Egadi Islands: Favignana and Levanzo

The Egadi Islands are an Italian archipelago in Sicily. The archipelago has three islands and two islets and is located 7 km from the Trapani coast. The main islands are Favignana, Marettimo and Levanzo. Favignana is the main island of the Egadi archipelago; the island is mainly covered by Mediterranean scrub consisting of shrubs and maritime pines. The town is made up of houses covered with white plaster and blue or green windows. Favignana is above all the sea that surrounds it, a crystalline sea with a deep blue seabed. The coves that characterize the island are: Cala Azzurra, Cala Rossa and Bue Marino, even if they surround beaches and other coves. Cala Azzurra so called for its blue sea is the most popular destination and can be reached either by sea with a boat or by land. Bue Marino is the most popular cove and is named for its particular shape. Cala Rossa is the most particular cove, in 2015 it was voted as the most beautiful beach in Italy. It is so called because of a Romanesque war that is fought in the archipelago and that affects the area, it is said that the water was tinged with red due to the death of many warriors. Absolutely to visit is the factory of the Tonnara di Favignana which has now fallen into disuse. The place is open to the public for guided tours in which videos of the tuna slaughter and historical artifacts are shown. Levanzo is the smallest island of the Egadi islands, it is made up of white limestone rocks that are divided into numerous caves; the inhabited area is made up of houses grouped in the center of the city and a few houses scattered around the island, it has a small marina and has no asphalted roads, this backwardness explains the integrity of the territory. The caves that overlook the coast are important archaeological sites, in fact inside them were found engravings and rock paintings dating back to the Paleolithic. The most important cave is the Genoese cave. Levanzo is above all the sea that surrounds it; a crystalline sea characterized by its coves, the most important from the historical point of view is Cala Minnola where there are the now abyssed remains of a Roman ship.