Palermo Trip Overview
Discover some of the most interesting places in western Sicily on this 1-day tour. Visit Segesta and the town of Erice located on the summit of the mountain of the same name.
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Duration: 8 hours
Starts: Palermo, Italy
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Palermo, Province of Palermo, Italy
Discover some of the most interesting places in western Sicily on this 1-day tour. Visit Segesta and the town of Erice located on the summit of the mountain of the same name.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Borgo Storico Erice, Via Salerno, 91016, Erice, Sicily Italy
A site of unforgettable beauty characterizes Erice, an ancient Phoenician and Greek city, perched at a height of 751 m on the mountain of the same name, crowned by a triangular plateau with a terrace overlooking the sea.
Defended by ramparts and walls, the city is a labyrinth of cobbled streets and passages so narrow as to allow the passage of a single man. The houses, closed to each other, have pretty and well-kept internal courtyards, defended and protected from the sight of passers-by so that family life takes place in complete intimacy
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Chiesa Madre – Duomo di Erice, Piazza Matrice, 91016, Erice, Sicily Italy
The Cathedral was built in 1312 by Frederick III of Aragon before returning to Palermo, as a thank you to the city that had hosted it in a moment of political crisis. For its construction, material from the temple of Venus was also used, in fact in the external wall, south side of the church, you can admire the nine stone tiles, in the shape of a cross, coming from the temple.
Duration: 40 minutes
Stop At: Castello di Venere, Largo Castello, 91016, Erice, Sicily Italy
The Castle stands in the same place where the sanctuary dedicated to the female divinity of fecundity was once located. A place of worship that in ancient times attracted people from all over the Mediterranean. Over the centuries the cult remained the same, while the female name of the goddess changed: at the time of the Phoenicians Astarte was venerated, with the Greeks Aphrodite and then with the Romans it passed to the cult of Venus.
Duration: 40 minutes
Stop At: Giardini del Balio, Viale Conte Pepoli, 91016, Erice, Sicily Italy
Strolling through the streets of the village you will suddenly find yourself in a beautiful garden. You will have the feeling that you have crossed a border without realizing it. The viali del Balio, in a sort of embrace that makes this place unique, intertwine with the streets, courtyards and ramps that make up the urban fabric of the medieval village.
Duration: 50 minutes
Stop At: Tempio di Segesta, Contrada Barbaro SNC, 91013 Calatafimi-Segesta, Sicily Italy
The exceptional nature of this place also lies in the fact that even today, the most unique case that is rare in Sicily and beyond, it appears to the many who arrive as it appeared to the travelers of the Grand Tour. The whole area has remained almost the same: vast hills destined for sowing or grazing, modest mountains animated by few trees. Few recent constructions.
Already from afar, along the state road or the motorway towards Trapani, the temple, isolated in the middle of a sea of hills, is striking for its grandeur.
Duration: 3 hours
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