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Alcamo is worth a stop: 15 minutes from Balestrate, 18km from Lo Zingaro Nature Reserve.
Alcamo is in Sicily, Italy, with about 44,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Balestrate, about 9 km away.
Alcamo (Italian: [ˈalkamo]; Sicilian: Àrcamu [ˈaɾkamʊ]) is the fourth-largest town and municipality of the Province of Trapani, Sicily, with a population of 44,925 inhabitants. It is in the north-west of the island, on the border of the Metropolitan City of Palermo, about 50 kilometres (31 mi) from Palermo andRead more
Trapani.
The current municipality covers an area of 130.79 km2 (50.50 sq mi) and it is the second most densely populated in the province of Trapani, after Erice.
Alcamo is bounded by the Tyrrhenian Sea on the north, Balestrate and Partinico on the east, Camporeale on the south and Calatafimi-Segesta and Castellammare del Golfo on the west. Its main hamlet is Alcamo Marina, about 6 km (4 mi) from the town centre.
Together with other municipalities is a participant in the Associazione Città del Vino, the Patto dei Sindaci movement, the Progetto Città dei Bambini project, Rete dei Comuni Solidali and Patto Territoriale Golfo di Castellammare.
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Within an hour or so of Alcamo: Tonnara di Scopello (16 km), Lo Zingaro Nature Reserve (18 km), San Vito Lo Capo (30 km), Monreale Cathedral (31 km).
The nearest famous roads are Targa Florio Circuit (Madonie).
Alcamo is in Sicily, Italy, about 9 km from Balestrate.
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ACI roadside assistance: 803 116. ZTL (limited traffic zones) in city centres are camera-enforced.
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Ancient tuna fishery on a cove guarded by faraglioni sea stacks and crumbling watchtowers, in use from the 13th century until the 1980s. The anchor-strewn terraces above gin-clear water are one of Sicily's most painted and filmed corners.
16 km · about 20 min drive
national park
Sicily's first nature reserve, a wild coastal path linking pebbly coves of crystal water near San Vito.
18 km · about 20 min drive
beach
Arc of white sand and shallow turquoise water beneath the bare pyramid of Monte Monaco, at the end of a dead-end road past the Zingaro reserve. Hosts the Cous Cous Fest each September: a legacy of Sicily's Arab kitchen.
30 km · about 35 min drive
cathedral
A Norman cathedral above Palermo blazing with golden Byzantine mosaics, among Europe's greatest.
31 km · about 35 min drive
scenic viewpoint
A misty medieval hilltop town above Trapani, reached by cable car or hairpin road with sweeping coast views.
34 km · about 40 min drive
castle
The oldest royal residence in Europe, housing Palermo's Palatine Chapel with its extraordinary gold-ground Byzantine mosaics.
37 km · about 45 min drive
cathedral
A stylistic kaleidoscope of Arab-Norman, Gothic and Baroque dominating Sicily's vibrant capital.
37 km · about 45 min drive
April to October
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