drafting, Author at Favignana, Levanzo, Marettimo - Egadi Islands

Two days in Marettimo: logbook !

It was a year that rimurginavo to go to Marettimo, not knowing the Island, but loving trekking, I could not help but read up on what routes to follow once there. A lot of sites, most commercial, They gave very vague news and even partial. I started to search through “professionals” of the …

From the village of Marettimo trekking in the Scalo Master and Castle

The second and more challenging hike of the day I made in Marettimo (the first carried out in the early morning at the traffic light) I do not see at all well… we start at 10:30 in full sun ... today there is particularly hot we ... July 8, but I can not do it ... I expect a bathroom at Scalo Master and a visit to Punta Castle …

Trekking a Marettimo: from Scalo Vecchio to the Roman Houses, Semaphore and back

The first time I met him was the Marettimo 1985, I read an article in the largest Fulco Pratesi, co-founder of the WWF, describing a boat ride and trek in the mountains. Here is the text of Article I propose integrally: Marettimo, in the story of Fulco Pratesi 80s. Just now, a 52 years played, I …

The caves of Marettimo, circumnavigation of the island and unforgettable baths

Describe a magnificence of nature like the rocky coast and caves of Marettimo is daunting task, so I'll just share with you what I experienced on the first day that I was for the first time in Marettimo, This beautiful island that together with her sisters and brothers Formica and Favignana Levanzo and Maraone …

Le tonnare in Sicilia

The Mediterranean tuna first recall an image, which it is the symbol and common place in a bloody fishing time and curiosity folk. This trap is almost always Sicilian. complex task, a vital time for some coastal districts, by fairly deep historical territorial implications, It is thus reduced to its final moment, the slaughter, and more or …

Archeology: Levanzo found the 12th rostrum used by one of the ships in the Battle of the Egadi

These days a team led by the Superintendent of the Sea of the Sicilian Region has dived to a depth among 80 e i 100 meters in order to explore the depths and has regained 12th rostrum of the Battle of the Egadi 241 A.C.. The project aims to bring to light additional tracks …

Diving: The wreck dell'ELPIS

We return on the subject so exciting dives on wrecks and to do so this time we speak of a ship l, Elpis, that few know and moreover even whole lies at a depth of just 15 meters. We are in full “zone A” Navy Reserve Egadi, half mile south of the islet of Formica in Trapani …

Diving: the wreck of the merchant Carmelo Lo Porto in Favignana

It was so much I wanted to tell you about it, but I missed the historical news that recently I learned from an interesting research by Stefano Ruia, diver and a great connoisseur of the treasures of our seas, I refer to the wreck of the merchant Carmelo Lo Porto nestled in the beautiful sea of Favignana. I carry in my heart because that is where …

Favignana: Fort St. Catherine

It overlooks the island of Favignana and is visible already from Trapani and also from Erice. In almost all panoramic photos taken him there in Favignana, Fort St. Catherine for some misnamed Castle. The ancient castle built on top of Mount St. Catherine, 310 mt of height, which takes its name it has a …