Location: Erice
Top Things to do in Erice
10 Churches & Cathedrals in Erice That You Shouldn't Miss
Erice (Italian pronunciation: [ˈɛːritʃe]; Sicilian: Èrici ) is a historic town and comune in the province of Trapani in Sicily, Italy.
Restaurants in Erice
1. Chiesa Parrocchiale Nostra Signora Di Fatima
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5.0 based on 1 reviews
2. Matrice Church
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4.5 based on 99 reviews
Reviewed By SallyF906 - Northampton, United Kingdom
Build in the local stone in C14th, the duomo looks quite plain from the outside but it is beautiful inside - it's situated very near to Porta Trapani. The lace-patterned ceiling is most unusual and quite stunning and there is a lovely rose window. You have to pay to enter but you can get a combined ticket that allows you entry to the next-door tower and several other churches which is good value.
3. Santuario Sant'Anna
4. Chiesa e Convento dei Cappuccini
5. Casa Santa San Francesco di Sales
6. Chiesa di San Giuliano
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4.0 based on 105 reviews
Reviewed By OLDGIT71 - Horsham, United Kingdom
A very interesting and quite extensive hilltop village; my advice is not to take the main street with all the other tourists but to go left and wander up the deserted places where you can see how people still manage to live in this medieval site. There are plenty of restaurants and a lot of souvenir outlets; some of the latter sell quite attractive wooden items in amongst the usual tat. Being on a hilltop there are good views to be had inland and to the sea, especially from the church terrace. The Chiesa DI San Giuliano is on the main drag and cannot be missed. One of many churches in Erice so you will only have time to look in one or two, this was rather plain (but still complete and would have cost the poor villagers a bomb to build and maintain) by Sicilian standards.
7. Chiesa di Sant'Orsola
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4.0 based on 17 reviews
Reviewed By SallyF906 - Northampton, United Kingdom
This C15th church, also known as Our Lady of Sorrows) is near to Porta Spada where there is a small car park. You enter at the side of the church but you can enter the courtyard which is in front of the church but is walled off. Off the main tourist track so it was empty and peaceful. Lovely frescoes and statues - well worth a visit if you like old churches.
8. Chiesa San Cataldo
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4.0 based on 15 reviews
Reviewed By SallyF906 - Northampton, United Kingdom
You might just think 'another church' as there are so many in Erice but this one is well worth seeking out for the opportunity to visit the church that is accessed via it - Casa Santa San Francesco di Sales which has the most amazing frescoes on the walls and ceiling. The current church was built in C18th on the site of a Norman church dedicated to the Irish bishop, San Cataldo.
9. Chiesa di San Francesco
10. Chiesa di San Pietro
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