Free things to do in Alcamo

8 places in Alcamo with free entry or no charge, based on guide listings and map data.

Ranked with the travel guide's picks and well-known places first.

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Basilica di Santa Maria Assunta
Chiesa Madre
Realized during the 14th century and rebuilt in 1669; the portal and the bell tower are the only remains from the original church of the 14th century. It is located in the centre of the town, near piazza Ciullo. The interior contains frescoes by Guglielmo Borremans. In the apse and in the side chapels there are works by Antonello Gagini,
08:30 – 12:30, 16:00 – 19:00free
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Funtanazza
A very old architectonic work which was probably used as a water reservoir, but according to some people it was a thermal plant. It has a rectangular plan with pillars sustaining a barrel vault, similar to the Moorish fountains of the northern coasts in Africa.
free entrance
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Museum of Contemporary Art
MACA
The museum is divided into various sections: you can see the paintings of Turi Simeti, Vito Bongiorno, Gisella Giovenco, the plaster casts of Nicola Rubino and other works.
Closed · opens 9:30 am tomorrowfree entrance
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Museum of Multiethnic Musical Instruments "Fausto Cannone"
There are 202 musical instruments: rebab, sarinda, gansira, swarpeti, bansuri, takita, marambao, vojnica, iakir and many others collected all over the world by the music teacher Fausto Cannone from Alcamo; there are instruments and sounds coming from different peoples: from Thailand to Tibet, from New Guinea to South America, from Polynesia to China, from Australia to Argentina, South Africa and various European countries.
Daily 16:30-19:30Free
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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 tomorrowfree
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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, 15:30-19:30Free
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Centro Ippico Lo Sperone
Restaurant and riding school.
free entrance
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Stadio Comunale Lelio Catella
Football ground, tennis court and athletics track.
free entrance

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