Height 8m. above the sea level
Tourism Office tel 0941561224
People 5000
Shopping:
Sicilian ricotta filled pastries “cannoli”
Artisan-ice cream
Semifreddo ice cream
“Suspiri di monaca” (pastries)
“Granite”
How to get there:
Highway A20, exit Brolo
Brolo is an old land, rich in attractions, in history and traditions. At first it was a seafaring village, land of pirates and marauders, then under the Princes Lancia until the 19th century, it was the seat of nobles, destination of travellers, artists and notables who loved to spend their holidays there, also for it was in close proximity to the Castles of Lipari and Milazzo. The harbour of Brolo became a commercial centre and a meeting-place for the Aragonese and Angevin ships. Everyone was enchanted by the nature of the place, by the variety of the natural beauty, by the limpid and abounding in fish sea, by the typical gastronomy, by the warmth of the people. The tourists discovered Brolo in the sixties, but it is still a quite and pure place, far from the flows of the mass. Brolo offers its visitors not just its natural beauty, the ancient medieval remains, the historic centre resembling a Tunisian Kasbah, but also the modernity of its tourist structures. Hotels and residences, located both near the sea or in the historic centre, restaurants and typical cafés and bars, stores for a refined shopping, daily boats for the Aeolian Islands that stand in front of Brolo, centres for horse-riding and trekking, tennis playing fields and the go-kart track, make this town a well-known Sicilian tourist centre.
| The castle | The historical centre | “Arrapito” area |
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Well preserved and protected by a fortified wall, nowadays the
castle takes part to a pilot project for its recovery and exploitation.
Easily reachable from one of the many little streets that cross
the huge medieval village, the castle contains in its interiors
pleasant surprises, both in the architecture and in the fittings. |
The historical centre is still characterized by the old sentry
boxes and by the communication trenches on the walls; here it is
possible to recognize the first inhabited point of the village.
Hidden green spaces and palms show the way down to the heart of
the town, where 19th century villas and buildings (Baratta, Maniaci,
Gembillo, Germanà) surround the Mother Church that maintains
inside valuable paintings and wooden handicrafts |
Located between the Mediterranean maquis and a little artificial
lake, it is the right place to “meet” nature, walk and
take pictures. A path leads up to the Lacco lookout. |