{"id":1802,"date":"2015-06-26T12:35:40","date_gmt":"2015-06-26T10:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/scala-dei-turchi-2\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T14:36:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T13:36:09","slug":"scala-dei-turchi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/en\/scala-dei-turchi\/","title":{"rendered":"Scala dei turchi"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>The sea, taking advantage of this sparkling white, shows off its most intense blues and azures.<\/p>\n<p>An interesting fact: the name <strong>Scala dei Turchi<\/strong> seems to derive from the fact that in ancient times the ships of Arab and Turkish marauders found shelter in this bay.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s strive to preserve this beautiful landmark. We must not take away a single fragment of this marl. Beware of fines! Its powder has no therapeutic or cosmetic virtues: its power lies in the extraordinary beauty it emanates. So don&#8217;t rub it on your skin like Pierrot!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavalledeitempli.it\/itinerari\/agrigento\/scala-dei-turchi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more about Scala dei Turchi<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":43274,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1923],"tags":[],"luogo":[2945],"stagione":[1875],"class_list":["post-1802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mare-in-sicilia-en","luogo-agrigento","stagione-summer"],"acf":{"galleria":false,"paragrafo_1":"<p>Of the many staircases you may know, this is certainly one of the most unusual. 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