Ici, m\u00eame soleil qu’\u00e0 Cefalu, mais avec le vent de Brest, impossible de rester bien longtemps \u00e0 regarder les bateaux!<\/p>\n
Here, the sun welcomes us like in Cefalu, but the wind too and it is impossible to stand by and watch the boats for long. We are reminded it is\u00a0February\u00a0after all.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n Reaching\u00a0Erice is not as easy as it looks: one bus every 1h30 in low season. After going to the tourist office, we decided to rent a car. We reached the city in half an hour (instead of one hour by bus) by driving through the mountain’s small roads. But it was all worth it when we finally arrived, because we had the perfect overlook on the valley under, always pleasant, even if the weather was a bit foggy and still windy.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n The cobblestone roads were beautiful and the buildings amazing althugh everything was closed (castle, churches). The parking is free at that time of the \u00a0year but you have to pay between june and september. We also noticed a mountain bike trail for future summer vacations. Although it’s nice, i found the village a little bit isolated to stay there more than a week-end, because if you didn’t come with your car, you are stuck inside and depend on the bus that comes every one hour and a half (better not miss it!). By car, it’s still 30 min away from the nearest city. But on thursday, it’s party time as it’s the opening day of the castle’s nightclub!<\/span><\/p>\n Going\u00a0back to Trapani was more difficult than on the way to Erice: we decided to check the salt flats out , the problem was to reach the right street without a GPS. Indeed, on the map it looked simple, but all the streets were one-way streets and we couldn’t turn. We had the same issue to bring the rental back and finally had to call the man, who came, dropped us at the bus stop and drove the car back through the intricate road system.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n In one word, i don’t see myself driving again in a city like that!\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Aujourd’hui, c’\u00e9tait destination Trapani avec une escale \u00e0 Erice, un village m\u00e9di\u00e9val accessible en funiculaire ou en voiture. Arriv\u00e9s \u00e0 la gare, surprise: il faut 5 heures au train pour relier Palerme \u00e0 Trapani. En bus, 2 heures….. 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\nPour se rendre \u00e0 Erice, c’\u00e9tait de nouveau le casse-t\u00eate Chinois car seul un bus navette s’y rendait, d\u00e9part toutes les 1h30 \u00e0 peu pr\u00e8s. Apr\u00e8s \u00eatre pass\u00e9s \u00e0 l’office du tourisme, nous avons donc d\u00e9cid\u00e9 de louer une voiture. Il nous faut ensuite tr\u00e8s facile de relier Erice en une demie-heure ( au lieu d’environ une heure par bus) en serpentant dans la montagne. Finalement arriv\u00e9s en haut, nous avons profit\u00e9 d’une vue panoramique sur la vall\u00e9e, toujours agr\u00e9able, malgr\u00e9 le brouillard et le vent toujours pr\u00e9sent.<\/p>\n![\"IMG_1074\"](\"https:\/\/travelingaddress.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/02\/img_1074.jpg?resize=780%2C392\")
Les routes en vieilles pierres sont magnifiques et les constructions majestueuses (muraille, ch\u00e2teau, \u00e9glises), mais tout \u00e9tait ferm\u00e9. Le parking \u00e9tait gratuit \u00e0 cette p\u00e9riode mais est payant entre juin et septembre . Nous avons aussi rep\u00e9r\u00e9 un chemin de v\u00e9lo tout terrain pour l’\u00e9t\u00e9. N\u00e9anmoins, je trouve le village un peu isol\u00e9 pour y s\u00e9journer plus d’un week-end, car sans voiture, on d\u00e9pend totalement des bus qui ne passent vraiment pas souvent. Par contre le jeudi, c’est f\u00eate, car c’est le jour d’ouverture de la bo\u00eete de nuit du chateau !<\/p>\n![\"IMG_1076\"](\"https:\/\/travelingaddress.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/02\/img_1076.jpg?resize=780%2C585\")
\nLe retour a \u00e9t\u00e9 plus chaotique: nous avons voulu nous rendre aux Salines ( marais salants de Trapani) en redescendant la montagne sauf que pratiquement toutes les rues de la ville, \u00e0 part l’art\u00e8re principale, sont en sens unique. Nous avons finalement pu en voir une et son moulin, mais pour rendre la voiture au loueur, ce fut une autre affaire!<\/p>\n![\"IMG_1079\"](\"https:\/\/travelingaddress.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/02\/img_1079.jpg?resize=780%2C1040\")
Finalement, nous avons d\u00fb l’appeler car nous n’arrivions pas \u00e0 trouver une rue qui ne soit pas en sens interdit pour rentrer. Je recommande vraiment ce loueur car non seulement, il est venu nous chercher pour ramener la voiture, mais il nous a d\u00e9pos\u00e9 devant le car qui nous ram\u00e8nerait \u00e0 Palerme pour que nous ne le rations pas. Une belle rencontre donc, mais je ne pense pas reconduire un jour \u00e0 Trapani!<\/p>\n