Erice & Segesta









The Castle of Venus at Erice


Erice watches over the port of Trapani from the legendary mountain of Eryx, situated a giddy 750m above sea level. It's a mesmerising walled medieval town with stern-looking forts and churches









Segesta's ancient Greek temple can make a valid claim to being the best preserved in the world.


If anyone needed yet more proof that the Greeks had a good eye for where to build, Segesta would lay any doubts to rest once and for all. Indeed, the setting of the Temple, perched on a hill is simply beautiful: totally unspoilt rolling green countryside and views that stretch right down to the sea.

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