A Hellenistic-Roman town on a headland above the sea
On the slopes of Monte Catalfano, overlooking the gulf between Palermo and Cefalù, lie the ruins of Solunto, a city founded by the Phoenicians and rebuilt in the fourth century BC on a regular grid plan. It flourished in Hellenistic and Roman times before being abandoned in the third century AD.
Climbing the main street paved with stones, the Via dell'Agorà, you pass houses with mosaic floors and fragments of frescoes, such as the Casa di Leda, cisterns, shops, the agora and a small theatre. The excavated area is wide and rarely crowded, and from the top the view embraces the sea, Capo Zafferano and the coast up to Cefalù.
Tip: the site is in the municipality of Santa Flavia, a short drive from Bagheria; visit in the late afternoon for the light on the sea, and combine it with the fishing village of Porticello.
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