Exploring Favignana

Did you have a good weekend? I hope so!

We ended up only doing one of our boat adventures this weekend. We were going to take a catamaran boat out of San Vito Lo Capo Friday night. It was a 2 hour ride from 7:30 - 9:30pm to watch the sunset on the Mediterranean. It was cancelled due to wind. We tried the same thing last weekend and that was cancelled because of wind also so........

Sunday morning we got up early and caught the 7:05am boat out to Favignana Island. It's one of the 3 Egadi Islands we see from Marsala. The water was a little rough on the way out but the return trip was smooth.

We rented a car and toured a good part of the island. There are tufa (stone) quarries all over the island. One of the nicest ones is grouped by Cala Rossa. Cala Rossa, a rocky bay, gets it's name from all the blood that was in the water in that area during the Punic Wars.
We had fun climbing around and exploring. The water was so blue and clear.

The church in the town was very pretty. The walls were painted a soft yellow with white trim. It's not a big town but we walked around and then wandered down by the marina. I love looking at the little fishing boats. They're painted in such cheery colors.

The weather here has been wonderful. A few days have been sticky humid but then it's been broken up by cooler less humid days. We haven't been running the AC the last couple days. There's such a nice breeze that comes through our patio doors.

Thursday is supposed to get HOT. Friday even HOTTER. High 90's. I'm used to 100* or more in Utah but it's a very dry heat.

Well, I'm off to pack some more. We have a little over a week left here in Sicily.

Have a good week! Be adventureous....go see something you haven't seen before....try something new!