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Castellammare del Golfo works well as a base: 15 minutes from Alcamo, 9km from Lo Zingaro Nature Reserve.
Castellammare del Golfo is in Sicily, Italy, with about 13,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Alcamo, about 9 km away.
Castellammare del Golfo (Italian: [kaˌstɛllamˈmaːre del ˈɡolfo]; Sicilian: Casteḍḍammari [kaˌstɛɖɖamˈmaːɾɪ]; Latin: Emporium Segestanorum or Emporium Aegestensium) is a town and municipality in the Trapani Province of Sicily. The name can be translated as "Sea Fortress on the Gulf", stemming from the medieval fortressRead more
in the harbor. The nearby body of water conversely takes its name from the town, and is known as Gulf of Castellammare.
Heading upwards from its marina/harbour called "Cala Marina", with many restaurants and bars, the urban plan is made of steps and winding streets that lead to Piazza Petrolo in one direction or towards the main central gardens, where the town center lies with many shops, cafes and restaurants. The main street is called Corso Garibaldi.
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Within an hour or so of Castellammare del Golfo: Tonnara di Scopello (7 km), Lo Zingaro Nature Reserve (9 km), San Vito Lo Capo (21 km), Erice (26 km).
The nearest famous roads are Targa Florio Circuit (Madonie).
Castellammare del Golfo is in Sicily, Italy, about 9 km from Alcamo.
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ACI roadside assistance: 803 116. ZTL (limited traffic zones) in city centres are camera-enforced.
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Ancient tuna fishery on a cove guarded by faraglioni sea stacks and crumbling watchtowers, in use from the 13th century until the 1980s. The anchor-strewn terraces above gin-clear water are one of Sicily's most painted and filmed corners.
7 km · about 15 min drive
national park
Sicily's first nature reserve, a wild coastal path linking pebbly coves of crystal water near San Vito.
9 km · about 15 min drive
beach
Arc of white sand and shallow turquoise water beneath the bare pyramid of Monte Monaco, at the end of a dead-end road past the Zingaro reserve. Hosts the Cous Cous Fest each September: a legacy of Sicily's Arab kitchen.
21 km · about 25 min drive
scenic viewpoint
A misty medieval hilltop town above Trapani, reached by cable car or hairpin road with sweeping coast views.
26 km · about 30 min drive
cathedral
A Norman cathedral above Palermo blazing with golden Byzantine mosaics, among Europe's greatest.
36 km · about 40 min drive
castle
The oldest royal residence in Europe, housing Palermo's Palatine Chapel with its extraordinary gold-ground Byzantine mosaics.
42 km · about 50 min drive
cathedral
A stylistic kaleidoscope of Arab-Norman, Gothic and Baroque dominating Sicily's vibrant capital.
43 km · about 50 min drive
April to October
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