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Marsala is a city in Sicily.

Culture and History

Marsala is a city located on one of the three "vertices" of Sicily, the one on the western side. It is also named "Capo Boeo" or "Capo Lilibeo". Currently (2008), it has about 80.000 inhabitants. It was founded by the Carthaginians and named Lilybeo. Conquered by the Romans during the First Punic War. During the Arabic dominion it was named Marsala (probably after Marsa Allah, port of God).

Marsala is home of the famous Marsala wine, used as dessert and in many recipes (for example, Chicken Marsala).

In 1860, Giuseppe Garibaldi, heading the "Expedition of the Thousand", landed in Marsala, where he began the conquer of the Reign of two Sicilies. This is considered the start of the unification of Italy.

For more historical information, visit the Marsala web page on Wikipedia.

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Flights and airtickets to Marsala

The airport of Trapani - Birgi (code TPS) is only 20 Km away from Marsala. There are every day flights from/to Milan and Rome. The low-cost company Ryan Air provides flights from/to many important european cities. It is possible to rent a car at the airport. For further information, see www.areoportotrapani.com.

By train

From Palermo, there are a few local trains everyday. The trip takes approximately is 3h 10 minutes. For further information, visit Ferrovie dello Stato.

By car

Marsala can be reached by car through the A29 highway from Palermo. It is only about 150Km from Palermo, so it should be possible to reach Marsala in little more than one hour. The A29 is a free-toll highway. Please, take notice that there are no gas stations on the highway itself. However, it is possible to find some gas stations right at some of the main exits.

Buses to Marsala

From Palermo, the Autoservizi Salemi provides many convenient buses.

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This page was last edited by Giuseppe Lipari. Based on work by Bill Johnson and Anonymous user(s) of Wikitravel. - Content on this page is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 1.0 license

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