Salemi

For one day in May 1860 Salemi was the capital of Italy: Garibaldi, two days after landing at Marsala, raised the tricolour on the round tower of its Norman-Swabian castle. The town gathers around that castle among vineyards and olive groves, and the tower terrace looks across western Sicily to the sea. March brings the feast of San Giuseppe and its elaborate bread altars.

Highlights

• The Norman-Swabian castle and the view from its round tower
• The Museo della Mafia, in the former Jesuit college
• The feast of San Giuseppe in March, with bread altars and pane votivo
• Guided walks in Bosco Angimbè, a cork oak wood north of town
• Local Nero d'Avola, Grillo and Catarratto wines

Summary based on Wikipedia and Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA), written with AI assistance.