Sciacca, Italy

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Rank : 9.3 (average on 4 votes)

Coordinates : 37.508773, 13.081770 (Open in Google Maps)

Subjects : Religious Festivals: 1-2 February and 15 August, with high impact and emotional participation in worship by the citizens. Carnival parade floats in papier mache notavole size, animated and accompanied by costumed groups, striking costuming ee the richness of the colors and shapes of the wagons. Architecture: Sciacca has 3 centers, "Marina", "center", "San Michele", are present in all urban domination, the Arabs onwards. Ceramics: 38 workshops with laboratories visited (Ask Potters Association of Sciacca). Coral: Handcrafted remarkable laboratories-jewelers of the "Center". Fishing: Sciacca has the 2nd fleet dela Sicily, places relevant and most important are "The landing of the fish with the rods monetary", "Shipbuilding", "The social gatherings at the dock." Spa, monuments, landscapes.

Recommended equipment : All goes well, the phone and the use of wide-angle lenses telephoto lenses. Situations offer opportunities for everyone to express their photographic qualities.

Best months : All year round, but there are times when the sirocco winds (March to October) create particular atmospheres of light and color, however the periods in which there is a particular sharpness and saturation are: Marzo-aprile/novembre- December-January.

How to get there : Plane: Trapani-Birgi and Palermo (Falcone Borsellino). By car: From Trapani SS 115. From Palermo to Castelvetrano A29 and then the SS 115 (km 130) or the Quick Scroll 624 (km 90). From Agrigento SS 115 (Km 65).

Visits : Fund Bentivegna (Art Brut) very impressive with sbigliettamento. House Scaglione (800 Sicilian rich art gallery and collecting archeologco), free admission. Carnival Museum, free admission.

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