ERICE, Italy — "You don't come here to see sights, you come here to be here," I was told by one native of this walled town that crowns an isolated mountain 2,400 feet above the port city of ...

Silver Muse takes me towards the coast of north-west Sicily, sun-scorched and ... are off on a shore excursion to hilltop Erice, but such a port as Trapani deserves to be savoured.

Hostaria San Pietro, Trapani, Sicily Island, Italy (2.25 miles southwest) Hotel Elimo Ristorante (2.25 miles southeast) Osteria La Bettolaccia, Trapani, Sicily Island, Italy (2.50 miles southwest) ...