Tag: Trekking

Proximity tourism: one day in Favignana !

E’ purpose of this article to make it clear that even in just one day a visit to our beautiful island can be made, enjoying a day that will leave us the Magone for leaving so soon but certainly also with the desire to return. E’ obviously one day in Favignana is not enough …

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Trekking the cliffs: Case Canini from Cala Rotonda

In a time when we have to stay at home to avoid the contagion of this ugly epidemic it comes to tell a path I did last spring in Favignana, more or less in this period. Enjoy the reading. Text and photos: © Giorgio De Simone Nice day, it's 7:30 of the morning. Today I want to try …

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Levanzo trekking: from the country to the Grotta del Genovese

Trekking a Levanzo

This year in late April, thanks to western Sicily WWF to which I proudly part, I participated in a hike of Levanzo trek that included among other things a visit to the Grotta del Genovese. This post tells you about the walk from the village to the junction for the fantastic Paleolithic cave. We chose Spring …

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Marettimo, in the story of Fulco Pratesi 80s (Atlas May 1985)

Marettimo The Diversa

Marettimo, the different. (by Fulco Pratesi – President WWF Italy) For who, boat, leave Trapani and Mount Erice crowned with clouds and is channeled towards the west, the first two of the Aegean archipelago islands do not constitute a novelty. The landscapes of Sicily will in fact find themselves a bit 'all: the reddish rocks of …

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Two days in Marettimo: logbook !

Marettimo Scalo Nuovo

It was a year that rimurginavo to go to Marettimo, not knowing the Island, but loving trekking, I could not help but read up on what routes to follow once there. A lot of sites, most commercial, They gave very vague news and even partial. I started to search through “professionals” of the …

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From the village of Marettimo trekking in the Scalo Master and Castle

Trail Punta Troia

The second and more challenging hike of the day I made in Marettimo (the first carried out in the early morning at the traffic light) I do not see at all well… we start at 10:30 in full sun ... today there is particularly hot we ... July 8, but I can not do it ... I expect a bathroom at Scalo Master and a visit to Punta Castle …

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Trekking a Marettimo: from Scalo Vecchio to the Roman Houses, Semaphore and back

View from Marettimo Traffic Light

The first time I met him was the Marettimo 1985, I read an article in the largest Fulco Pratesi, co-founder of the WWF, describing a boat ride and trek in the mountains. Here is the text of Article I propose integrally: Marettimo, in the story of Fulco Pratesi 80s. Just now, a 52 years played, I …

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Favignana: Fort St. Catherine

Castle Forte Santa Caterina Favignana

It overlooks the island of Favignana and is visible already from Trapani and also from Erice. In almost all panoramic photos taken him there in Favignana, Fort St. Catherine for some misnamed Castle. The ancient castle built on top of Mount St. Catherine, 310 mt of height, which takes its name it has a …

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