museo delle saline

alove2015

I am very grateful for this visit to the salt ponds. It is amazing to me that something like this has been going on for centuries! The Museo is simple but they clearly portray the process of making the salt. It was also interesting to see the flamingos and learn the gain their pink color from eating all the shrimp in the ponds!

wimn679

Small museum but very well organised and kept! Beautiful surroundings and nice ride to the place; amazing to see and hear the history about what they had to do and endure to get the salt.We had a private tour by a lovely young guide who was really into telling the story.

meridua

The place is quite small but the drive and scenery is worth a visit. Also, the host doing the mini tour at the premises was very good at his job. Keeps you interested the whole time. The museum also has a trattoria which we did not manage to try but the plates I saw on the tables seemed to be very appetizing. Worth a visit.

V6292TUmichaelg

Great tour of salt-making really interesting. Very nice restaurant as well. Beautiful spot to sit and relax.

Prosecco17

I thought I may be a bit bored here, but quite the opposite. I found it really interesting and have bought several kilos of salt from them as it is so good! Get some every time I am in the area!Costs very little to do the tour so I think it is great value for money. They also have a restaurant attached but I have not had a full meal there so can't comment. I will definitely go and eat there at some point as it is always full of Italians and it does smell good!

soonergooner

This is an interesting museum just outside of Trapani. The area is known for its salt production and there is evidence of this all around the place. The museum itself is in a building attached to an old windmill. There are many windmills in the area that were used in the production or harvesting or whatever it is you do to get salt. I'm not sure however if they're still used for this purpose since I didn't see one in operation.The museum basically takes you through the history of the salt trade. The young man spoke some English too so we didn't feel that we missed out on anything. At the end of the tour we went up to the roof and took some nice photos, then walked around the area a bit. Nice visit.

stewbop

A dinger of a place to find, you need to go to the website for directions, but a cool place, essentially an old windmill....but who doesn't love windmills. Museum is nice too.

729annalisad

This museum is very interesting as it doesn't only offer information about traditional salt production in sicily but it offers an in site in sicilian culture. The museum is quite small however it's still value for money as the entrance is quite cheap and the tour is very interesting. We took the tour in italian and the tour guide explains everything with great passion. I would recommend the tour and wouldn't mind returning myself especially if they would make available some short clips from the past.

gian_o_merz

Almost all of you, more or less, eat some salt every day, right? So how important do you think it is knowing a little bit about it, how salt is made, what does it really contains and what you actually put into your body? And how interesting is it to get something of the story of how they produce it, in a way that takes you back to the Phoenician, and most of all the facinating story of a Sicilian family which still owns the "salina" and runs this museum? The visit is about 20-30 minutes, really cheap and quite surprising. I don't know how that guy can tell it in English, but the Italian edition is really lot of fun. Take you children with you. After that take a walk along the salt pools.

Angelina18_11

This tour is only worth seeing if you are absolutely interested in learning how sea salt is made. The Museum tour guide is very informative and knowledgeable.

lubliner

Inside the old-mill in Nubia there is a really interesting museum describing the history of salt production in Trapani region. The English-speaking guide explained to us every stage of work of saline and even sang a song usually performed by the salt-workers. Thanks to him we got to know how the salines worked, what were the exhibited tools used for and what the history of the word "salary was". In our opinion the museum is must-see in Trapani.

susiewanga

We went on a tour of the museum and had an english speaking guide. It was interesting learning about the history and the process of salt making. It had a Nice looking restaurant but we Did not visit it.

LPEdwards

Loved it. Really fascinating--as was the whole area. Only went to pass some spare time, but came away very glad I'd done so. Very informative guides, and makes you see the whole area between Nubia and Trapani in a different light. Would highly recommend it.

Throast659

We stopped in Trapani on a cruise, I'm afraid I wasn't over impressed with the town, shops were closed, (Crazy with a cruise ship being in) the one restaurant we went to wasn't exactly friendly. We stumble on a tour to the Salt Museum, and did find it interesting, Two euros and fifty entry, Very informative guide, interesting history

pattys136

Salt flats is a wonderful place in Trapani! if you arrive until Sicily you can not miss that!this is a unic natural environment ! the museum is nice like his guide!