Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
from Birgi airport to Marsala (45 minutes) operated by AST (€2.50, four daily) and
Salemi (€4.70, six to eight daily).
Salemi
( 0923 98 11 20;
www.autoservizisalemi.it
)
teams up with
Terravision
( 0923 48 23 71;
www.terravision.eu
)
to provide direct bus service to Palermo's Piazza
Politeama and train station (€10.60, 1¾ to two hours, six to eight daily); buy tickets online
or from Terravision's office directly adjacent to the rental-car counters in Birgi's arrivals
hall.
Taxi
A taxi between Birgi and Trapani costs €30 to €35.
BOAT
Trapani's
ferry terminal
( 0923 54 54 11)
is opposite Piazza Garibaldi. Both
Siremar
( 0923 54
54 55;
www.siremar.it
;
Via Ammiraglio Staiti)
and
Traghetti delle Isole
(
www.traghettidelleisole.it
)
operate car
ferries to the Egadi Islands of Favignana (€8.20, one to 1½ hours, five to six daily),
Levanzo (€8.20, one to 1½ hours, five to six daily) and Marettimo (€13.10, three hours,
one to two daily), as well as to Pantelleria (€34, 5¾ to six hours, two daily June to
September, one to two daily the rest of the year).
Grimaldi Lines
(
www.grimaldi-ferries.com
)
runs a
Thursday morning service to Tunis in Tunisia (deck/cabin from €60/85, 8½ hours).
Tirrenia
( 0923 03 19 11;
www.tirrenia.it
)
runs a Sunday evening service to Cagliari on Sardinia (deck/
cabin from €40/160, 12 hours).
For hydrofoils you will need to head east a few blocks down Via Ammiraglio Staiti.
Both Siremar and
Ustica Lines
( 0923 87 38 13;
www.usticalines.it
; Via Ammiraglio Staiti)
run regular
hydrofoils to Favignana (€9.80, 15 to 40 minutes, nine daily each company), Levanzo
(€9.80, 15 to 40 minutes, eight to nine daily each company) and Marettimo (€17.30, one
to 1½ hours, one to three daily each company). Ustica Lines also operates summer-only,
Saturday-morning hydrofoils to Ustica (€28, 2½ hours) and Naples (€94, seven hours).
Get tickets at the
hydrofoil terminal
. A surcharge of €1.50 to €5 is levied on all Ustica and
Siremar tickets booked in advance via the website or an agent.
BUS
All intercity buses arrive and depart from the
main bus station
( 0923 2 00 66; Piazza Montalto)
.
Tickets can be bought from the bar in the station building. AST (
Click here
)
serves Erice
(€2.80, 40 minutes to one hour, five daily Monday to Saturday, three Sunday), San Vito
Lo Capo (€4.40, 1½ hours, eight daily Monday to Saturday), Marsala (€3.40, one to 1¼
hours, four Monday to Saturday) and Mazara del Vallo (€5.10, 1¾ hours, three Monday to
Saturday).
Autoservizi Tarantola
(
0924 3 10 20)
operates a service to Segesta (€6.20 round
