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www.couscousfest.it
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In San Vito Lo Capo, 40km north of Trapani, this late-September fest-
ival celebrates Sicilian multiculturalism with world music concerts and international
couscous cook offs.
Sleeping
The most convenient - and nicest - place to stay is in Trapani's pedestrianised historic
centre, just north of the port.
B&B
€
Ai Lumi B&B
( 092 354 09 22;
www.ailumi.it
;
Corso Vittorio Emanuele 71; s €40-70, d €70-100, tr €90-125, q
€100-150; )
Housed in an 18th-century
palazzo,
this centrally located B&B offers 13
rooms of varying size. Best are the spacious apartments (numbers 33, 34 and 35), with kit-
chenettes and balconies overlooking Trapani's most elegant pedestrian street. Upstairs
apartment 23 is also lovely, with a private balcony reached by a spiral staircase. Guests
get discounts at the hotel's atmospheric restaurant next door.
Le Chiavi di San Francesco
( 092 343 80 13;
www.lechiavidisanfrancesco.com
; Via Tartaglia 18; d €80-110, ste €140; )
Op-
posite the Chiesa di San Francesco, this popular hotel has 16 rooms featuring cheerful col-
our schemes and small but clean bathrooms. Angle for one of the superior rooms up front,
which offer more space, better light and optional kitchen facilities.
HOTEL
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Eating
Sicily's Arab heritage and Trapani's unique position on the sea route to Tunisia have made
couscous ('
cuscus'
or '
kuscus'
as they sometimes spell it around here) a local speciality.
La Rinascente
( 092 32 37 67; Via Gatti 3; cannoli €1.80; 9am-1pm & 3-7pm, closed Sun afternoon & Wed)
When you enter this bakery through the side door, you'll feel like you've barged into
someone's kitchen - and you have! Thankfully, owner Giovanni Costadura's broad smile
will quickly put you at ease, coupled with some of the best
cannoli
on the planet, which
you can watch being created on the spot.
PASTRIES & CAKES
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Al Solito Posto
SICILIAN
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