The Dwarf Palm is the symbol of this National Natural Park. To describe its seven kilometres of uncontaminated coast is impossible: the small bays paved from candid pebbles that the waves roll in the sea and the tones of the green must be seen to appreciate. You can enter to the Park from San Vito Lo Capo or from Scopello. The Park can be visited only on foot, nothing should trouble the birds and the endemic fauna. The Park is famous for the intense blu of its sea, its “calette” silent protected from cliffs that peak where hawks fly in search of food.

In the middle of the Park there is an archaeological jewel called the Cave of Uzzo, about 60 metres above sea level. It was studied by a French scientist. In the Mesolithic period, about ten thousand years ago, man lived, fished, hunted, and buried and dead. The main part of discoveries consists in fact from burials and funeral furnishings. Bones of animals recovered near the flints confirm the presence in the area of deer and wild horses.

(English extract by “San Vito Lo Capo, Terra di cielo e di mare”, translation by Leo Campo)

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