Museo del Sale
Museo del Sale
4.5
9:30 AM - 6:00 PM
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9:30 AM - 6:00 PM
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9:30 AM - 6:00 PM
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9:30 AM - 6:00 PM
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9:30 AM - 6:00 PM
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9:30 AM - 6:00 PM
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9:30 AM - 6:00 PM
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9:30 AM - 6:00 PM
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Coldings
Copenhagen, Denmark587 contributions
Sept 2021 • Couples
We booked an English version tour and were fortunate to have the grandson of the founder introduce us to the World of salt production. With charm, humour and memorable anecdotes he kept our full attention during the 30 mins. tour. In addition to the very reasonable entry fee to the museum you also have the possibility to visit the salt basins for an even smaller fee and you can buy salt souvenirs on location as well. Do not miss the visit.
Written 30 September 2021
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p p
UK15 contributions
Oct 2021
Not sure why trip advisor saying closed, open on 30th Oct 2021. Beautiful location and stunning views back across the bay to Trapani and up to Erice on the hill tops. A family run affair, very good value at 3 Euro a head, told all about the salt harvesting process, in the old days and up to today. Wonderful working models of the windmills, used to move the water around, and the mills for the grinding of the salt. The owners grandson sang us the old sea shanty used as they counted the baskets of salt that they gathered in the harvest each august. His wife gave us the tour and really Brought it all alive. It was really a wonderful visit and highly recommended. We simply drove out in our hire car - the tours that seem to be advertised are v espensive indeed.
Written 30 October 2021
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Fififlores
Seville, Spain25 contributions
Sept 2022 • Family
Small but excellent museum, housed in a picturesque old salt mill. The guide, Alicia, speaks perfect English and explains the process of removing and drying the salt very clearly.
You can climb up onto the roof to see the sails close-up, and for stunning views of the surrounding salt pans with sparkly white cone-shaped piles of salt. The museum is located inside a WWF nature reserve, and you can pay a small fee to walk around the area. Salt is for sale, with flavourings like lemon and thyme. You can also see lots of bird life in the basins, including flamingoes.
You can climb up onto the roof to see the sails close-up, and for stunning views of the surrounding salt pans with sparkly white cone-shaped piles of salt. The museum is located inside a WWF nature reserve, and you can pay a small fee to walk around the area. Salt is for sale, with flavourings like lemon and thyme. You can also see lots of bird life in the basins, including flamingoes.
Written 10 September 2022
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JUJinPNW
Seattle, WA87 contributions
May 2022 • Couples
Family run salt harvesting business and museum. Admission to the museum includes a tour. The guide explains the process, tools, history and evolution of the industry. And it was really interesting! One son runs the museum, and if he is your tour guide you get to hear him sing worker songs. Great experience in a low key environment.
Written 11 June 2022
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SteveK
Los Angeles, CA168 contributions
Oct 2020
What a pleasant surprise! Small museum, but it tells quite a story. We were fortunate to have Irene Culcasi, a member of the family that has owned the museum for generations, give us a tour. Wonderful exhibits that spoon feed the salt process to lay people. Then we walked the exterior salt basins and reviewed what we'd learned from Irene about old-school salt harvesting. Well worth the stop!
Written 2 November 2020
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ClunkNebbermorth
Cardiff, UK476 contributions
Dec 2019
We didn't actually go in to the museum building as the exterior, the windmills and the salt pans were so interesting. A bit of a trek to find the place but so pleased that we did. Faces west so a good spot for photos at sunset
Written 6 January 2020
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J G
Lewes, UK33 contributions
Sept 2022
The tiny Salt Museum at the Trapani salt flats is enchanting. It's not really a museum - more a beautifully set-out account of the way that salt is traditionally made here to this day, with an excellent short video and a small number of very interesting items of equipment. It's in a salt mill, so you can see the machinery/grindstones, and excellent info boards accompany the shovels, archimedes screws etc. It overlooks the salt pools and you can see the people shovelling up the salt into piles as they've done for centuries. And it's right beside the ferry motorboat to Mozia and an excellent cafe/restaurant (Mamma Caura, which is usefully on satnav systems so a good way of navigating here). I wasn't on a guided tour, but the information in the museum is first-class so I had all the info that I wanted.
Written 1 October 2022
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James H
Connecticut67 contributions
Jun 2024 • Couples
We just spent an hour exploring both the salt ponds and the Museum of Salt. It was a surprisingly interesting and rich experience, equal to any other tour we have had in Italy. The history goes back 2700 years to the Phoenicians. The tour guide that we had, whose name is Zeudi, was extremely well informed and interesting. No question we asked went unanswered!!
Written 17 June 2024
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Codial C
Wroclaw, Poland62 contributions
Jan 2020
Nice and quick trip while going South to Marsala. Tour guide speaks English, so there shouldn't be any problems if one doesn't speak Italian.
Unfortunately, they don't let you get inside the mill itself :(
Unfortunately, they don't let you get inside the mill itself :(
Written 6 January 2020
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Brian E
Santa Rosa, CA477 contributions
Mar 2022
Yes, I knew that salt was vital to human life and it had been harvested from eons. What the Museo did such a great job at was bringing the hole process to life. The tour opens with a brief video highlighting the whole life cycle, followed by an on-foot tour of the actual salt beds. I found the tour guide well informed and welcoming to questions. It then closes with the opportunity to visit the gift shop where they sell the different salt variants. I’d call this a “must see” if you simply like expanding your life experiences.
Written 30 March 2022
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Buonasera vorrei sapere quanto costa il biglietto d'ingresso perché vorrei portare i miei alunni a vedere le saline e quanto è lontano da Trapani. Sono insegnante d'italiano in Francia. Grazie
Written 20 October 2019
Buongiorno. Le conviene contattare direttamente il museo, questa non è la pagina ufficiale.
Written 24 October 2019
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