Erice, Trapani to Agrigento

After breakfast, a 7:30 departure to the beautiful medievel hill top town of Erice, first passing marble quarries and the usual vineards and olive groves. The drive uphill to Erice was amazing, as were the views to Trapani salt lakes and the northern Sicily coast. We ate almond sweets called boccocini (like the Andros almond ones) in a cafe, then after a stop at the salt area, had lunch in a rustic italian farm house with olive oil tasting including orange oil. They served sparkling water flavoured with big stalks of rosemary and lemon slices. Antipasto was cheese with celery and a marmalade jam, eggplant caponata, olives, zucchini frittata and fresh ricotta. Main was an excellent long spirally pasta with garlic, lemon and tomato.
Then marsala and an espresso.Read more