San Vito Lo Capo is located on a prominent promontory in western Sicily, just north of Trapani. It offers beautiful scenery in the form of dramatic mountains and fine beaches. The village is small but charming and the 'main' street is full of restaurants, bars, shops and strolling tourists.
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ShareThe main street in the centre leads directly to the beach and during the day you can see people in the streets of the village wearing swimwear with a thin garment on top. In the evenings people dress up a bit like they do in Italy - nice compared to Sweden!
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Journey to San Vito Lo Capo, Sicily
After leaving the ferry and arriving in Palermo early in the morning, we chose not to stay in the city. We got a tip to stay in the neighbourhood of Palermo, but there was only garbage everywhere so we chose to move on.
Castellammare del Golfo
We passed beautiful places on the way but it is not possible to stop everywhere because then we will never get home... Happy thoughts!
Camping in San vito lo Capo
Right next to the village are several campsites, and we have stayed at one of them. There are also plenty of car parks for motorhomes where you can stay overnight.
Dinner in a restaurant
It's taken a long time to get our fridge up and running after the ferry shutdown (you can't have the gas on) and we don't have too much at home. Yesterday we decided to eat out for once. Eating fish or meat (segundo piatto) in Italy is expensive and rather boring because the single piece of meat/fish is never combined with any good sauces or similar. If you want to complement it with chips and vegetables, it starts to be really expensive.
Pizza ... for the last time in a long time
For the first time in five (!) years we chose to order a pizza. Huah, now it will be five years until the next time again! After just a few bites, there was that heavy swollen feeling in the stomach. The pizza was not very good either: small and thick with lots of cheese and very little of the chosen filling (tuna and onion). No, we don't understand pizza at all!
Sorry, Italy ... In this part of Sicily, perhaps you should try couscous instead. There seems to be plenty of it!
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Marie says:
It should be a criminal offence to serve bad, thick pizza in Italy, shame on them! Yes, Italy is not really a budget country, especially not during this season I guess. The promised land of carbohydrates as well...gnocchi with cream sauce and truffles...yum!
28 July 2015 - 12:09
BP says:
Can't help but sigh and agree here. The worst pizzas I have eaten were in Italy, the country of origin of the pizza. I knew that it is very expensive there. However, I liked their incredibly large Fliorentina steaks with salad and bread. But you can't eat that every day either.
I hope you find a good supermarket so you can stock up on something tasty.
PS. Since you have a motorhome and are camping, I can recommend the horror novel "Himmelstrand" by John Ajvide Lindqvist. Peter will love it... I think. It's totally awesome. DS.
28 July 2015 - 12:55
Anonymous says:
"half-cold revived spaghetti with weird little pieces of squid" and now a totally failed pizza. In Italy. Can they really play football there or........
Get a grip Italy!
28 July 2015 - 14:38
Monica says:
It is a mixed picture you give. It agrees with our limited experience in Italy. Clutter, busy traffic, neutral or blase treatment from service staff (compared to our polite and service-minded Provence) and above all the strange thing you describe: no good pizza. We eat it a little more often than you, both in Sweden and in France and find that French pizzas are very good. Thin, with just the right amount of cheese and with rich and creative fillings. If you leave the majority of the pizza base and edges as I do, which is gluten-sensitive, you will be clearly satisfied with the rest. The other day I had one with tomato, mushrooms, onion, garlic, ham, three types of cheese, basil and an egg. Not bad food at all for 9 euros.
Hope you can stock up on something sensible in the future, we did a raid yesterday and since it's raining in Brittany, today will be the big cooking day with mashed cauliflower, boiled potatoes, boiled eggs, guacamole, onions and tomst salad, kind of everything that is then easy and simple to combine with cheese, ham, sausage, fish and just pick out. We probably eat out than you but not as expensive and we are not out for a whole year either like you. How long do you plan to be in Italy?
28 July 2015 - 15:15
Åsa says:
Oh, you must have had bad luck with the pizza! At least I have eaten heavenly pizzas in Italy!
28 July 2015 - 16:52
Anonymous says:
I thought I had already left this comment, but I guess I hadn't.
First "half-cold revived spaghetti with little weird pieces of squid" and now a totally failed pizza. In Italy. I wonder if they can play football there or...................
Get a grip Italy!
28 July 2015 - 18:07
Mr Steve says:
I thought I had already left this comment, but I guess I hadn't.
First "half-cold revived spaghetti with little weird pieces of squid" and now a totally failed pizza. In Italy. I wonder if they can play football there or...................
Get a grip Italy!
28 July 2015 - 18:08
Matts Torebring says:
Pizza in the land of the pizza makers and it wasn't good, it was strange. However, there can be ten pizza makers in a village, but only one is a good pizza maker. We ate thin, delicious pizzas in France, five times in four weeks. I love pizza, but not Birgitta, but the French pizzas, even Birgitta liked.
28 July 2015 - 19:03
admin says:
Marie, yes haha, right? I don't think I've even tasted truffles, sounds interesting!
BP, isn't it funny how you can't get good pizza here? When it comes to John Ajvide Lindqvist, it's me who reads him, not Peter. We always read differently, haha. I have read EVERYTHING by him - love! 🙂
Monica, we can stay for up to four weeks in Sicily, but maybe it will be shorter. Peter wanted to try kite-surfing here, but it may not be possible with his bad knee.... Yes, we may give a mixed picture. We both like and dislike Italy. So far we like Sardinia and Lake Garda best. We have also eaten a lot of pick today - much better than the pizza yesterday! 😉
Åsa, is it true? Where did you find them? We have eaten pizza once before in Italy and then we got pizza with tinned spinach. Disappointed that time too...
Steve, you wrote the first comments as anonymous. Then I have to approve them first. Yes, one wonders!!!?
Matts, I don't try pizza very often, but when I do, I am usually disappointed 🙁 .
28 July 2015 - 21:26
Alexandra says:
Here in Naples you will find delicious pizzas. 😉 This is where the pizza really comes from and here it is actually different from the ones we have eaten in other places in Italy. Very thin and baked in really high heat for just a few minutes.
To answer what I do not really like in Italy is that it feels quite dirty, both Rome and Naples and then everything feels so messy. But at the same time, it is the mess that makes it all charming. But you get a little dull as well.... 🙂
28 July 2015 - 21:44
admin says:
Alexandra, the pizzas you describe definitely sound better! Maybe Naples is the place to eat them? I can understand what you mean by dirty and messy. Yes, it can be charming, but also stressful. Here in Sicily the rubbish management is bad, which is sad. But Trapani was a nice town!
28 July 2015 - 22:12