Things to do with kids in Alcamo

Things to do with kids in Alcamo

1. See

   Church of the Holy Family.

   Chiesa della Sacra Famiglia

   The church has a single navy with three altars: the high altar (in white marble and adorned by red stucco columns) and two side altars, in polychromatic marble, realized and inaugurated in 1937. Until 1952 on the high altar there was a painting made by Giuseppe Renda, now in the sacristy, substituted by a wooden statue of the Holy Family, realized by the firm Luigi Santifaller.

2. Do

   Feast of Patrocinio

   In honour of the Holy Family (procession and lunch with the living Holy Family).

   Third Sun after Easter

3. See

   Palazzo Fraccia

   In baroque style, it was built about the year 1700. Above the balcony, there is the family coat of arms: an injured heart surmounted by a crown.

4. See

   Parco Suburbano San Francesco

   The park is managed by the Association "Laurus" of Alcamo. Thanks to its volunteers, this green lung with hundreds of plants of the Mediterranean flora, gives the chance to children and adults to relax in the middle of its green. Inside there are a children's playground and a small zoo farm.

   Closed · opens 9:30 am tomorrow·free

5. See

   Pia Opera Pastore

   Designed by the architect Giovan Battista Palazzotto in 1872, the building is in a neoclassical style, with triangular windows. On the main door, there is the family coat of arms represented with a sheperd's crook, three stars and a tower.

6. See

   The Castle of the Counts of Modica

   Probably built in the 14th or 15th century by the Peralta family, and then completed by the feudatories Enrico and Federico Chiaromonte. In 1535, the emperor Charles V lodged here. It was a possession of the Cabreras and then of the Counts of Modica, until 1812. Later, during the Italian Kingdom and until 1960, it was used as a prison. It has a rhomboidal shape, with four towers: two quadrangular ones at the corners and the other two are connected by curtains and are cylindrical. In each tower there was a torture room for prisoners, the rooms for sentinels and for passing guest sovereigns. One of the particular characteristics of the castle is given by the thick walls which bound it and defended from enemies' attacks in old times.

   Wed-Sun 09:00-13:00, 15:30-19:30·Free

7. Eat

   Via Vivaldi

   Restaurant and pizzeria. There is a children's area where they can play.

8. See

   Villa Luisa

   Built in 1903, it is an elegant villa probably in Liberty style; it took the name of his owner’s wife, Stefano Chiarelli Peria. It is very similar to Villa Paino in Palermo, also belonging to the family Chiarelli Rossotti, and whose plan is assigned to the engineer Francesco Naselli of Ernesto Basile school.The mansion has been used as a dance hall and for wedding parties in the 1970s, then as a nursery school in the 1980s. Today, after the restoration made in 1980, it has become a refined household.

Listings from the Wikivoyage guide to Alcamo (CC BY-SA 4.0).