Guided tour of the Trapani Salt Pans and Salt Museum
1.Guided tour of the Trapani Salt Pans and Salt Museum
Walk Trapani’s working salt pans, taste flavored fleur de sel, and explore a 1400s mill at the family-run Culcasi Salt Museum.
Sicily · MUSEUMS
Top 12 Museum Visits in Sicily
This is the shortlist you would send a friend: 12 museum visits worth the money, each with its price, its traveller verdict and the one thing to know before you commit.
Guided tour of the salt pans of Trapani and the Salt Museum
2.Guided tour of the salt pans of Trapani and the Salt Museum
Explore Trapani’s working salt pans, watch sea water become salt, visit a 15th-century mill, and learn local traditions for $21.77.
“It was very interesting and cool to learn about this process. We got to see all of the steps of production, try some salt, and tour a museum which was very interesting.”
Tile Museum – Majolica Museum – Rooms at the Genius
3.Tile Museum – Majolica Museum – Rooms at the Genius
Explore Palermo’s Stanze al Genio, a private home museum filled with 5,000 majolica tiles, guided in English or Italian.
“Such an outstanding collection that was well explained to us by the owner. It was truly an honour to visit this home. You can go on this tour without staying at this residence - the tour takes about an hour. The guest rooms are also decorated with tiles so anyone staying there would be able to appreciate them. A must do in Palermo!”
Enchanted Castle of Sciacca – Museum Tickets
4.Enchanted Castle of Sciacca – Museum Tickets
Explore Sciacca’s Enchanted Castle, where 3,000 stone and tree sculptures fill a garden. A low-cost, self-guided museum visit in southwest Sicily.
“Balade sympa, originalité et expérience agréable, les horaires de réservation divergent par contre, le reste tout est parfait.,.,”
Syracuse: Museum Guided Tour with Sicilian Puppet show
5.Museum Guided Tour with Sicilian Puppet show
See Syracuse’s Opera dei Pupi, tour its theatre, and watch dramatic Sicilian puppet battles with Roland, dragons, and alligators.
“Eigenlijk was alles leuk, origineel. De gids wist een heleboel de vertellen, de poppen in het museum zijn uniek, het poppentheater geweldig!”
Tecnoparco Archimede Museum Exhibition Ticket
6.Tecnoparco Archimede Museum Exhibition Ticket
See full-scale Archimedes machines in Syracuse, from war engines to water clocks, with English or Italian guidance for $9.
“Houden rekening met de hitte. Zoeken schaduwplekjes op. Erika was zeer enthousiast en gepassioneerd gids.”
Tour and Soap personalization at the Soap Museum in Sciacca
7.Tour and Soap personalization at the Soap Museum in Sciacca
Explore Sciacca’s Casa Museo del Sapone, learn soap-making history, and craft a custom Sicilian soap in a one-hour workshop.
“Great experience! Alessandro is so passionate and entertaining. Very interesting process and histories. Definitely recommend!”
Basic Tour of the Soap Museum in Sciacca
8.Basic Tour of the Soap Museum in Sciacca
Tour Sciacca’s Soap Museum in a restored 19th-century building, with old presses, soap-making history, and Sicilian farm tools.
“Très belle visite, riche d’enseignements, menée par un monsieur très compétent et très agréable.”
Guided tour of the Archaeological Museum of Aidone Morgantina.
9.Guided tour of the Archaeological Museum of Aidone Morgantina.
Explore Morgantina, Aidone’s Venus, and Villa Romana del Casale with guide Zagara Palermo on a focused journey through central Sicily.
“Il sito archeologico di Morgantina è stata una piacevole sorpresa molto interessante, da sicilaino, scoprire le bellezze e la storia di questa parte della Sicilia. La guida, Zagara, molto professionale e coinvolgente nella descrizione della storia risalente al 6° - 3° sec. A.C.. Viva il turismo di prossimità.”
Messina Regional museum and historical city center
10.Messina Regional museum and historical city center
Explore Messina’s cathedral, Astronomical Clock, churches, and Regional Museum on a private four-hour shore excursion with port transfers.
“Our tour guide was Chiara. She was fantastic. She explained the art with so much passion. She was very accommodating of what we wanted to do with the extra time we had and made some recommendations of other things to see and do.”
Corleone Museum of Mafia and Piana degli Albanesi Village
11.Corleone Museum of Mafia and Piana degli Albanesi Village
Visit Corleone’s Mafia and Anti-Mafia Museum, then explore Piana degli Albanesi, its lake, and a famous Sicilian cannolo.
“Rating: 3/5 ONLY due to the price tag of this tour. The price tag of $255 is WAY too much for what you get, which is a tour of the Mafia Museum (which you have to buy your own ticket - it was very inexpensive (< $10 per person) - and this tour cRead more”
Visit to the Museum and show of Sicilian puppets in Syracuse
12.Visit to the Museum and show of Sicilian puppets in Syracuse
Meet Syracuse’s Vaccaro brothers, handle Sicilian puppets, tour a small museum, and watch an Italian Opera dei Pupi show.
“Très joli théâtre, nous sommes arrivées en retard, donc je ne peux rien dire sur le musée, mais le spectacle est prenant, même s'il était en italien. Très original . Les marionnettes sont extraordinaires et les manipulateurs aussi.”