Sfincione soft focaccia with tomato, onion, anchovies and caciocavallo
Tall, soft bread dough, tomato, onion, anchovies, oregano and caciocavallo: sfincione is Palermo's focaccia, cut into squares.
Read more →This is where Sicily ends: the westernmost province of the island, with the Sicilian Channel to the west and south, the Tyrrhenian Sea to the north, and the Egadi islands and Pantelleria inside its boundaries. Trapani is the administrative capital but not the largest town — Marsala is bigger — and the province works that way throughout: twenty-four municipalities, no single centre calling the shots, split between coast and interior.
Selinunte, in the municipality of Castelvetrano, is the strongest reason to come: the archaeological park and its Greek temples justify the trip alone. Marsala adds three more layers — the island of Mozia with the Whitaker museum, ancient Lilybaeum at the Baglio Anselmi museum, and the cathedral of St Thomas of Canterbury. The rest splits between the sea — San Vito Lo Capo, Favignana and the other Egadi islands, Castellammare del Golfo — and Erice, which asks for a slower pace.
Towns in the province of Trapani
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24 towns
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The top 20 places in Trapani
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1 🏺 Archaeological sites Selinunte Archaeological Park 📍 Castelvetrano At Selinunte the column drums still lie in the quarry: the cutters fled in 409 BC. 
2 🖼️ Museums Selinunte 📍 Castelvetrano Europe's largest archaeological park preserves the grand Greek temples and ruins of ancient Selinus. 
3 🌋 Nature & views Riserva naturale orientata Saline di Trapani e Paceco 📍 Trapani The salt basins with windmills and flamingos, between Trapani and Marsala. - 4 Museo regionale Agostino Pepoli Trapani · 🖼️ Museums
- 5 Torre di Ligny Trapani · 🏰 Castles & palaces
- 6 chiesa della Santissima Trinità di Delia Castelvetrano · ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries
- 7 Fontana araba Alcamo · 🏛️ Squares & old towns
- 8 Tempio E Castelvetrano · 🏺 Archaeological sites
- 9 duomo di San Tommaso di Canterbury Marsala · ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries
- 10 Lilibeo Marsala · 🖼️ Museums
- 11 Mozia Marsala · 🏺 Archaeological sites
- 12 Museo archeologico Baglio Anselmi Marsala · 🖼️ Museums
- 13 Museo Whitaker Marsala · 🖼️ Museums
- 14 Palazzo De Ballis Alcamo · 🏰 Castles & palaces
- 15 Riserva naturale integrale Lago Preola e Gorghi Tondi Mazara del Vallo · 🌋 Nature & views
- 16 Villa Cavallotti Marsala · 🌋 Nature & views
- 17 Porta Garibaldi Marsala · 🏰 Castles & palaces
- 18 museo d'arte sacra di Alcamo Alcamo · 🖼️ Museums
- 19 Palazzo comunale di Alcamo Alcamo · 🏰 Castles & palaces
- 20 basilica-santuario di Maria Santissima Annunziata Trapani · ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries
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🍝 At the table: Sicily
Arancina fried rice ball stuffed with meat ragù
Saffron rice, ragù with peas and caciocavallo cheese inside a golden crust. Round and feminine in Palermo, pointed and called arancino in Catania: the quarrel is serious.
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Arancino fried rice cone stuffed with ragù, pointed like Etna
Saffron rice, ragù with peas and caciocavallo inside a golden cone-shaped crust: in Catania it is masculine and pointed, and the quarrel with Palermo over the name is serious.
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Saint Fortunatus, patron of the island of dammusi with the Barbacane castle on the harbour
📅 Every year, on 16 October
Pantelleria celebrates Saint Fortunatus on 16 October; the island preserves the Barbacane castle, which still dominates the main harbour today, and the Sese archaeological park, with its Bronze Age settlement and necropolis.
Saint Nympha, patron of a town founded with the Spanish king's permission
📅 Every year, on 12 November
Santa Ninfa celebrates its patron saint on 12 November; the town was founded in 1606 by Luigi Arias Giardina, with the approval of King Philip III of Spain, near the castle of Rampinzeri, where remains of an ancient Sican necropolis have been found.
Saint Catherine of Alexandria, patroness of a town born from a marquis's love for his wife
📅 Every year, on 25 November
Paceco celebrates Saint Catherine of Alexandria on 25 November; the town was founded in 1607 by Marquis Placido Fardella, who named it after his wife Maria Pacheco as an act of love, and it was originally called Pacheco.
Christ the King, patron of a town born from the merger of twelve hamlets
📅 26 November, liturgical date; civic celebrations are generally held every five years
Valderice celebrates Christ the King on 26 November, with civic celebrations generally held every five years; the church dedicated to him, commissioned by Father Francesco Sanclemente and completed in 1950, is the town's largest though not its oldest.