The Castellammare coast
FaraglionidiScopello
Three rocky peaks that gave the village its name.
They are three rocky peaks facing the old tuna fishery, covered in Mediterranean vegetation, mainly prickly pear, and home to yellow-legged gulls. The very name of Scopello comes from them: from the Latin scopulus and the Greek scopelos, "rocks".
This setting has often been used as a film set. With us it is one of the tour stops: there is time to swim, snorkel and take photos at the foot of the rocks.
Films shot here include Inspector Montalbano (2002), Ocean's Twelve (2004), Tini: The New Life of Violetta (2016) and Màkari (2021). The first settlement on the Scopello promontory dates from the Hellenistic age, and in the 13th century Frederick II granted these lands to the Lombard knights of Oddone di Camerana.