Sicily, Italy · Europe
Salemi is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Vita, 30km from Lo Zingaro Nature Reserve.
Salemi is a town located in Sicily, Italy. With a population of 7,788, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Salemi sits in Italy, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Rome time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Salemi to your route.
Monte Polizzo (today Mount Polizo) is an archaeological site located 6 km northwest of the town of Salemi, in the province of Trapani, western Sicily, southern Italy. It occupies an easily defended hilltop, from which a vast area of western Sicily can be seen, and consists of an interconnected group of ridges, theRead more
highest point of which is 725.9-metre-high (2,382 ft) above sea level. The settlement has been dated to c. 9th - 4th centuries BC.
The Monte Polizzo Project is a group of international scholars who are interested in the ancient Elymians of western Sicily, and their Early Iron Age origins, development and eventual collapse. It also aims to investigate the process of Hellenisation and the influence of Phoenician and Greek occupations of western Sicily during the archaic period.
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Salemi is located in Sicily, Italy, Europe. The coordinates are 37.8220 latitude, 12.8051 longitude.
Salemi has a population of approximately 7,788 people, making it a town in Italy.
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Full driving guide for Italy7 notable places within an hour's drive.
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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.
28 km · about 30 min drive
national park
Sicily's first nature reserve, a wild coastal path linking pebbly coves of crystal water near San Vito.
30 km · about 35 min drive
scenic viewpoint
A misty medieval hilltop town above Trapani, reached by cable car or hairpin road with sweeping coast views.
31 km · about 35 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.
39 km · about 45 min drive
cathedral
A Norman cathedral above Palermo blazing with golden Byzantine mosaics, among Europe's greatest.
52 km · about 60 min drive
castle
The oldest royal residence in Europe, housing Palermo's Palatine Chapel with its extraordinary gold-ground Byzantine mosaics.
58 km · about 65 min drive
cathedral
A stylistic kaleidoscope of Arab-Norman, Gothic and Baroque dominating Sicily's vibrant capital.
58 km · about 65 min drive
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