FICUZZA AND THE FOREST OF FERDINANDO

Bosco Ficuzza is one of the largest green areas in all of western Sicily. Destination for those who want to spend some beautiful days in contact with nature. It is a place full of history, thanks to King Ferdinand IV of Bourbon, lover of hunting and nature, who chose it as his residence summer out of town. The hunting lodge and the King's Pulpit are evidence of his passage, but also the Peschiera of Gorgo Tondo, an example of industrial archeology still visible, in a natural spring, place of relaxation of the King, or Gorgo Lungo, immersed in nature, where the climate and the environment protect a rare amphibian. Naturalistic paths and historical testimonies in the same place, and will not miss the local food, but this is another surprise that I will want to reveal to you on the spot ...