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LThe boat trip from Palermo to Isola delle Femmine (via Mondello, Capo Gallo, Isola delle Femmine Marine Reserve and Sferracavallo) is a wonderful way to discover the beauty of the area around the Sicilian capital. Departure from Villa Igea, a neo-Gothic style structure built at the end of the 19th century and a historic 5-star hotel in Palermo. On request, departure also from La Cala and Mondello.
Continuing, we will reach the sandy beach of Arenella, a fishing village that developed around the Tonnara Florio during the nineteenth century.
It will then be the turn of the seaside village of Vergine Maria which settled around the Tonnara Bordonaro of the sixteenth century to get to Addaura, an area with the oldest history of Palermo.
Later, we will reach Mondello with its liberty villas where one of the most beautiful beaches in Sicily is located. Mondello is a sandy gulf with tropical colors. The landscape is influenced by the Capo Gallo Nature Reserve and the Monte Pellegrino Reserve, defined by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe as “the most beautiful promontory in the world”.
Mondello is a small seaside resort with a wonderful beach. It boasts a stunning 1.5km stretch of fine white sand, turquoise blue waters and a host of excellent seafood restaurants, numerous bars and a vibrant summer atmosphere.
Mondello was originally a fishing village. Two fortified towers were erected there in the 15th century as part of the coastal defenses of Sicily. Both still survive, the first overlooking the harbor, the second a little further north under the rocky boulder of Monte Gallo.
In Mondello there is the Antico Stabilimento Balneare, a unique building that represents one of the most beautiful liberty architectural works in Europe. The splendid waters of Mondello will be the occasion for our first swim in the sea.
We will continue to Capo Gallo, a karst relief rich in cavities, including the Fossa del Gallo, the Grotta Perciata, the Grotta dei Caprari, the Grotta delle Vitelle, the Grotta Regina and the Grotta Caramula. The Grotta Regina, where we will take a further swim in the sea, was a favorite place for bathing by Queen Maria Carolina and is the subject of many studies for the inscriptions that confirm the presence in this area of Phoenician and Punic groups of traders.
Book Boat Excursion from Palermo to Isola delle Femmine (Full Day)