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Mondello is Palermo’s elegant summer resort, famous for its beautiful golden sand beach, the mild climate, the architecture, and the seaside facilities. Mondello, about 7 Km from the centre of Palermo, is situated in a bay between Monte Gallo and Monte Pellegrino and it has developed around its old centre, which maintained its peculiarities of a fishermen village. At the beginning of the 1900s a Belgian company started the land reclamation and Mondello became one of the most beautiful bathing establishments of that period. A typical example of the "Belle Epoque" architecture is the liberty building, called nowadays "Charleston", a beach club - restaurant out on a pier that has a gorgeous views, located just in the centre of the beach. Beautiful and colourful plant life, palm trees and flowers line the street skirting the beach. Today Mondello attracts lots of visitors, the old fishing village, built around the tower of the ancient tonnara (tuna fishery), is rich of little shops, cafes, pubs and restaurants where you can enjoy delicious fish-based meals. In summer the beach is covered by typical coloured wooden cabins.
Monte Pellegrino which overlooks the bay of Mondello, is a Nature Reserve which
has allowed the local vegetations and fauna to be preserved perfectly, protected from man’s interference and environmental changes as if they were inside a fortress. However, Monte Pellegrino is most famous for the Sanctuary of Saint Rosalie, heavenly patroness of Palermo, located near the summit along winding roads that traverse woods of typically Mediterranean stone pines. It is a Church built on top of a cave and it is the place where the Santa retreated to be a hermit in XVII century.

Only 15 minutes drive from Palermo. Easy access to the motorway (10 minutes drive). so it is ideal to organize daily excursions for exploring western Sicily (Monreale, Segesta, Selinunte, or Cefalù, etc.).