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Police ( 0923 93 27 66; Via Carlo Alberto della Chiesa 10)

TOURIST INFORMATION

Tourist Information Point ( 0923 94 27 76; www.comune.mazaradelvallo.tp.it ; Piazza Mokarta;
10am-12.30pm Tue & Thu, 10am-12.30pm & 4-6pm Wed, Fri & Sat) Municipal government info centre,
just off the lungomare (seafront promenade), next to the castle.

Getting There & Away

BUS
Mazara's bus station is next to the train station. AST ( www.aziendasicilianatrasporti.it ) travels to/
from Marsala (€3, 25 to 45 minutes, three daily except Sunday) and Trapani (€5, 1¾ to
2¼ hours, three daily except Sunday). Lumia ( www.autolineelumia.it ) runs services between
Mazara and Agrigento (€8.90, two to 2¼ hours, three daily Monday to Saturday, one on
Sunday) and Salemi ( www.autoservizisalemi.it ) runs regular services to/from Palermo (€8.70, two
hours).

TRAIN
Regular services go to/from Trapani (€4.65, 50 minutes, 10 daily), Marsala (€2.85, 15 to
30 minutes, 10 daily) and Palermo (€8.50, three to 3¼ hours, five daily). You'll need to
change at Piraineto or Alcamo for most Palermo services.

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Rocche di Cusa

Most of the buttery yellow stone used to construct the great temples of Selinunte was
hewn at these ancient Greek quarries. The setting is charming - overgrown and wild, it's
dotted with olive trees and wildflowers. Huge column drums forever awaiting transport to
Selinunte are scattered around, and if you look carefully you will come across two carved
columns ready for extraction. When removed, the columns would have been transported
to Selinunte across wooden logs by oxen or slaves.
At the time of research, the site had just started levying a €2 admission fee, though free
admission was still being granted to visitors holding a ticket for the Selinunte ruins issued
within the preceding three days.
To get here from Mazara del Vallo, take the SS115 to Campobello di Mazara, then fol-
low the signs to the Rocche di Cusa (Cave di Tufo).