{"id":3279,"date":"2015-10-06T08:46:49","date_gmt":"2015-10-06T06:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/?p=3279"},"modified":"2025-12-02T15:42:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T14:42:36","slug":"passion-for-kites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/en\/passion-for-kites\/","title":{"rendered":"Kite Festival: San Vito Lo Capo and Cefal\u00f9"},"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 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>San Vito lo Capo (May) \u2013 Cefal\u00f9 (September)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A beach, a beautiful day and a profound passion for carefree fun and joy. These are the essential ingredients for a real kite festival. It seems that Sicily does not lack these ingredients and so the Festival of San Vito lo Capo was born.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">During the three days, huge colourful kites piloted by expert hands from all over the world compete on the beach. In addition, educational workshops are held to learn or perfect the technique of kite construction.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This important event takes place in May; recently, the &#8220;Vento d&#8217;amare&#8221; event has been added to the calendar, a new performance in September on the beach of Cefal\u00f9 and a Festival preview on the island of Favignana. 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