A treasure to visit.
The ancient Akèste is a treasure to visit and to live in a spring day, when you can smell of wild fennel and where you can immerse yourself in the history of an ancient city, that was never a real Greek colony, but it was disputed by Athens, Carthage and Selinus and, also, when you remain fascinated by a huge natural setting of a unique beauty. The temple suddenly appears and it excites you with its 2500 years, its majesty is isolated on a hill and it seems to say: “here I am”. From the top of another hill, The theatre lives of classical and contemporary shows during the summer season: a cavea it’s a window on a wonderful Mount Inici and Castellammare del Golfo’s view. You can reach the theatre on foot, you can admire the ruins of a town founded by the Elimi, according to the tradition, people of Trojan origin.
Grab your camera as it’s an unique pleasure have fun of an ancient and sunny past: it takes only 20 minutes from Trapani and 45 min from Palermo.