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SCALA DEI TURCHI

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A 13km d'Agrigente, Porto Empedocle, Italy
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One of the 7 wonders of Sicily with white chalk cliffs.

One of the seven wonders of Sicily! You won't be the only one to discover the site, unless you come very early or at the end of the day, without the horde of tourists, especially in summer. It is a geological feature of great beauty. Here, the sea and erosion have laminated the chalk cliffs into a bright white staircase. The contrast between the turquoise of the sea and the whiteness of the rock is striking. It's a real paradise, as the locals say, who regularly go there for family picnics or mud mask sessions that can be found on site. For the record, its name dates back to the Saracen pirates they called the Turks (but who were actually Arabs). They had found here a shelter from the wind and a boarding place.

To get there, you have to go down the stairs of the Lido restaurant that will take you to the beach. Don't venture down other paths, you could suddenly find yourself perched a hundred meters high on the sea. For a swim, the more adventurous can climb the Scala dei Turchi and go back down to the other side, because the beautiful sandy beach you arrive at is lined with rocks that make swimming difficult. But beware, it's slippery!

Clever tip: another small beach 10 minutes away from this one also has chalk cliffs, but it is much less frequented by tourists : Punta Bianca. The access by car is rather tortuous but it is just as beautiful and much quieter.


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Lapoune
Visited in october 2018
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Très belle vue
Impression de voir de la neige sur la mer.
C'est magnifique.
C'est très beau à voir du haut de la falaise qu'en bas sur la plage.
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Aurebo
Visited in september 2016
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magnifique site tres peu de monde et la plage de calcaire est immense. tres bon moment
emiliep
Visited in september 2016
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Que dire ?!!!?! Tout simplement magique !! Stationner son véhicule le long de la route, descendre et marcher une bonne dizaine de minutes et tomber nez à nez avec cette "Échelle". Magnifiquement splendide !! de grandes falaises blanches où le soleil se reflète... Vous aurez le choix entre faire bronzette sur ces falaises ou sur les petites plages avoisinantes. Un conseil : n'y allez pas en plein après-midi, il y a trop de monde et vous ne pourrez pas en profiter pleinement. L'idéal est de s'y rendre en fin d'après-midi et d'admirer le coucher du soleil. Soyez prudents et profitez !!!!
Akawoke
Visited in june 2016
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Endroit hors du commun, une dune d'argile blanche qui surplombe l'eau turquoise. Sublime.
steph.fe
Visited in april 2016
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Strange white limestone cliffs
you can climb's even to sit and's to lie in the sun There are basins dug
A landscape not very ordinary C is really very nice and as for the valley of the temples and agrigente

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