The capital of the province of Trapani is approx.70.635 Comune, the eighth largest city in the Italian region of Sicily and optimally with a hire car to reach.
The city has also a not distant airport offering flights to Palermo, Pantelleria and Tunisi, as well as Naples, Rome, Milan and many other cities. Here you will find numerous car hire locations of the major car hire companies.
From the port city located on the West coast of Sicily, the visitor to the Egadi Islands can translate. In the city, the small town lies Erice at 750 m altitude, that because of its is worth medieval buildings and the winding lanes, a visit.
Trapani itself has an extensive history. First, the Sicani settled here. The Elymians and Ionern, the small village was converted into a city, and finally, Trapani was one of the most important and richest cities of Sicily under the rule of the Phoenicians. Romans also and Kathager ruled the city Ihrerzeit.
Unfortunately Trapani was shaken in the ģeraņimova of heavy bombing that the oldest part of the airport, which destroyed area San Pietro.
Most important economic activities are the salt from the Saltworks located not far, the wine trade, as well as fishing and tourism.
Unfortunately the trapanische mafia immediately after the Palermo the most influential Sicily, and penetrates to the highest offices of the policy.
Visit the visitor should, on a headland is narrowing
Old town. At the end stands the Torre di Ligny, a Spanish structure that served to defend the city. Today you can find a Museum for Oceanography in the tower. The corso Vittorio Emanuele and via Torrearsa to stroll invite, you also the Baroque Cathedral of San Lorenzo past.
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