caught: here cooking is still an everyday gesture tied to the sea, not a show for tourists. It is also the point where the countryside of Misiliscemi meets the sea again, between the Torre di Mezzo, the old watering trough and the sunset over the Egadi.

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Itineraries across the area

The Trapani Couscous Itinerary

Custonaci, Erice, Favignana, Marsala, Mazara del Vallo, Misiliscemi, Paceco, Pantelleria, Petrosino, San Vito Lo Capo, Trapani, Valderice

In 2020 UNESCO inscribed Maghreb couscous on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. But on this coast couscous has an older and more intimate story: it arrived with the sailors and workers who, between Mazara del Vallo and San Vito Lo Capo, traded for centuries with the Tunisian coasts…

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The Traditional Cuisine and Local Catch Itinerary

Erice, Misiliscemi, Paceco, Trapani

There is a cuisine that does not appear in glossy guides: that of family homes, of trattorias that have kept the same name for three generations, of Sundays when grandmother made fish couscous in the ceramic mafaradda, the same one her mother used before her. This itinerary…

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Where to stay

Stay • Misiliscemi

Agriturismo Vultaggio

Farm stay

Agriturismo Vultaggio is in Trapani, in the Misiliscemi district, completely immersed in the Sicilian countryside about 10 km from the provincial capital; its territory is rich in culture and offers splendid glimpses of the Sicilian landscape, such as the nearby regional nature reserve of the Stagnone di Marsala Islands, including the island of Mozia, an ancient Phoenician city.

contrada Misiliscemi, 4 – 91100 Misiliscemi (TP)

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DiVino Hotel

Hotel

Divino Hotel, a 3-star hotel with a bio-design pool, welcomes its guests with professionalism and kindness. Staying at our hotel you can enjoy all its comforts, just 10 minutes from Birgi airport: we are in fact in the Rilievo area, between Trapani and Marsala, in a place that is a true crossroads of architectural and artistic beauty, nature and food and wine excellence.

Strada Marsala, 271 – 91100 Rilievo, Trapani (TP)

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