Scopello

Scopello is a city in Trapani Province. Scopello is a small and characteristic maritime village in Trapani Province and is a hamlet of Castellammare del Golfo. The surrounding area contains pretty little farms and the Nature Reserve dello Zingaro is at a few kilometres.

Understand
Its inhabitants, like most Sicilian people, are very friendly and love good cuisine. The best specialities are based on fish.

Get in
Five daily buses leaving from Castellammare del Golfo bus station which can be reached from Trapani or Scopello.

By plane

 * Palermo Punta Raisi “Falcone e Borsellino” airport at about 60 km. Phone +39 091 591414,+39 091 591400
 * Trapani Birgi “Vincenzo Florio” airport at about 50 km. Phone +39 0923 841130, +39 0923 842502

By car

 * Palermo-Mazara del Vallo (A29) Motorway: junction for Castellammare del Golfo
 * S.S. 187 (National Road) both from Palermo and Trapani.

By train
From Palermo Railway Station (Stazione Centrale) you get the train for Trapani, as far as Castellammare del Golfo station, at about 3 km from the town centre; you can go to Scopello by a bus or taxi from there. Linea Palermo- Trapani. Ferrovie dello Stato (Italian Railways service): Call Center 892021, Castellammare station +39 0924 597240

Get around
If you arrive through the A29 Motorway Palermo-Mazara del Vallo, you must go out at the junction of Castellammare del Golfo and then enter the National Road (S.S.) 187 towards Trapani. After 5 km you must enter the junction for Scopello. Soon after Guidaloca you cross two small bridges and go on the road, after you pass the bends, turn right for the straight stretch leading to Scopello and to the Nature Reserve. If you are there to explore the park and town, both are easily seen on foot. There is a car rental place as you enter the town. Although it is not possible to rent bikes in Scopello, if you had your own that would be a perfect way to see the area

Buy
Handmade ceramics in the gift shop by the town fountain sold by a very friendly man named Dino, across the street his brother sells honey, fruits and olive oil from his farm. There is a grocery store in town that is open during the summer, and 1.5 km east of Scopello there is a market open all year round.

Connect
You can see Post offices an Internet points on the page of Castellammare del Golfo

Stay safe
You can look for these services at the page of Castellammare del Golfo.

Go next

 * Castellammare del Golfo
 * Alcamo
 * Calatafimi Segesta
 * Trapani and Erice

Excursions

 * Nature Reserve lo Zingaro
 * San Vito lo Capo
 * Selinunte
 * Egadi Islands
 * Marsala and Mozia
 * Palermo and Monreale