Thegreenisland Parks, Nature Reserves and Protected Areas in Sicily
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TheGreenisland Parks, nature reserves and protected areas in Sicily European Union Regione Siciliana Assessorato Turismo, Comunicazioni e Trasporti TheGreenIsland Parks, nature reserves and protected areas in Sicily Isola di Marettimo Isola di Isola di 39 Levanzo Ustica P ALERMO Isola di CAPO MILAZZO 29 Favignana CAPO PELORO 75 I SOLE EGADI Sferracavall T RAPANI 41 40 Milazzo Isola delle o Mondello Femmine AEROPORTO 35 43 A20 A18 San Vito Lo Capo FALCONE-BORSELLINO 31 42 Messina 33 Terrasini 34 A20 Carini Palermo 67 A29 68 28 Custonaci Scopello Monreale A20 Cefalù Erice Castellammare A29 32 187 del Golfo Trapani 44 A20 Montalbano A29 Elicona Novara A18 Piana Termini Imerese S.Stefano di Sic. degli Albanesi 50 A20 Pollina di Camastra 30 71 113 Alcamo Gratteri 66 Roccella A29 Isnello 04 Nebrodi Valdemone Segesta 36 Caccamo Collesano Castelbuono Mistretta Cefalà Diana A19 S. Mauro Mojo Francavilla 69 A29 Calatafimi 49 Castelverde Alcantara di Sic. Motta 37 Ciminna Camastra RANDAZZO Graniti I.le dello 115 Ficuzza 03 Madonie 01Alcàntara 188A Castiglione Stagnone 38 21 di Sic. Gaggi A18 Mozia 48 Geraci Siculo Taormina Linuaglossa Calatabiano 27 Salemi Caltavuturo Sottana Maletto Giardini Naxos Sclafani Piedimonte Corleone Bagni Polizzi Petralia 188 A29 73 Generosa Soprana Gangi Etneo MARSALA 53 18 Bronte Fiumefreddo Santa Ninfa 47 Lercara 02 Etna Friddi S.Alfio Partanna Prizzi NICOSIA 52 Contessa A19 Giarre Entellina Bisacquino Santa Venerina Palazzo 20 Zafferana Etnea19 A29 CASTELVETRANO Chiusa Adriano 22 Sclafani ADRANO Cammarata Leonforte Agira Biancavilla MAZARA Sambuca S. Maria 16 DEL VALLO di Sicilia S. Stefano 46 11 51 Qusquina 09 di Licodia Nicolosi Trecastagni Acireale 72 Marianapoli A18 74 Belpasso A19 S. Caterina San Gregorio Marinella Porto Palo Villarmosa Aci Trezza15 03 A19 Enna 17 Aci Castello Sutera Pergusa San Calogero 10 Ribera Campofranco 23 Catania SCIACCA 45 08 07 Caltanissetta A19 Sant’Angelo Bompensiere AEROPORTO Muxaro Milena FONTANAROSSA Cattolica 24 Eraclea Serradifalco 04 Aidone 65 Aragona PIAZZA Eraclea Minoa 05 06 ARMERINA Torre Salsa 70 Agrigento Porto Empedocle CALTAGIRONE 63 AUGUSTA Isola di Pantelleria Melilli Priolo 64 Niscemi Sortino Gargallo 14 62 61 13 Ferla Floridia GELA Siracusa T RAPANI Palazzolo Strombolicchio Acreide 60 Isola di Pen. d. Maddalena Stromboli 12 57 59 CAPO MURRO DI PORCO 56 25 I SOLE EOLIE (O LIPARI) VITTORIA COMISO Ragusa Avola 25 55 NOTO Isola di Linosa Isola di MÒDICA Panarea 02 Isola di 25 Isola di 26 58 Filicudi Salina Ispica 25 Scicli I. Vendicari Marina 54 Isola di di Ragusa S. Lorenzo Alicudi Marzamemi Isola di I SOLE PELAGIE Lipari Pachino Porto Palo I. Capo Passero Isola di 25 Vulcano Isola di M ESSINA Lampione 02 Isola di Lampedusa 01 A GRIGENTO 22/Vallone di Piano della Corte p. 28 50/Pizzo Cane, Pizzo Trigna and Mazzamuto Cave p. 38 The Parks 01/The Alcàntara Park p. 4 23/Lake Pergusa 51/Palazzo Adriano Mountains and Sosio Valley 24/Rossomanno, Grottascura, Bellia p. 29 52/Monte Genuardo and Santa Maria del Bosco 02/The Etna Park p. 8 25/Aeolian Islands (or Lipari Islands) 53/Entella Cave p. 39 03/The Madonie Park p. 12 26/Felci and Porri Mountains p. 30 54/River Irminio 04/The Nebrodi Park p. 16 27/Isola Bella 55/Aleppo Pine Nature reserves and protected areas 28/Fiumedinisi and Monte Scuderi 56/Plemmirio p. 40 01/Lampedusa 29/Capo Peloro p. 31 57/Cavagrande del Cassibile 02/Linosa and Lampione p. 21 30/Malabotta Wood 58/Vendicari 03/Monte San Calogero (Kronio) 31/Marinello pools 59/Monello Cave p. 41 04/Mouth of the river Platani 32/Vallone Calagna p. 32 60/River Ciane and Syracuse Saltpans 05/Torre Salsa p. 22 33/Capo Rama 61/Palombara Cave 06/Aragona Macalube 34/Carburangeli Cave 62/Pantalica p. 42 07/Lake Soprano 35/Puntali Cave p. 33 63/Villasmundo - Sant’Alfio Speleological Complex 08/Monte Conca p. 23 36/Cefalà Diana and Chiarastella Baths 64/Priolo Saltpans 09/Contrada Scaleri 37/Ficuzza Wood and Rocca Busambra 65/Simeto Oasis p. 43 10/Monte Capodarso and Valley of the Southern Imera 38/Ciminna Sierras p. 34 66/Alcamo Wood 11/Lake Sfondato p. 24 39/Ustica 67/Monte Cofano 12/Biviere di Gela 40/Capo Gallo 68/Zingaro p. 44 13/Niscemi Cork Oak Forest 41/Isola delle Femmine p. 35 69/Stagnone Islands 14/Santo Pietro Wood p. 25 42/Conza Cave 70/Island of Pantelleria 15/Lachea Island and Ciclopi Rock-stacks 43/Monte Pellegrino 71/Trapani and Paceco Saltpans p. 45 16/Timpa 44/Serre della Pizzuta p. 36 72/Estuary of the river Belice 17/Immacolatelle and Micio-Conti Complexi p. 26 45/Sant’Angelo Muxaro Cave 73/Santa Ninfa Cave 18/River Fiumefreddo 46/Monte Cammarata 74/Lake Preola and Gorghi Tondi p. 46 19/Cosentini Urban Park p. 27 47/Monte Carcaci p. 37 75/Aegadian Island p. 47 20/Monte Altesina 48/Favara and Granza woods 21/Sambughetti-Campanito 49/Monte San Calogero Roccella Valdemone ■ Francavilla Alcàntara Regional Nature Park or Alcàntara Fluvial Park Mojo di Sic. Motta Alcàntara Fluvial Park Body antara via dei Mulini - 98034 Camastra Francavilla di Sicilia (Messina province) - tel 0942 981209/fax 0942 981038 01AlcàntaraGraniti www.parcoalcantara.it Castiglione [email protected] di Sic. Gaggi A18 Tao Total surface area: 1927,48 hectares Zone A: 897,19 hectares Year of institution: 2001 Linuaglossa Calatabiano 2 Giardini Nax Communes: Calatabiano, Castiglione di Sicilia, Francavilla di Sicilia, Gaggi, Giardini Piedimonte Naxos, Graniti, Malvagna, Mojo Alcàntara, Motta Camastra, Randazzo, Roccella Etneo Valdemone and Taormina Fiumefreddo18 Province: Messina and Catania S.Alfio Giarre Santa19 Venerina 004 PARK 01/ALCANTARA 01 The Alcàntara Park Following the course of the river - It is impossible to choose a single zone, a single ▲ piece of this park that winds along the 50 kilometres of the bed of the river Alcàntara (notice top the stress, on the second “a”, and not on the third one, Alcàntara, which certainly makes the The walls of the gorge in the name more consistent with the Sicilian dialect, but is wrong!) which tell of enormous and Larderia area, characterised by terrifying geological events. Geologists, indeed, say that in prehistory here there already spectacular columnar basalts. flowed a river on a clay bed. On this bed, however, a flow of extremely fluid magma was channelled that provoked the collapse of these sediments, giving rise, today, to the extraordinary colonnades that are admired in the Larderia area, a short distance from Motta Camastra. Getting there is not difficult. Following the motorway that leads to Catania from Messina, you take the exit for Taormina South and, from here, you follow state highway 185, which runs along the side of the valley of the Alcàntara, a sort of canyon that very probably owes its name to that “al Kantar”, arch bridge, built here by the Arabs. Of this bridge, unfortunately only a few ruins are extant. In addition to what has been said, there is a spectacular variety of flora growing along the banks of the river. You meet willows, black alders, poplars and oriental plane trees. For those who love to discover the historical roots of places, inside the territory of the Park there is no lack of museums (and at Motta Camastra a particular botanical garden can be visited), rich in items found in the many archaeological excavations carried out at Francavilla of Sicilia and at Giardini Naxos and Randazzo, following what today is still called “the Greek way.” For the most daring we can also mention the only lava flow cave, in the municipal territory of Motta Camastra, which, although it is not advisable as a route, it is worth going to admire. 006 PARK 01/ALCANTARA ▲ left The river with its cold and vigorous waters has hewn out the high walls of basaltic prisms, forming the gorge. A visit Presence of guides and/or signs: ▲ top Having reached the entry you go down some steps to the river bank. From there you can continue going up the course of the river. The luxuriant greenery of the Park. There are numerous paths and itineraries; for details apply to the managing body. How to get there: Go along the A18 Catania-Messina motorway, leave at the Giardini-South Taormina exit and continue on state highway SS 185 in the direction of the Gaggi-Alcàntara gorges. What to visit: Catiglione di Sicilia - A delightful little medieval village characterized by a castle that dominates the valley of the Alcàntara. A must is the basilica of Santa Maria della Catena. Mojo Alcàntara - In the vicinity of the village there is the volcanic cone of Monte Mojo, which is a particular shape. Park Environmental Education Centre - Piazza del Carmine 5 Castiglione di Sicilia - Tel. 0942 984505 CuriosityThe Alcàntara and its valley were present in the writings of his- torians in antiquity. As long ago as the 5th century BC Thucydides mentioned the waters of the river Achesines, meaning “healthy river”, and its estuary in the environs of Naxos. Under the Arabs the name changed to Al Qantar, i.e. bridge, with reference to a bridge with several arches built by the Romans in the impe- rial age, of which no trace is now extant. Other information Messina Tourist Board - via Calabria is. 301 bis - 98122 Tel. 090 640221 - fax 090 6411047 Emergency: 118 PARK 01/ALCANTARA 007 Alcantara Camastra RANDAZZO Graniti Castiglione 01Alcàntara di Sic. Gaggi A18 ■ Taormina Etna Regional Nature Park Linuaglossa Calatabiano 27 Maletto Giardini Naxos Etna Park Body Piedimonte via del Convento 45 - 95030 Nicolosi (Catania province) Etneo Tel. 095 821111 - fax 095 914738 Fiumefreddo18 Bronte www.parcoetna.it 02 Etna [email protected] S.Alfio Giarre Total surface area: 58.095 hectares Zone A: 19.000 hectares Santa Venerina Year of institution: 1987 Zafferana Etnea 19 Communes: Adrano, Belpasso, Biancavilla, Bronte, Castiglione di Sicilia, ADRANO Giarre, Linguaglossa, Maletto, Mascali, Milo, Nicolosi, Pedara, Piedimonte Biancavilla 16 Etneo, Ragalna, Randazzo, Sant’Alfio, Santa Maria di Licodia, Trecastagni, S.