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San Lorenzo Osteria
(SLO; 092 371 25 93; Via Garraffa 60; meals €25-35; closed Tue; )
With roots as a wed-
ding catering business, this stylish eatery opened to universal acclaim in 2012. It's a class
act all around - from the ever-changing menu of market-fresh seafood scrawled daily on
the blackboard to the interior's sleek modern lines to the gorgeous presentation of the
food. The stellar wine list features some local choices you won't find elsewhere.
SICILIAN
€€
Il Gallo e l'Innamorata
( 092 3195 4446;
www.osteriailgalloelinnamorata.com
;
Via Bilardello 18; meals €25-30; closed
Tue)
Warm orange walls and arched stone doorways lend an artsy, convivial atmosphere to
this Slow Food-acclaimed eatery. The à la carte menu is short and sweet, featuring a few
well-chosen dishes each day, including the classic
scaloppine al Marsala
(veal cooked
with Marsala wine and lemon).
SICILIAN
€€
Information
Tourist office
( 092 399 33 38, 092 371 40 97; ufficioturistico.proloco@comune.marsala.tp.it; Via XI
Maggio 100; 8.30am-1.30pm & 3-8pm Mon-Sat)
Spacious office with comfy couches right off
the main square; provides a wide range of maps and brochures.
Getting There & Away
hours, one to three daily); and
Salemi
(
092 398 11 20;
www.autoservizisalemi.it
)
to Palermo
(€9.20, 2½ hours, at least nine daily).
The train is the best way to get to Trapani (€3.45, 30 minutes, 10 daily, five on Sunday).
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Selinunte
The ruins of Selinunte are the most impressively sited in Sicily. The huge city was built in
628 BC on a promontory overlooking the sea, and over two and a half centuries became
one of the richest and most powerful in the world. It was destroyed by the Carthaginians
in 409 BC and finally fell to the Romans in about 350 BC, at which time it went into rapid
decline and disappeared from historical accounts.
