Riserva Naturale Saline Di Trapani E Paceco
Riserva Naturale Saline Di Trapani E Paceco
Riserva Naturale Saline Di Trapani E Paceco
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kisliba
Hungary12 contributions
Apr 2024 • Family
These are the salt basins of Trapani that are still being used for salt production. In the meantime, they are a wildlife habitat. Do visit the salt museum in the area. They offer two tickets. One for the inside, to show the history and tools and one for the outside, to walk around the salina to see how they do the production. You can even climb to some of the salt “hills”. Old windmills are very intereting to see in this setting.
Written 9 April 2024
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Daniela R
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Aug 2023 • Couples
We booked the guided walk in the salt pan and, apart from the heat, it was a very interesting experience. The guide explains in detail how the salt is extracted and shows the functions of the various tanks. The climb to the mill is suggestive with a magnificent view of the salt pans. To do!
Written 24 August 2023
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GalwayForever
Dublin, Ireland28 contributions
May 2021
The white salt left at the edge of the water, the pink flamingos in the water while eating the shrimp, among other things, this is why the water of the natural pool is pink. The salty smell all over makes this place a fairytale place. There is often wind, it helps to make the walk more pleasant.
There is a museum here, also worth seeing. The salt museum with a real windmill. They are all quite good. With a few euros you can jump directly to ancient history, even if not so distant, and to the tradition of what it was like to collect salt by hand. By the way, sometimes they still harvest salt by hand, like the famous and rare fleur de sel, rich in minerals and low in sodium, perfect for health.
And last but not least, a beautiful family run restaurant overlooking the salt flats. Outstanding!
There is a museum here, also worth seeing. The salt museum with a real windmill. They are all quite good. With a few euros you can jump directly to ancient history, even if not so distant, and to the tradition of what it was like to collect salt by hand. By the way, sometimes they still harvest salt by hand, like the famous and rare fleur de sel, rich in minerals and low in sodium, perfect for health.
And last but not least, a beautiful family run restaurant overlooking the salt flats. Outstanding!
Written 25 July 2021
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Michelle D
Seattle, WA104 contributions
Sept 2022 • Couples
Visited and had lunch by the flats. Really interesting little tour and visit inside the working windmill. Like the land time forgot with how manual the process is in the interest of quality. I liked it and leaned a lot on a short amount of time. Had a fantastic Burrata salad at the little spot overlooking the flats, too. That didn’t hurt. Worth a stop!
Written 9 September 2022
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Giesalina
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Sept 2024 • Couples
The beauty of the landscape, along with the explanation of the salt extraction process, make the experience unique and enchanting.
The view is breathtaking, especially at sunset.
We stopped here before we went to the airport. In this regard I would like to mention the girls at the ticket office, who were very kind, kept our luggage during our walk between the tanks, making it even more pleasant. Thank you! :)
The view is breathtaking, especially at sunset.
We stopped here before we went to the airport. In this regard I would like to mention the girls at the ticket office, who were very kind, kept our luggage during our walk between the tanks, making it even more pleasant. Thank you! :)
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Written 18 September 2024
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Piero
Milan, Italy13 contributions
Aug 2024 • Couples
Really interesting visit, led by very prepared and engaging girls! a wonderful place worth visiting as soon as you have the chance! the place however would need better signage since you run the risk of stopping at the previous salt pans (which with all due respect are absolutely not the same thing).
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Written 22 August 2024
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suntan47
Chelmsford, UK1,018 contributions
Sept 2024 • Couples
Our tour bus made a stop here for us to go & see the salt pans . A lot of hard work involved to “ harvest “ the salt .
Nice to see some renovation work around the windmill . There was a small mobile shop selling salt & other small items .
A nice photo stop , sadly the flamingoes were too far away to photo well . They are all young birds so white not pink yet .
Nice to see some renovation work around the windmill . There was a small mobile shop selling salt & other small items .
A nice photo stop , sadly the flamingoes were too far away to photo well . They are all young birds so white not pink yet .
Written 15 September 2024
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Caltanissetta, Italy2,966 contributions
Apr 2020 • Friends
This is the beautiful city of Trapani, located in the west side of the Sicily island. The picture was taken from Erice. Enjoy
Written 24 April 2020
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Hugh W
Sydney, Australia23 contributions
Aug 2014 • Couples
My wife and I visited Trapani in August with our daughter and son-in-law and his parents. I have no Italian but my wife speaks and understands a little and my daughter who is married to an Italian is fluent, as he is in English. I provide this information because the tour of the nature reserve and salt recovery pans, which I found thoroughly enjoyable and interesting is all in Italian. It is also free. If you don't have access to an Italian speaker you may find it less interesting that I did. The nature reserve is operated by WWF Italy and is a RAMSAR wetland. The tour guides were from WWF and were very enthusiastic and each of the three provided information on different aspects of the history of the area and of salt recovery, the nature reserve and its bird life and the importance of the area to migratory birds, particularly flamingos. The first hour of the tour was basically delivery of information in a small building close by to one of the old salt pans. A car is required to get there and then also to the ponds and active salt pans which are included in the tour. The organisers of the tour ask that advance bookings be made but on our tour there appeared to be a number of people who just turned up on the day. The second part of the tour, which in our case went for an hour and a half involved visiting some of the older and now unused ponds and seeing some of the abundant bird life and then getting up close and personal with the recovery of salt. One of our guides had a tripod mounted telescope and a highlight for me was seeing a flock of flamingos in one of the ponds. Apparently Trapani is a very important stopover for them on their migration from and back to Africa. The process of salt recovery is quite labour intensive. Those who have not had any prior exposure to the process would I believe find it quite interesting. Information about the tour and how to make a booking can be found at www.wwfsalineditrapani.it but this web site is also in Italian. However you can download a pdf brochure in English from the site which provides some really good information about the history, the nature reserve and the flora and fauna and directions for getting there. The web site includes photos of the salt recovery process.
Written 28 August 2014
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handel21
Bristol, UK170 contributions
Sept 2012 • Couples
The salt museum, at Nubia (near Paceco) is a good place to start. Old equipment, old photos and diagrams give fascinating background information to the salt-making process. (There is a good restaurant attached to this 300 year old building, which has a restored windmill.) The 16th century tower of Nubia is nearby - you can't miss it.
Surrounding the museum are the lagoons of sea water, of different depth, in which the sea salt is formed as the water evaporates. If you are lucky you will see them digging the salt and piling it into huge heaps beside the pans.
Further down the coast, near the island of Mozia and the small town of Salinagrande, are more salt pans, and several windmills. The road runs beside the pans so it is a paradise for photographers, especially if they are digging salt. The Egardi islands are visible just off the coast. As you are facing west, there are usually glorious sunsets which makes the area very romantic and picturesque.
Surrounding the museum are the lagoons of sea water, of different depth, in which the sea salt is formed as the water evaporates. If you are lucky you will see them digging the salt and piling it into huge heaps beside the pans.
Further down the coast, near the island of Mozia and the small town of Salinagrande, are more salt pans, and several windmills. The road runs beside the pans so it is a paradise for photographers, especially if they are digging salt. The Egardi islands are visible just off the coast. As you are facing west, there are usually glorious sunsets which makes the area very romantic and picturesque.
Written 24 September 2012
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Che mezzo pubblico consigliate per raggiungervi da Trapani?
Written 16 September 2024
Il giorno di ferragosto è possibile visitare le saline?
Abbiamo un cane di piccola taglia, può accedere alla struttura?
È necessario avvalersi della visita guidata oppure si può anche visitare il posto liberamente?
Grazie
Written 9 August 2021
Le saline sono liberamente fruibili. Si può visitare il museo del sale a pagamento.
Written 12 August 2021
Buonasera, è possibile visitare le saline liberamente senza visita guidata al museo? Ci sono locali vicini?
Written 5 August 2021
Ciao, le saline sono liberamente fruibili...è possibile visitare il museo del sale a pagamento.
Written 12 August 2021
C'è in zona un posto dove poter prendere qualcosa da bere??
Written 17 June 2021
Salve, sì c'è un locale , penso ristorante visti i tavoli all'esterno, non so se fa anche servizio bar.
Saluti
Written 21 June 2021
Qualcuno sa dirmi il costo?
Written 5 October 2020
Per caso è prevista la chiusura invernale? Andrei meta ottobre.
Written 30 September 2020
Larry C, did you take a tour or just drive out by yourself? I won't really have time for a full tour but would like to go out to the salt flats if possible. I might have a couple hours available on the way to Erice. I'll have my own vehicle. Thanks
Written 13 December 2019
La visita alla riserva gestita dal WWF è a pagamento, ma può limitarsi a visitare l'interessante "Museo delle saline" e ad aspettare il tramonto (il più bello della Sicilia)
Written 17 September 2019
Domani visitero' le saline di Trapani, ma qual e il punto d inizio del giro, mi sapete darmi delle coordinate o dei punti di rifornimento?
Grazie Andrea
Written 16 August 2019
Allora sinceramente è un po’ un casino, nel senso che noi siamo andati alla riserva naturale dello Stagnone è da
Lo si possono vedere alcune vasche rosa e con 12,50€ c’è un giro in barca che ti fa visitare L isola di Mozia via mare.
Se invece volete entrare a fare la famosa camminata a piedi in mezzo al mare dovete scendere alla spiaggia di San Teodoro ma preparatevi alla pizza di fogna. Insomma nulla di che.
Oppure seguite direttamente per Mozia (noi non ci siamo andati) ed anche li hanno detto che si riesce a fare la camminata.
Written 16 August 2019
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