Egadi Islands

 

 

Here another beautiful archipelago with a few miles of Trapani and composed of three main islands: Favignana, Levanzo and Marettimo, a series of rocks similar to those of Asinelli and the Formica island.

 

Favignana is largest of the islands of Egades. It was named like the wind Zephyr which blows warmly on Ponente and in old times was called “Aegusa” because of its shape of butterfly. To briefly see the underwater caves, deep and old loam pits, the port should be reached. Fixed Thrashed, Fixed Azzurra, grottede Perciata, fixed Rotonda and the cave of Drunk Marino formerly inhabited by the seal monk.

 

Levanzo is smallest of the three. It is a stage not to miss. The island is completely wild with very poor, but serene beaches. One finds an atmosphere calm and disengaged in a small amphitheatre of White Houses anchored in a small bay.

 

Marettimo. Its discovery offers the show of a wild with a sea of sometimes dark colors, sometimes clear coast and a series of caves of considerable interest as Grotta del Bombarded, Grotta del Crib and Grotta Bianca.