riserva naturale saline di trapani e paceco

Are beautiful, but the mosquitos are terrible. Still worth checking out to see the sunset with a bottiglia of vino.

Off the beaten path, a cute little museum explaining the history and importance of salt through history in the region. Run by the family of the original owner of the salt flat. Very cool place.

The salt pans are worth a visit. The place is picturesque. Enjoyed going there in the afternoon on our way to Erice.

I highly recommend to rent a bike! The 1st 2km are not so nice, but then it's like arriving in another world. wauw

realy nice to see the salines and how all works....museum its another thing to see and you can learn how it was in past .....dont miss thatrealy nice people and well looked afterjust loved that you can stay longer if you want to have lunch after 12.....recomend

Drove to the salt pans one afternoon. It was fairly easy to find and very interesting. We wanted to go to the museum but when we go there all we could find was a restaurant. There were a lot of people dining. Apparently we missed something. Times like that you wish you were on an organized tour.

It was somewhat overcast the day we went and the boat trips to the island were suspended due to overnight rain.Interesting, picturesque place to visit briefly. It's free, unless you want the boat ride and/or to see the video. Since you can learn all about salt collection methods on the Internet, the 6 Euro(?) charge per person to see the short 10 minute video, seemed like a waste, and so we passed on that. Though we bought several souvenirs for us & family.

Liked the salt pans and actually also bought a souvenir. The hotel we stayed in was also decorated with salt coming from here and got to know all about the traditions

Mozia and the lagoon are the real interesting part not the salt museum per se.Their salt is supposedly finer qualitymaybe thanks to the polluted seas?

My wife and I visited Trapani in August with our daughter and son-in-law and his parents. I have no Italian but my wife speaks and understands a little and my daughter who is married to an Italian is fluent, as he is in English. I provide this information because the tour of the nature reserve and salt recovery pans, which I found thoroughly enjoyable and interesting is all in Italian. It is also free. If you don't have access to an Italian speaker you may find it less interesting that I did. The nature reserve is operated by WWF Italy and is a RAMSAR wetland. The tour guides were from WWF and were very enthusiastic and each of the three provided information on different aspects of the history of the area and of salt recovery, the nature reserve and its bird life and the importance of the area to migratory birds, particularly flamingos. The first hour of the tour was basically delivery of information in a small building close by to one of the old salt pans. A car is required to get there and then also to the ponds and active salt pans which are included in the tour. The organisers of the tour ask that advance bookings be made but on our tour there appeared to be a number of people who just turned up on the day. The second part of the tour, which in our case went for an hour and a half involved visiting some of the older and now unused ponds and seeing some of the abundant bird life and then getting up close and personal with the recovery of salt. One of our guides had a tripod mounted telescope and a highlight for me was seeing a flock of flamingos in one of the ponds. Apparently Trapani is a very important stopover for them on their migration from and back to Africa. The process of salt recovery is quite labour intensive. Those who have not had any prior exposure to the process would I believe find it quite interesting. Information about the tour and how to make a booking can be found at www.wwfsalineditrapani.it but this web site is also in Italian. However you can download a pdf brochure in English from the site which provides some really good information about the history, the nature reserve and the flora and fauna and directions for getting there. The web site includes photos of the salt recovery process.

My friend and I rented bikes and rode here from the city center. It took about 45 min to get there (7-8 km) and only about 30 to get back since we already knew the route. We went during the time where they 'harvest' the salt so it was crazy to see the solid salt field and people working there to bring in the salt. The museum tour seems boring, but it was actually a great tour. The tour is done by a member of the family who has owned the fields for several generations. Highly recommend!

The saline are very interesting and the young woman guide was very enthusiastic about the subject. Please note that the tour (ca 15 mins) was only in Italian. Unfortunately the saline are not easily accessible if you do not have your own means of transportation. We combined Erice with Segesta and ended with the Saline by contracting a taxi for the day. The price was relatively decent considering the waiting time and the time saved in looking for and finding the required destinations. After a visit to the salt pans you will never look at salt the same way again!

we visited these salt plaines in the afternoon and could take some beautiful pictures also from the salt workers.You also can take boat tours to Mozia island which is also interesting because of the archeological importance..You also can have a good lunch .

A fantastic place to visit, you will see the nature, the way how salt is made etc, if possible take a tour with WWF!

Worth finding out before you go. Lots to do and see take the day on is one. Ie trip to the island or a dip in the salt waters and even mining the salt together with boat rides. Good for families but not for babies