View towards the 5 km long cliff

of the Scogliera di Salinella

The blue sea, the Scogliera di Salinella and in the background the Monte Monaco

The sectors Parco Giochi and Grotta del Cavallo in the northern part of the Salinella

Though the development of sport climbing in San Vito lo Capo seems just to be in its beginning, the area in the north-west of Sicily acquired already a reputation to be one of the most important European sun-rock destinations.

2009 the area was introduced for the first time in a climbing magazine. Still in the same year the first San Vito-climbing festival took place which was repeated in 2010 and became already in its second year an important international event with some hundred participants.

The area itself offers at present time more than 500 sport climbing routes as well as numerous multi-pitch climbs, some of them in trad stile, some protected well like sport climbing routes.

Thanks to the moderate climate - during Christmas time the average temperatures are still around 14-18°C - the area is perfectly suited for the cooler season and is probably one of the rare real European winter destinations of a certain importance.

Together with the excellent air-connections and cheap flights to both nearby airports Birgi-Trapani and Palermo and furthermore the excellently situated campsite "El Bahira" at the base of the 5 km long cliff "Scogliera di Salinella" (even offering special prices for climbers) San Vito is very close to be the paradise for climbers.

The fact that a big part of the climbing area as well as the camping are lying in close vicinity to the beach and that the infrastructure of the small town San Vito (beach, supermarket, bakery, hotels, B & B, holiday flats, etc) offers all you can imagine for a perfect holiday is simply the icing on the cake.

Here a short summary of the most important facts:

• Comfortable temperatures also in winter (many south/west facing sectors)
• Close vicinity to the beach, the area lies directly at the sea
• Very short approach times: Almost all crags can be reached in 1-5 minutes.
  
• The campsite El Bahira lies directly at the coast amd below the biggest cliff. The first sectors are only a few steps from the campsite area.
  
• Excellent connections and cheap flights to Birgi-Trapani or Palermo from all over Europe
  
• 500 very well bolted sport climbing routes currently from 2 to 8b+ and numerous multi-pitch routes up to 400 m

Air connections: The airline Ryanair operates cheap flights to Birgi-Trapani. Be careful when comparing prices of chap airlines, often you have to pay extra for your luggage! Extremely chap flights are operated from Milano to Palermo, amongst others there are also direct flights operated by Lufthansa. From Munich, Stuttgart and other international airports the airline Air Berlin is also a good option!

Topo:

End of March 2011 the 1^st edition of the guidebook "Sicily-Rock" was published by the GEBRO Verlag publishing house.

The book introduces detailed the area San Vito lo Capo/Castelluzzo/Custonaci and describes

the climbing with big-sized, clear photo-topos and many action-photos.

In the book you will also find useful info and weblinks for planning your holiday. (Note: 2024 the 9^th edition of the guidebook "Sicily-Rock" was published)

More info to Sicily at blocheart.de

Route statistics

Distribution of difficulties of the sport climbing routes in the different areas

The fabulous sector Grotta di Cala Mancina

The route "Dreamworld" (8a+/b)

Perfect meditarranean scenery at Parco Giochi