Erice to Riserva Naturale de Zingaro to Trapani

Up this morning shortly after 7:30. There are a few items for breakfast but we don’t really care for anything. Instead, we stop at the Pasticceria for our morning croissant. We are packed and ready to hit the road at 9:00. Down the mountain we go. We do not take the same road as yesterday. This one does not have the same switchbacks and is much wider. We have about a one hour drive to our destination: Riserva Naturale de Zingaro. It is a 14 km hike, 7 km in one direction. We stop at a grocer to pick up a sandwich and we have water. It’s a 5 Euro entry fee. We start walking at 10:07 am.

At the grocer

On the drive to our destination

A beach on the way

The climb starts early on

The views. Magnificent

There are a few secluded beaches

Start of the trail at the end of the tunnel 

Lots of plants 

There was a huge grotto. 

A ancient building 

Ron working hard to reach the top, of that section 

So beautiful

Another beach. Some people were swimming. 

We leave the reserve and head to Trapani where we will stay for three days. We meet our hostess at our apt. It’s a very big apartment.  Two large bedrooms, a living room, a kitchen, and bathroom. We chill for a bit, have our showers and head out to find a place to eat around 7 pm. Ron has chosen a place but it ends up being a grocer for meats and cheeses. This is not what we had in mind. We walk further and find a good place outside. It is their first day of the season. We order spritz’s and Ron has a beer. We order an apetizer for Wendy and me and fries for Ron and Andre. We all have the typical Trapanian pasta. 

Wendy and I have a local pasta

André and his Spritz 

My pasta

We return to our apt at 9:30. Tomorrow could be an exiting day as they start  their Easter procession at two pm and it ends at 8 pm. It goes around the town, will have lots of photos tomorrow.