CastellammaredelGolfo

The town stands on the slopes of Monte Inici and gives its name to the gulf opening in front of its castle, between Capo Rama to the east and Capo San Vito to the west. Today it is one of the best-known seaside towns in Sicily.

Its territory includes the Faraglioni di Scopello, the bay of Guidaloca and the easternmost part of the Zingaro Reserve: the whole coast on this map starts here, and our base is at Molo Sopraflutto.

It began as Emporium Segestanorum, the port of ancient Segesta, and in Roman times the gulf was called Sinus Aegestanus. The town celebrates Our Lady of Help, protector of the gulf, from 19 to 21 August: tradition tells of an English attack on the port foiled by her intervention.