TRAPANI

Only 14,2 km from Camping LidoValderice, Trapani can be reached from the provincial road SP20.

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Trapani (Trapani, Sicily), a town situated between two seas, also known as the city of salt and sailing, is a town of 70,547 inhabitants, capital of the homonymous province. The city and its suburbs, however, has more than 100 000 inhabitants because a part of the city, the populous village of Santa Casa, belongs to the town of Erice. Consequently Trapani area is the fifth most populated city in Sicily.

Has developed over time a thriving economic activity linked to the extraction and trade of salt, take advantage of his natural position, projected onto the Mediterranean, and its famous port that once served as a commercial outlet for the most famous Eryx (modern Erice) located on the mountain overlooking Trapani.

Other Flourishing activities were – and still are –Fisheries (formerly the tuna with the slaughter), the extraction and trade of marble, working of the coral. Today the city lives mainly in the tertiary sector, activities related to fisheries, trade and tourism.

Visiting the city of Trapani, you can admire many monuments, churches and palaces from different historical periods.

Among many, you should visit the beautiful Renaissance city walls and ramparts that were built to protect the city from invasion from both the mainland and the sea, situated in the center of Trapani.

The Regional Museum "Pepoli”, which is located in the premises of the Convent of the Annunced.

The Cathedral of S. Lorenzo, the most important religious building in the city, it houses important works of art including a Crucifixion attributed to the Flemish painter Van Dyck.

for info you can visit the following sites:

http://www.provincia.trapani.it/

http://www.regione.sicilia.it/