the surroundings of trapani

Mazara del Vallo

Mazara del Vallo is a port town famous to host the biggest fishing fleet of the Mediterranean Sea. It is also a town full of multi-cultural history, being one of the first to be conquered by the Arabs in the 9th Century.

Segesta

Segesta is an ancient city, which ruins are located in the territory of Trapani, in the western part of Sicily. Segesta was the most important city of the territory belonging to the people called Elymi, who probably founded the city in the IX century before Christ. At that time, so the period before the arrival of the Greeks during the so called bronze age, the whole island was divided into three parts: the Siculi in the east, the Sicani in the center and the Elymi in the west.

Erice

Erice is a small town located on the top of a mountain with the same name, Mount Erice, once known as Mount Saint Giuliano, right above Trapani. Erice shares a similar ancient history as Trapani and Segesta, being it inhabited by the tribe called Elimi