TRAVEL AND TOUR PROPOSES:
EXCURSION SEGESTA
Segesta was one of the main cities of the Elymians, a people of peninsular culture and tradition that according to ancient tradition, came from Troy. If you love archeology, but especially if you want to experience the thrill of a jump back in time, do not miss the visit to the Segesta Archaeological Park. The city, strongly Hellenized by appearance and culture, achieved a leading role among the Sicilian centers and in the Mediterranean basin, to the point of involving Athens and Carthage in its secular hostility with Selinunte. Destroyed Selinunte thanks to the Carthaginian intervention in 408 BC, Segesta lived with alternate fortunes the following period, until it was conquered and destroyed by Agatocle of Syracuse in 307 a.c. that imposed the name of Dikai City, City of Justice. Later, after its name, it passed in the course of the first Punic war to the Romans who, by virtue of the common Trojan legendary origin, exempted it from tributes, endowed it with a vast territory and allowed it a new phase of prosperity. Segesta was completely rescheduled on the model of the great micro-Asian cities, taking on a highly scenographic aspect. It has long been assumed that Segesta was abandoned after the vandal raids, but recent investigations have detected a late ancient phase, a large village of Muslim age, followed by a Norman-Swabian settlement, dominated by a castle at the top of Monte Barbaro. Already famous for its two main monuments, the Doric Temple and the Theater, Segesta now has a new season of discoveries, due to scientific excavations aimed at restoring an overall image of the city.
EXCURSION SEGESTA: DEPARTURES FROM TRAPANI € 180.00
EXCURSION FROM SAN VITO LO CAPO TO SEGESTA € 210.00
N.B. The indicated price includes a number from 1 to 3 participants and not per person, are not including meals, tickets where foreseen and any tourist guides. Total duration Excursion about 4 hours. For info and reservations fill out our form with your request or contact us.
