I am very grateful for this visit to the salt ponds. It is amazing to me that something like this has been going on for centuries! The Museo is simple but they clearly portray the process of making the salt. It was also interesting to see the flamingos and learn the gain their pink color from eating all the shrimp in the ponds!
We stopped in Trapani on a cruise, I'm afraid I wasn't over impressed with the town, shops were closed, (Crazy with a cruise ship being in) the one restaurant we went to wasn't exactly friendly. We stumble on a tour to the Salt Museum, and did find it interesting, Two euros and fifty entry, Very informative guide, interesting history
Almost all of you, more or less, eat some salt every day, right? So how important do you think it is knowing a little bit about it, how salt is made, what does it really contains and what you actually put into your body? And how interesting is it to get something of the story of how they produce it, in a way that takes you back to the Phoenician, and most of all the facinating story of a Sicilian family which still owns the "salina" and runs this museum? The visit is about 20-30 minutes, really cheap and quite surprising. I don't know how that guy can tell it in English, but the Italian edition is really lot of fun. Take you children with you. After that take a walk along the salt pools.
This is an interesting museum just outside of Trapani. The area is known for its salt production and there is evidence of this all around the place. The museum itself is in a building attached to an old windmill. There are many windmills in the area that were used in the production or harvesting or whatever it is you do to get salt. I'm not sure however if they're still used for this purpose since I didn't see one in operation.The museum basically takes you through the history of the salt trade. The young man spoke some English too so we didn't feel that we missed out on anything. At the end of the tour we went up to the roof and took some nice photos, then walked around the area a bit. Nice visit.
This museum is very interesting as it doesn't only offer information about traditional salt production in sicily but it offers an in site in sicilian culture. The museum is quite small however it's still value for money as the entrance is quite cheap and the tour is very interesting. We took the tour in italian and the tour guide explains everything with great passion. I would recommend the tour and wouldn't mind returning myself especially if they would make available some short clips from the past.
Great tour of salt-making really interesting. Very nice restaurant as well. Beautiful spot to sit and relax.
This tour is only worth seeing if you are absolutely interested in learning how sea salt is made. The Museum tour guide is very informative and knowledgeable.
A dinger of a place to find, you need to go to the website for directions, but a cool place, essentially an old windmill....but who doesn't love windmills. Museum is nice too.
Loved it. Really fascinating--as was the whole area. Only went to pass some spare time, but came away very glad I'd done so. Very informative guides, and makes you see the whole area between Nubia and Trapani in a different light. Would highly recommend it.
The place is quite small but the drive and scenery is worth a visit. Also, the host doing the mini tour at the premises was very good at his job. Keeps you interested the whole time. The museum also has a trattoria which we did not manage to try but the plates I saw on the tables seemed to be very appetizing. Worth a visit.