Location: Castelbuono in Italy
Nearest Airport:
Palermo Punta Raisi at 120
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Nearest Ferry:
Palermo at 90
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Nearest Train:
Castelbuono at 17
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Nearest Motorway:
Palermo-Messina Exit Castelbuono at 15
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Nearest Beach:
beach at 17.0
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Car: not necessary
Castelbuono, a town of 10,000 people, located at 450 m altitude, is the main centre of the Madonie Mountains region. Renaissance buildings witness the historic past. Most famous is the Princes castle, now a museum. Castelbuono is extremely well situated for visits and excursions: drive 17 km and you reach the beaches on the Mediterranean, 5 more km and you are in Cefalu, a splendid sea town, world renown for its architecture and its fine sandy beach. Regular bus services connect the two towns. Traveling west, by car, bus or train a further 60 km and you are in Palermo. An advantage of being at Villa Pontesecco is the vicinity of the mountains with peaks over 1900 m. Nature is at its purest level with oak woods which are 500 years old. It is a paradise for trekking or leisure walking. The whole Madonie Regional Park can be visited by car: a good network of asphalt roads reaches secluded natural sites and small historic towns. Castelbuono and the whole region are a gourmet paradise.