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Hamlet in Sicily, Italy
Photo: Daniele Pugliesi, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Alcamo Marina is a seaside resort in Sicily in the territory of Alcamo (Trapani). It is characterized by a lot of holiday houses, where thousands of people from Alcamo are hosted together with tourists, attracted by its golden beaches (about 7 km long) and from the possibility they have of visiting the nearby tourist resorts.
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"Stella Maris"
It is near the beach and is open all the year. The facade, opposite the sea, is enriched by a mosaic which represents Our Lady of the Star.
The furnaces that Romans used to make tiles, bricks and amphoras were discovered in 2005 by excavations. This very important archeological site is near the river mouth.
You can admire the very beautiful spontaneous flowers growing on the sand and the dunes formed under the winds’ action: characteristic mounds of sand modelled and scattered on the ground.
The site, run by the cultural association "Geochelone sp. Attività culturali – Turismo & Servizi", hosts also a paleontological park. The association is named after the giant turtle of Pleistocene, whose eggs were found in the Travertino marble quarries in Alcamo about 30 years ago. You can visit Fossilandia and take part in the various laboratories and activities by booking.
Excursions, trekking, guided visits to discover Mount Bonifato (plants, animals, archeology) and the Reserve.
July–August: sagras, music, open-air theatre, exhibitions.
Our Lady's Assumption Feast: procession in Alcamo Marina’s centre.
Restaurant and hotel. In the menu you will find fresh fish and local meat. The cuisine is very good; there is a large choice of typical wines and sweets.
Trattoria, sandwiches, sea specialities, mussels, octopus etc.
Restaurant-pizzeria.
Restaurant-- Pizzeria
Bar, confectionery, ice-cream, sandwiches, snack bars, first courses, wine bar, lounge bar, tobacconist, beach items.
Restaurant with a traditional cuisine.
Ristorante-pizzeria
Very good pizzas and pasta with sea urchins. There are outdoor tables in a terrace facing the beach. It is better booking if you want to seat in the outdoor area.
Pub, pizzeria, swimming pool.
Bar, snacks, deckchairs and beach umbrellas rent, toilets and showers, bathing huts, aquatic sports: sails hobie cat, windsurf, surf, canoa, watre skiing, diving, pedalo, nautical charter. Fitness center - Beach Volley - Beach Tennis - Tam Beach.
Services: showers, toilets, children's playing ground, bathing huts, rescue service, Wifi, a large car park and fully equipped area. The restaurant service includes: first courses, sandwiches, salads, grilled food, ice-cream.
Lido and bistrot. The resort has a relaxing area, bar, solarium and private beach with cabins and showers. There is a large car-park, and at 100 metres.
Apartment in a small villa very near to the sea with four bedrooms, two bathrooms, a living room with a kitchen and a Tv set, two verandas with a sea view, car park, garden.
Near the beach of Alcamo Marina, Casa Laura has a sea view and balcony. The accommodation includes: an independent kitchen with oven, living room with TV and washing machine. Free car park.
The rooms have TV, air conditioning, free Wifi and private bathroom with a shower. There is a restaurant too: breakfast includes hot drinks, croissants and snack bars.
It has free Wifi, TV, air conditioning, private bathroom with hair dryer, fitness area and a garden with barbecue. Every morning you can have a salt or sweet breakfast with local products, hot or cold drinks.
The flats have free WiFi and TV, in some rooms there is also a living area to relax, in the other ones a terrace or a balcony. Outside there are a barbecue and a free car park.
A flat with two bedroom, living room, kitchen, TV and washing machine, two bathrooms and averanda with a sea view. Free car park. Little animals are allowed. Minimum stay three nights.
About 300 metres from the beach and with a sea view, the flat for 5 people includes 2 bedrooms and bathroom with a shower, a washing machine, an independent kitchen, Tv and a barbecue. The atmosphere is quite familiar and animals are allowed.
A house with flats located near the beach. The rooms have air conditioning, Wifi, TV, living room, kitchen. There are showers inside and outside, a barbecue and a garden. Free car park. Animals are allowed and you can have breakfast in your room on request.
Two flats 100 metres from the beach with terrace, showers and barbecue outdoor, a living room with a TV set and a kitchen. Free car park. You have to pay for Wifi (€3 a day).
Villa about 100 metres from the sea with 5 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms, car park, garden and barbecue.Linen supplied and animals allowed.
The rooms and flats have got all comforts; there is a private beach too. You can easily reach Balestrate or Castellammare (10 km) or the natural reserve "Lo Zingaro" (25 km away).
A villa
The hotel, in a wonderful position on the free beach of Alcamo Marina and direct access to the sea, is a few kilometres from Alcamo and Castellammare del Golfo. There are 26 comfortable rooms with frigobar, safe, Wifi, conditioned air and independent central heating, Sky Tv and hair- drier. Several rooms have a terraced balcony with a marvellous view of the Gulf of Castellammare. Its beautiful terrace has a swimming pool, a restaurant and coffee-bar. Breakfast is rich and various.
There are 46 rooms, all facing the Gulf of Castellammare, and 131 beds, a spa extending 240 square metres, a meeting room, two restaurants and a swimming pool.
Small pets allowed on request (by paying a surcharge). Free public car park and for disabled people available without a booking.
Bar, pastries, gastronomy, tobacconist, lotto, newsagent.
Bar WindSurf is a tobacconist and newsagent. You can taste the specialities of this area, snack bars, pizzas, cassatelle, cannoli, Sicilian cassatas and hand-made Ice-cream.
By ship
By car
You can reach Alcamo Marina from Palermo and Trapani by taking the A29 Motorway Palermo-Mazara as far as the junction Alcamo Est (about 50 km) or Castellammare del Golfo junction or taking the…
By train
The railway line crosses Alcamo Marina: the nearest railway station is Castellammare del Golfo (at about 2 km from it); the station is on the railway line Palermo-Trapani.
By bus
From Palermo you can get the following buses:
By car
If you want to go to Alcamo Marina there are two main roads from Alcamo: the Provincial Road 55 (SP55) for the Canalotto-Calatubo areas, and the Provincial Road 47 (SP47 Scampati) which arrives at…
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