{"id":62816,"date":"2022-05-04T11:13:34","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T09:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/porto-empedocle\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T15:08:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T13:08:35","slug":"porto-empedocle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/en\/porto-empedocle\/","title":{"rendered":"Porto Empedocle"},"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>But walking along the lively <strong>Via Roma<\/strong> and stopping in one of its elegant outdoor caf\u00e9s is certainly not the only reason to visit Porto Empedocle.<\/p>\n<p>When you go down to the port (<em>the<\/em> <em>Marina<\/em>, as the locals call it) where ferries leave for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/localita\/pelagie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pelagie Islands<\/a>, you will come to the beautiful and massive Carlo V <strong>Tower<\/strong>, once a historic fortification and then a prison. 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