Coast of western Sicily
An area to discover
Pantelleria has learned to live with wind, lava rock and scarce water. Capers, bush-trained vines, dry-stone walls and dammusi show how human work has shaped an unmistakable landscape.
The identity of the place
From the crops we move to places built to protect life: caper fields, terraces and the Pantesco Garden. The island’s volcanic heart then emerges in the Specchio di Venere, in Benikulà and in the hot waters of Gadir.
To experience
Experience • Pantelleria
An extension of the itinerary beyond the mainland coast: on the island in the heart of the Strait of Sicily, fishing remains a family trade, handed down from father to son, and fish couscous tells the same Arab-Mediterranean blending seen in Mazara. The new document widens the story to capers, bush-trained vines, dammusi and volcanic phenomena, reading the island as a territory shaped by wind and fire.
Discover the experience
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…
Marsala, Mazara del Vallo, Pantelleria, Petrosino
There is a thread that links two cities facing the same Strait of Sicily, united by centuries of history and a visceral relationship with the sea. In Mazara del Vallo everything begins at dawn, when the canal port comes alive with the return of the fishing boats — Italy’s most important fleet — from where one day in March 1998 even a bronze Dancing Satyr resurfaced…