A port city on Sicily's western tip, giving its name to the fortified wine made in its cellars since the eighteenth century.
Garibaldi landed here in 1860, and just offshore the Stagnone salt pans glow pink at sunset around the island of Mozia.
When to visit Marsala
Average highs and lows across the year.
What to see first
Stagnone Salt Pans
Marsala's Phoenician salt lagoons, with working windmills, pink evaporation pools and boats to the island of Mozia.
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