Salsa Tower, remains a wild, elusive, fascinating soul. Here is a perfect place for a hike. It is a long beach, located between the municipalities of Montallegro e SiculianaIt is not easy to reach, but it gives great satisfaction to those who have the patience to reach it.
Torre Salsa is an expanse of sand, departs, which stands out against the white of the marl and the blue of the sky e sea. What will happen to you will be to know one of the pearls of the Agrigento coast less known. Don't say: “it feels like being in the Maldives” or the Antilles. In Torre Salsa it seems to be right where you are "in Sicily". Torre Salsa is one Sicilian beach for true connoisseurs, candid, as far as the eye can see, secluded, which meets the Mediterranean scrub.
Torre Salsa a beach to be explored on foot
You're good walkers and you want some great calves? From Torre Salsa you reach Bovo Marina.
This beach is only open to sincere nature lovers. People who really want to meet you. If you meet a flock of Herons resting on the shore, like wings of a crowd, they will be ready to take off as you pass. In Torre Salsa there are small coves, bays, which resemble personal swimming pools, where you can swim placidly and observe the sea gulls and egrets, which furrow the blue sky. You can find chalk cliffs and layers of clay. Because the clay from this reserve, they say, has cosmetic properties. In fact, it may happen to meet bathers who use it as a beauty mask.
Torre Salsa beach is a natural reserve
The beach is oriented nature reserve, takes its name from the sighting tower which is located on the promontory. Walls of marl sparkling in the sun, where salt crystals and sand dunes sparkle. These are just two of the characteristics of this enchanting place, which captivates the eyes and the heart. Thus you will discover a transparent sea, with a shallow seabed, where you can relax and breathe the smell of salt. It may happen to find a nest, dug in the sand. Be careful, it is of Caretta Caretta, sort of sea turtle protected. It will normally be fenced off by the WWF. In the same way, you will see signs of paws, it means that there were prodigious hatches of baby tortoises and ran towards the sea. A show that is repeated in September. Until 2019 it was possible to participate in the WWF volunteer camps.
The WWF is the managing body of the reserve. You can connect to their link to find out more. For years they have been running voluntary projects, they are used for the monitoring and recovery of the turtles. To reach the beach of Torre Salsa, you can enter the area of the Pantano, or Eremita. Here you can arrive by car and find a large parking area. Here you can leave the vehicle. Normally you will be given a small handbook to get to know the coast. A map, thus, to orient oneself and above all to learn to respect it.
The roads to reach the beach
Due to dirt roads, one must always be cautious. But already from there, from the path, the luxuriant fauna of the place will greet you. When the weather conditions allow it you can even proceed on foot from Siculiana marina. Siculiana, in fact, has a long equipped beach and places where you can stay or eat with a sea view. Always ask for information, be attentive and enjoy these walks immersed in the blue.
Photographs by Antonio Lo Nardo
