Itineraries

Sicily. The wonder of the Egadi islands

Favignana is an island of the Egadi archipelago (Favignana, Levanzo, Marettimo) and is located about 9 miles west of Trapani. It is a coastal development of 33 km of jagged rocks and rich in cavities and caves. In ancient times the name of Favignana was Aegusa term which means butterfly given the shape of the island. The current name derives from Favonio which is the name of a warm west wind that determines its very mild climate. On the southern side it is possible to observe the splendid islets Galera and Galeotta.

Marettimo broke away from the mainland several millennia before the other two islands of the archipelago and this allowed the conservation of various endemic plants, such as the Egadi cabbage and the Boccone fennel. As for Favignana, the various caves, reachable only from the sea, are noteworthy, as well as some of the depths of the Egadi nature reserve.

Levanzo is a real unspoiled paradise, with high and steep coasts overlooking a crystalline sea of incredible colors. At the small port of Cala Dogana, which like the whole village, is located in a natural inlet south of the island, hydrofoils and ferries from Trapani dock several times a day. In Levanzo you can forget about the car: the island can be traveled on foot or by bicycle, crossing the main road that cuts it from north to south, or entering the countryside.

 

There are numerous and splendid coves but the greatest interest is addressed to the Grotta del Genovese, famous for the evidence of prehistoric art of the Paleolithic period – with graffiti of deer, bovidae and equidae – and those of the Neolithic period, with painted figures among the such as tuna, which has always been the protagonist of the economic activities of the Egadi Islands.

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