4. Sicily - Hilltowns, Hiking and Home
covering 21 May to 29 May 2019 from the walls of Erice yes, this car is parked and it isn't an unusual technique here We were now heading up to the north west corner of Sicily with a couple of calls to make on the way. We thought that the Trapani salt pans would be worth seeing but I was definitely underwhelmed by them. The best I can say is that they were salty and flat although we did have a plate of chips, suitably sodium chlorided at the café. windmill at the Trapani salt pans Erice is described in Lonely Planet, not always the most accurate guidebook, as one of Italy’s most spectacular hilltowns and I cannot gainsay that. It was indeed spectacular with wide ranging views over land and sea from the south side where the castle sits. It isn’t possible to get any views of outside the town from most of the sinuous and tangled mass of narrow, mostly pedestrianised medieval streets. It was just how you might imagine and just what you want