RNO SALINE DI TRAPANI E PACECO

 

Just outside the city there is the Riserva Naturale delle Saline di Trapani e Paceco – Nature Reserve of the Salt Pans of Trapani and Paceco, with pools for the cultivation of the salt. It is a Sito di Interesse Comunitario – Site of Community Importance (SCI), and is one of the most important wetland areas on the coast of western Sicily for its biological values linked to the fauna and flora - vegetation and is inserted as a ZPS ( Zona a protezione speciale per gli uccelli) – (IBA- Important Bird Areas) as it is an area where birds stop during their migration towards Africa or vice versa.