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Trapani · Sicily
Things to see in Alcamo
In Alcamo the atlas lists 22 historic places: 5 museums, 5 archaeological sites, 4 historic villas and palaces, 3 castles, 2 fortresses and towers, 2 historic theatres and 1 abbey or monastery.
Of these, 2 have free entry.
Don’t miss: Museum of Contemporary Art of Alcamo (2014), museum in Italy.
By date of construction, the most common period is the Modern era (67% of dated places) and the Renaissance (33% of dated places).
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The town
Alcamo is a town in the Trapani province of western Sicily.
The climate is mild and its central position on the Gulf of Castellammare offers views of Mount Bonifato and the vineyard-covered rolling hills of the surrounding countryside. If you are at Alcamo Marina it is still possible to behold sand dunes.
The combination of town, mountain, country, beach and sea makes for a vacation full of contrasts.
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22 places
Museums 5
Archaeological sites 5
Villas and palaces 4
Castles 3
Fortresses and towers 2
Historic theatres 2
Abbeys and monasteries 1
Getting there
By plane: Palermo-Punta Raisi Airport (Aeroporto Falcone e Borsellino), ☏ +39 091 7020273. You can reach Alcamo, at about 42 km, through the A29 Motorway (towards Trapani, junction for Alcamo Est). The airport is linked by train or shuttle bus to Alcamo. You can get the train going from Punta Raisi to Castellammare del Golfo railway station. From this airport there are home and international flights and several low cost connections; many touristic and charter flights in summer.
Trapani-Birgi Airport (Aeroporto Vincenzo Florio), contrada Birgi, Trapani (54 km from Alcamo), ☏ +39 0923 610111, You can get to Alcamo through the A29 Motorway Trapani-Punta Raisi and going out at the junction for Alcamo. Shuttle bus services are carried out by Terravision and Salemi for Trapani and Palermo. From and to Trapani Birgi there are home, European and "low cost" flights. Seasonal touristic flights also in summer.
There are also taxi and shuttle bus services from Palermo and Trapani airports as far as Alcamo (for information phone: Gabellone Viaggi e turismo, Viale Italia, 31, ☏ +39 0924 505955.
By ship: Grandi Navi Veloci (from Naples, Civitavecchia, Leghorn, Genoa, Tunis to Palermo), ☏ +39 010 2094591. 08:00-21:00.
Linea Tirrenia (Cagliari-Trapani), ☏ +39 0923 545433.
Linea Grimaldi (Tunis-Trapani), ☏ +39 0923 542470.
Linea Ustica Lines (Leghorn-Trapani), ☏ +39 0923 873813.
Siremar (Egadi islands and Pantelleria), ☏ +39 0923 24968.
Traghetti delle Isole, ☏ +39 0923 22467.
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What to see, according to Wikivoyage
Arab buildings: Arab fountain. It is an ancient structure for providing fresh water to people and livestock still working, built during the period of Arab rule. Arab Watchtower. Ancient watchtower built by Saracens at about 980 AD. Inside it there are a characteristic stone winding staircase with 85 steps and a big cistern. Funtanazza, Mount Bonifato. A very old architectonic work which was probably used as a water reservoir, but according to some people it was a thermal plant. It has a rectangular plan with pillars sustaining a barrel vault, similar to the Moorish fountains of the northern coasts in Africa. free entrance. Cuba delle Rose. A cistern built by Arabs, about one thousand years ago, which served the inhabitants of Calatubo. It was restored some years ago.
Castles: The Castle of the Counts of Modica. Probably built in the 14th or 15th century by the Peralta family, and then completed by the feudatories Enrico and Federico Chiaromonte. In 1535, the emperor Charles V lodged here. It was a possession of the Cabreras and then of the Counts of Modica, until 1812. Later, during the Italian Kingdom and until 1960, it was used as a prison.
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