Favignana

A guide to the most beautiful crystal water island..

Favignana is an island of Sicily easily found off a boat or cruise from the Sicilian city of Trapani.

How to get there from Trapani, Sicily:

First you will need to find a ferry company to travel with you can either find them online from http://www.direct ferries.co.uk or other websites such as eng.libertylines.it. These are the most popular well known ferry company but when you arrive to the Trapani port theres many other company’s to easily buy from. When I went there we took the chance and bought a ticket from a different company on the day, its easy to do and we got a good deal but i can’t promise you it will be like that every time.

If you have a while to wait grab a croissant filled with a almond/custard paste not sure exactly what they’re called but there delicious sprinkled with icing sugar and chocolate you can get these right opposite the port just cross the road and theres a range of cafes we went to ciuri ciuri cafe.

Once on the ferry, enjoy the relaxing breeze and the beautiful views of the ocean. The ferry ride was around an hour, bring a book or just enjoy the ride. When you’ve reached the beautiful island of Favignana find the busy shed looking information point and grab a map and hire a bike they are around 10-15 pounds a day but they may change due to tourism so bring more incase. travel through the town and stop off at the public toilets as once your out of the town theres not many toilets. Then check the map and start the ride to beauty.

First go towards the beach called lido Burrone but instead of going onto that busy beach go right and to a more rocky bit but very blue and not as busy there will be a little truck with water there grab one or two for the journey take a quick jump into the ocean and then carry on with the journey and travel to Cala Azzurra (look at the map). This beach is very busy but you will need a stop as its a ride from the last beach you went to its also beautiful and shallow so nice to hangout but very hard to lay down and get a tan as no space. After a 30 -60 minutes relax, jump back on the bikes and travel past the lighthouse to the left and go onto a more footpath type of route where you can ride uncomfortably or get off and walk with the bike (my preferred option) we got lost here as its not was to follow and thought we were going the wrong way as looks very different to the route before.

On this walk or ride you will suddenly see the most amazing turquoise caribbean style water i was in shock from the beauty as never seen such blue water. The water has patches of turquoise water to dark blue water, even though you’ll want to jump in there carry on to the beach called blue marino with will have the same amazing ocean. This beach is mostly big rocks so hard to get into but you can definitely do it if your a confident swimmer as its deep.

Before you carry on to your next beach grab a refreshing lemon drink from the lemon shaped van (if its still there) and enjoy the view with there party music. Then carry on to my favourite beach so far called Cala Rossa this beach is beautiful it has a wide display of overlapping tones of blues with crystal sparkling water. Its another rocky beach to climb down to but easier to get in and walking level so easy to swim for all swimmer types. I was amazed by this beach the water was lovely to swim in and even better to look at. When i went to Favignana the information point showed me the map and said don’t go to these beaches and pointed at Cala Rossa and blue marino because of the wind but we took the risk again and it was perfect as all the tourists had gone to the other beaches and it was the most quiet I’ve ever had to a beautiful beach like that. Stay here for as long as you want or carry on to further beaches these were my two favourite by far but i did not list all the beaches on the island as i was only there for around 4 hours and didn’t have the time.

Once you visit your favourite beaches, go and visit the small but interesting town of Favignana and grab a refreshing drink, snack or treat yourself to an ice cream. after the bicycle ride you may feel exhausted from the constant sun and peddling so its nice to relax and see some of the other beauty of this amazing island. Before you take your ferry home look around the shops and grab a tacky key ring to remember the island or a beautiful postcard of the sea you were lucky enough to swim in and write a sweet message on the ferry home to a family member or a friend to show your holiday in an more old fashioned way, this will also give you something to do on the ride home or you could keep it for yourself as a memory you will never forget. I like this idea as your helping local businesses at the same time.

That is my ultimate guide to the small but beautiful island of Favignana i was not there long so can not tell you the best places to stay but look on air bnb or any hotels but beware as not a big island and not loads of options.

I would love to visit this island again before tourism takes over this sweet island and the 2 surrounding islands called Levanzo and Marettimo.

Hoped this helped ..

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