Castello di Mare o Torre della Colombian di Trapani
Greetings from beautiful, but a little cloudy and rainy, 60 degrees Trapani, Sicily! Yes, the Sicilians are freezing!
Where the heck is Trapani you might be asking? Well it’s on the far western coast of Sicily.
Yes, we’re a long way from Eagle, Idaho.
Easy three hour drive across Sicily to Trapani, and the scenery was spectacular!
We past numerous small city’s built into the hillsides.Note the ruins on top!
The scenery was unbelievably beautiful!
Drove past lush farms, with olives, oranges, grapes, sheep and cattle!
Everything is very, very green. It’s been a wet winter in Sicily.
We arrived in Trapani and checking in to our Airbnb was a little chaotic…not much English spoken here😜 However, we were able to check in with some help from our host.
Our Airbnb.View from our Airbnb balcony!
Cute place, pedestrian only area, and with the trusty Citroen safely in a parking garage 😉 TGC says walking tour time.
The following pictures are taken over a couple of days.
Trapani is a huge ferry port of Sicily.Passenger and vehicle ferries.That’s salt! Trapani is a large salt producing area. Salt flats right outside town.Bird of Paradise, one of my favorite plants.
Ok, next morning little cloudy!
Piazza Mercato del PesceTrapani’s World War I memorial.Of course we stopped by the local bakery 😜Lungomare Dante Alighieri with the Bastione Conca in the distance. Don’t ya just love the blue water of the Mediterranean 😎Trapani has a large and active fishing fleet.What’s fresh today?A little of everything 😬Anchovies are the big sellers in this part of Italy 😜Green grocer, the oranges are fantastic!Chiesa Anime Sainte del PurgatorioWalking the streets, TGC is saying “rain on the way”.Cattedrale di San LorenzoBeautiful cathedral! Again, I can’t stress the fantastic condition of the churches, perfect!Chiesa Colleggio e Convento D.E.I. GesuitiOne of the many churches lining the streets of Trapani.The old Post Office and Telegraph Office.Late Italian lunch, Sicilian style pizza! Deep crust, delicious!
Ok, it’s raining now. Beautiful, beautiful city! Clean, safe and they are working hard on renovating! Glad we stopped by.
Only 16,000 steps, flat as a pancake no cobblestones or steps! and the afternoon off because it’s raining? Wow!
A short drive to Palermo tomorrow, Sicily’s most notorious city😉
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