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The 75% of Italians prefer the sea, 66% seeking absolute relaxation. Un'utopia in July and August. Yet in the two islands there are still stunning beaches and little known. To enjoy the best of the Mediterranean The Lido Don Serafino
From Ragusa in Agrigento
Difficult to notice, between stone walls, fields yellow and carob, figs of India and sea, when the province of Siracusa it moves to that of Ragusa. On the coastal village to Sampieri and Donnalucata beaches stretch for tens of kilometers. A Cava d'Aliga, another location in the village of Montalbano Pisciotto, the sea is almost always moved by a slight breeze, the heat is dry and African but bearable, the sand has an indescribable sweetness to the touch, lifeguards ensure surveillance until sunset . A Sampieri not see the crowd if not the weekend of mezz'agosto. Who is seeking the worldly life and find a few kilometers, at Marina di Ragusa, a small Santa Monica with a local Moroccan transplanted palm trees, families cycling, music, wind surfers attracted to the channel. A beach after another you get closer to the country under the tower accucciato Spanish. Already in the fifties Ragusa well spent day at sea by Don Serafino, the oldest and most famous beach in the area, which began with a few small table on the beach and a magnificent fish soup. Wood white and blue, two terraces discoveries, strictly white tablecloths, a few cabins. Later other beaches, like Margaret and the Baja, fill the day's activities
The Balata of Agrigento
frenetic: aquagym, baby parking, beach volleyball, Mexican barbecue, drink with music to the whole volume. And the relaxation with massage on the roll. At sunset you dinner on the terrace of Baciamolemani, modern design and 400 labels of wines. Open from two young lovers ragusani cuisine that began with aperitifs of raw fish, today is inavvicinabile without reservation. It sleeps only a few kilometers, Donnalucata, resort 4 stars stone alive with wellness center in a former disco, once among the largest in the South, only a few hundred metres from the sea. Around the pool open rooms most panoramic look to the sea, el'angolo relax with gazebo-style Arabic. If you exclude the beach at Punta Secca, solitary white beach where Montalbano met his friend Gegé, the real queen of the coast is the Balata or scale of the Turks, so called because of extraordinary structure white-ochre engraved by wind and waves. A fascinating series of steps natural alternating with white sand and rocky that open sea cold and clean on the outskirts of Agrigento, along the Costa Bianca around Realmonte. For a gastronomic exception, with the landscape of temples illuminated at twilight, there is the terrace restaurant Baglio della Luna, in a warning tower eighteenth restructured.
The restaurant La Pineda on the beach of Selinunte
Only 15 kilometers from the city, besides the Head of Siculiana, the endless oasis of sand that nell'estremità eastern is called Torre Salsa, subject to WWF, has preserved natural environment and crystalline water, cold and pescosa. Among olive and carob centenarians in the campaign internal Mandranova is a fine farm with a small pool and delicious stone 4 km from the sea wild Tower Gaffe. Still two goals with beaches and bars not to be missed in Portopalo of Menfi, awarded the Blue flag, the restaurant Da Vittorio, b & b of six rooms with enchanting terrace on the beach facilities, is a destination for demanding palates for the sumptuous soup of fish and crustaceans and risotto di mare. Insuperabile for a swim at sunset, with dinner by candlelight. At Pineda, a few kilometers from the archaeological park of Selinunte, leave your car at the entrance to the reserve Foce del Belice, deserted beach and dunes Africa. At 100 meters from the sea a wooden ladder illuminated by torches leads to a twenty tables on the sand next to small private beach. La Pineda kitchen offers a simple but very delicious, taste after a swim in the sea of Africa.