Giro Turistico

In the centro storico basically everything you see is a sight. It teems with beautiful churches and palazzi, decaying or renovated. The intense sunlight adds contour and strength to the buildings. On the western tip of the city is the Torre di Ligny. Here begins the Spanish part of the old town with the orderly layout of the Iberian town planners. The subsequent Arab part extends to the park Villa Margherita, the former eastern city limit.

Churches, Palazzi, Parks and the sea

On the old Main Street Corso Vittorio Emanuele do not miss the baroque Cathedral and the Palazzo Cavaretta with its eye-like watches. Towards the port, there are Piazza Lucatelli with the old hospital buildings, the Casina delle Palme and Piazza Garibaldi, with the former Grand Hotel. Easy to overlook are the Fontana Nettuno and the exceptional rosette of Chiesa di Sant'Agostino in Piazza Scarlatti.
East of Via Torrearsa starts the winding Arab part of the Old Town with its narrow streets where you can easily lose your way. Here are the convent and church of San Domenico, the Chiesa Badia Nuova and a couple of small shopping streets for the bigger and some for the smaller budget. In the picturesque street Via Garibaldi you can see a number of beautiful old Palazzi and the old building of the Banca di Sicilia. At the end of Via Garibaldi, in front of the mayor seat Palazzo d'Ali there is the recently renovated post office, an Art Nouveau Building. Don't miss the counter hall. It probably is the most beautiful in Italy. A little further east at the end of the old town lies the Villa Margherita. Here grows a remarkable ensemble of giant rubber trees. On the nearby Piazza Vittorio Emanuele the Fontana di Tritone from the 1950s is bubbling.
Trapani owns one of the most important libraries of Sicily, the Biblioteca Fardelliana. It is situated near the ferry port, and shows some original engravings by Piranesi. The famous Museo Pepoli at the eastern part of the town shows coral-crafts and paintings, including one by Titian.