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Hotel Elimo
( 092 386 93 77; www.hotelelimo.it ; Via Vittorio Emanuele 23; s €80-110, d €90-130, ste €150-170;
) Communal spaces at this atmospheric historic house are filled with tiled beams,
marble fireplaces, intriguing art, knick-knacks and antiques. The bedrooms are more
mainstream, although many (along with the hotel terrace and restaurant) have breathtak-
ing vistas south and west towards the Saline di Trapani, the Egadi Islands, and the shim-
mering sea.

HOTEL €€

Information

The main tourist office ( 092 350 23 22; [e-mail]; Porta Trapani;
10.30am-1.30pm & 3.30-5.30pm Tue-Sat, 10.30am-1.30pm Sun, 2.30-5.30pm Mon) is adjacent to Porta
Trapani (Erice's Old Town gate); there's a subsidiary branch in the town centre (

092 386

10.30am-1.30pm Tue-Sun) . 93 88; [e-mail]; Via Tommaso Guarrasi 1;

Getting There & Away

Regular AST buses run to and from Trapani (€2.80, 45 minutes). Connecting Erice and
Trapani there is a funicular (Funivia; 092 356 93 06; www.funiviaerice.it ; one way/return €5.50/9;
1-8pm Mon, 8.10am-8pm Tue-Fri, 10am-10pm Sat, 10am-8pm Sun) situated opposite the car park
at the foot of Erice's Via Vittorio Emanuele. This drops you in Trapani near the corner of
Via Manzoni and Via Capua and you'll need to catch AST bus 21 or 23 (€1) westbound to
get to the centre of Trapani.

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Segesta
ELEV 304M
Set on the edge of a deep canyon in the midst of wild, desolate mountains, the 5th-century
BC ruins of Segesta ( 092 495 23 56; adult €6, EU citizen 18-25yr €3, EU citizen under 18yr or over
65yr free; 9am-4pm Oct-Mar, 9am-6pm Apr-Sep) are a magical site. On windy days the 36 gi-
ant columns of its magnificent temple are said to act like an organ, producing mysterious
notes.
The city, founded by the ancient Elymians, was in constant conflict with Selinunte in
the south, whose destruction it sought with dogged determination and singular success.
Time, however, has done to Segesta what violence inflicted on Selinunte; little remains