Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Museo Archeologico
Baglio Anselmi
( 092 395 25 35; Lungomare Boeo; adult €4, EU citizen 18-25yr or over 65yr €2; 9am-8pm Tue-
Sun, 9am-1.30pm Mon)
Marsala's finest treasure is the partially reconstructed remains of a
Carthaginian
liburna
(warship) sunk off the Egadi Islands during the First Punic War. Dis-
played alongside objects from its cargo, the ship's bare bones provide the only remaining
physical evidence of the Phoenicians' seafaring superiority in the 3rd century BC and of-
fer a glimpse of a civilisation extinguished by the Romans.
MUSEUM
Whitaker Museum
( 092 371 25 98; adult/child €9/5; 9.30am-1.30pm & 2.30-6.30pm Mar-Sep)
On the island of
Mozia, 10km north of Marsala, this museum displays archaeologist Joseph Whitaker's
unique collection of Phoenician artefacts, assembled over decades. The museum's greatest
treasure (on loan to the Getty Museum in Los Angeles at research time) is
Il Giovinetto di
Mozia,
a marble statue of a young man in a pleated robe, suggesting Carthaginian influen-
ces.
MUSEUM
Sleeping & Eating
Marsala has few hotels within the historic centre.
Il Profumo del Sale
( 092 3189 0472;
www.ilprofumodelsale.it
; Via Vaccari 8; s €35, d €50-60; )
A dream B&B in
every imaginable sense, Profumo del Sale has a perfect city centre location and three at-
tractive rooms - including a palatial front unit with cathedral views from its small balcony
- all enhanced by welcoming touches like almond cookies and fine soaps. Sophisticated
owner Celsa is full of great tips about Marsala and the local area.
B&B
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Hotel Carmine
( 092 371 19 07;
www.hotelcarmine.it
;
Piazza Carmine 16; s €70-105, d €100-130; )
This
lovely hotel in a 16th-century monastery has elegant rooms (especially rooms 7 and 30),
with original blue-and-gold majolica tiles, stone walls, antique furniture and lofty beamed
ceilings. Enjoy your cornflakes in the baronial-style breakfast room with its historic fres-
coes and over-the-top chandelier, or sip your drink by the roaring fireplace in winter.
Modern perks include a rooftop solarium.
HOTEL
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