Location: Sciacca
Top Things to do in Sciacca
9 Specialty Museums in Sciacca That You Shouldn't Miss
Sciacca (Italian: [ˈʃakka]; Greek: Θέρμαι; Latin: Thermae Selinuntinae, Thermae Selinuntiae, Thermae, Aquae Labrodes and Aquae Labodes), is a town and comune in the province of Agrigento on the southwestern coast of Sicily, southern Italy. It has views of the Mediterranean Sea.
Restaurants in Sciacca
1. Nocito Gioielli
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5.0 based on 5 reviews
Nocito is an ancient name in Sciacca. Four generations of love for beauty have given life to a goldsmith specializing in refined jewellery created with the secret artwork of ancient sicilian, master goldsmiths. In Nocito's showroom, you can visit the exhibit "History of Sciacca's coral" to see ancient prints and coral artifacts.
2. Museo del Giocattolo Sciacca
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5.0 based on 197 reviews
3. Casa Museo del Sapone
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5.0 based on 136 reviews
A soap museum dedicated to the history and science of soap. The museum is an old, restored 19th century building with high ceilings and original stonework. On display, are two old presses and other agricultural tools, typical of South West Sicily. The inspiration to open a soap museum, comes from our experience in making and producing soap and natural cosmetics. We would like to share our passion and knowledge about the history, science and technicalities of soap making, to eveyone interested in learning more about this essential product, which started to be produced in 2800 B.C. All the visits to the museum are guided tours, and at the end of your visit you will have the chance to try our products. We are open ONLY with a reservation, and you may book a tour online or by calling us.
4. Museo del Carnevale di Sciacca
5. Il Castello Incantato
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4.0 based on 553 reviews
In the western side of Sicily, at the slopes of Mount Kronio, not far from Sciacca, there is the “Enchanted Castle”, that is a wonderful place invented by the creativity of man and nature where, besides olives and almond trees, you can find heads engraved in stone by Filippo Bentivegna, called “Philip of the heads”, a real artist endowed by an excellent creativity, one of the greatest exponents of “art brut” or “outside art”.
6. Casa Museo Scaglione
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4.0 based on 36 reviews
The House-Museum ”Francesco Scaglione” is a unique istance of an eighteenth century “re-enactment museum”. It is a good example of the illuminated collecting which was flowering all over Europe in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, thanks to the contribution of rich individuals.. The building is next to the cathedral in the old town centre, the same place where the church of Santo Stefano used to stand before it was demolished in the sixteenth century. On the first floor, the largest of the communal rooms looks out on a small garden, while the private rooms offer a good view of the square.
7. Antiquarium di Monte Cronio
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3.5 based on 11 reviews
8. Museo del Mare
9. Museo Nocito del Corallo di Sciacca
In the center of Sciacca, on the second floor of Palazzo Nocito you can admire the Museum Nocito of Sciacca coral. Ancient jewels, prints and descriptions of those extraordinary events that took place in the mid-nineteenth century and that forever changed the history of coral
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