On a high mountain overlooking Trapani lies the old town of Erice. How or why anyone would build a place in such a forbidding summit, history does not record, but it was so. And we took a bus up there – and cable car down – to see it.
The way up does yield a nice view of Trapani, jutting out into the Mediterranean.
Beautiful vistas along the way.
Entering Erice.
A city of rocks and stone.
With a beautiful Gothic church. Spanish Gothic doesn’t have anything on Sicilian Gothic 🙂
Beautiful inside, too.
Twisty little passages, all different…
And on one end of town, a pretty garden.
Amazing view down to Trapani and the Islands off shore.
The ancient keep.
Yes of course, pastries for lunch. And yes of course, that is marzipan.
Time to take the cable car down!
And so back to the real world – of Trapani 🙂
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