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After so many dramatic mountainous landscapes in the rest of Sicily, the Saline di
Trapani come as a revelation. These vast flats between Trapani and Marsala, dotted with
windmills and shimmering pools, have been prized since ancient times as a source of salt.
Zigzag through the watery landscape under big skies, then take the ferry across to ancient
Mozia (
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), an island whose Phoenician relics are some of Europe's most signific-
ant, displayed in situ and in the adjoining Whitaker Museum (
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).
