Segesta Erice and Salt Pans Full Day Excursion
Palermo, Italy
- 8 hours (approx.)
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Visit some of the most beautiful parts of Western Sicily with this day trip from Palermo to Erice, Segesta, Nubia and the Trapani Salt Pans. Visit an archaeological excavation at Segesta. Take in the excellent views from the hilltop town of Erice. See how sea salt is still collected off the Sicilian coast at the Salt Pans of Trapani.
- Day trip to Segesta, Erice, Nubia and the Salt Pans of Trapani from Palermo
- Visit the fascinating archaeological site at Segesta
- Tour the picturesque Medieval hilltop village of Erice
- See the Salt Pans of Trapani where sea salt is harvested
What's Included
- Driver/guide
- Transport by air-conditioned minivan
- Food and drinks
- Lunch
- Gratuities
- Entrance fee - Ingresso Segesta€18.50 per person
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting point
- P.za Giuseppe Verdi, 59, 90141 Palermo PA, Italy
in front of the restaurant 59
End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.Operating hours.8:00 am
Itinerary
1
Erice
2 hours 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
2
Tempio Di Segesta
1 hour 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
- Dress code is smart casual
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Stroller accessible
- Infants must sit on laps
- Infant seats available
- No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
- Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 40 travelers
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Cancellation Policy
This experience is non-refundable and cannot be changed for any reason. If you cancel or ask for an amendment, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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Featured review
David_J
I had a great time on this wonderful tour. I really enjoyed Segesta with its ancient monuments, The salt pans outside Tranpani and Erice, which is a beautiful town, perched on a steep hill. It has great views. I would highly recommend this tour
Reviews
4.0
based on 109 reviews
Chrysta_P, Apr 2026
I had a great experience and our driver was amazing and super knowledgeable! the places we saw were incredible and each destination we had a lot to explore and see
Kate_C, Mar 2026
Exactly as advertised: transport via van to 3 stops with clear directions on how long to spend at each site and where to meet. We were lucky to have a sunny March day at Segesta, our 1st stop, before a tour bus arrived with more people. Salt pans was a quick stop, interesting with flamingos seen in the distance. Erice was worth the 2+ hours spent: wander the streets, visit the churches & castle, have lunch, see Trapani from high above.
Mary_L, Feb 2026
Timing was very good as far as having enough time to explore the ruins and the medieval town. Beautiful locations and a very scenic drive up to the village. The van was comfortable but it was impossible to hear anything the driver said in the back row. A little disappointed that there wasn’t more of a tour experience from the driver as I have enjoyed that in other viatar tours, but the drive was safe and enjoyable and the locations were well worth visiting.
Rupam_S, Dec 2025
Sergio was the best. Took care of us. Everything was on time and fun. Highly recommend this from Palermo.
Thomas_F, Oct 2025
We were worried about doing the three stops with a large group, but the pacing was great, and everyone was cooperative.
David_J, Sep 2025
I had a great time on this wonderful tour. I really enjoyed Segesta with its ancient monuments, The salt pans outside Tranpani and Erice, which is a beautiful town, perched on a steep hill. It has great views. I would highly recommend this tour
Sasha_V, Aug 2025
Great tour, perfect timing. Comfortable bus. Driver provided some recorded information in several languages, although no guide on the tour.
Tsz_N, Jul 2025
Efficient transport service for a day trip to Segesta temple place and Erice medieval city, stopping by a salt pan in between. Getting back to Palermo from Erice in an hour. You can’t get there faster than by yourself.
A lot of noon-time walking in Erice by yourself without any guidance (which I liked, giving you more freedom and time alone). Familiar with the area beforehand.
Felino_L, Jun 2025
I was surprised by the structure in Erice and the auditorium that romans are building for the people during that period in time.
Amanda_B, Jun 2025
The best part was exploring Erice, a medieval hilltop town 2400feet above sea level!! Walk the whole town before choosing a restaurant, there are great ones off the beaten path!
Andrea_Y, Jun 2025
The van was vey comfortable, everything easy very organized but the best part of our trip easy our driver and tour guide Michaele! He was kind, incredibly knowledgeable, patient, gave great recommendations, he made the trip the best! ☺️🤗
Steven_B, May 2025
It's just transport to the places on the itinerary. Don't expect a tour guide! Good driver but not very helpful with timings etc..
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Natalie_P, Apr 2025
The tour was exactly as expected - a bus ride to the three locations and the guide was helpful and knowledgeable.
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Monique_R, Mar 2025
This is a great, very varied tour: the ride allows you to discover some beautiful costal and hilly landscapes. The sites are worth to visit.
The tour is great for individual travelers, who do not want to rent a car to access remote sites.
Driver ( Salvatore) and guide ( Michael) were great companions
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ADAMARIA_O, Mar 2025
Erice is a town not to be missed. It is simply enchanting. We had two hours to visit this town full of history, architecture and more. You can also do shopping of very nice articles there; or have a meal on one of the restaurants. I loved it. The other two places were nice. To have a guide would have been important.
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gerasimos_s, Mar 2025
On the good side:
- Pick up was punctual.
- If you don't want (or cannot) drive it might be a solution to see Segesta and Erice
On the bad side:
- First thing the driver mentioned is that he is the driver and not a guide. I guess they are responding to previous bad reviews, however I am uncertain this is the way to treat paying customers.
- They packed 8 of us in the small van and that was not a comfortable ride esp if you had to sit on the front.
- The stop at Salt Pans Trapani is unnecessary (at least it's not long).
- The price for what they offer (just driving) is quite high but i guess they take advantage of the lack of public transport alternatives
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Laurie_W, Feb 2025
This is a trip where it is all about transport so you don’t have to drive and can relax while in my case Sergio took care of us! Clean, relaxing, and affordable! I got to see what I wanted with no stress!!
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Shelia_A, Nov 2024
Another excellent trip with Sergio or driver! Stunning views. Lovely restaurant. I could not recommend this trip more!
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Sandra_D, Oct 2024
Overall the tour was good. We were told to be at the meeting point by 8. When I followed up with the company to find out where exactly the being point was, I was told we would leave by 8:15. We actuality left after 8:30 and we're told that tour actually leaves at 8:30. It states that it offers hotel pick up and drop off abs this isn't the case, which caused confusion for some on the tour, causing them to be late.
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ashley_h, Oct 2024
Packed whole day trip, good time organisation, great places to be, travels in between were all good distance, the guy on bus was providing plenty of background briefing, really enjoyed it.
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Michael_R, Oct 2024
The Guides were knowledgeable and friendly. The weather wasn't the best for Erice, but who can contril that. No issues with the tour
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Jo_A, Oct 2024
Great driver and very nice commentator. We had free time at all the sites and were given very helpful info and historical content from the commentator on the bus previous to the arrival of the 3 sites. Perfect amount of time at each site. Highly recommend.
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RoseMarie_H, Oct 2024
This was a very informative excursion, the highlight being Segesta and Erice. I knew very little about the ancient town of Segesta, and the superb ruins were an unexpected and momentous find, made more impressive by the location, a stunningly beautiful and peaceful mountain. The guide, Salvo, did his best to bring it all to life for us. But a real highlight was discovering Erice, built into the clouds on a precipitous mountain. A very sophisticated and elegant place which I’d be happy to return to.
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Liz_W, Sep 2024
This was a great way to see the sights but if you're expecting a guide you'll be disappointed. It is basically transport you're paying for. You don't get any information so do your research before you go. Once at Segesta make sure you go to the amphitheatre first as this will be better use of your limited time. There is a shuttle bus to take you to the top which you'll need to pay for along with your entrance fee. The shuttle bus goes on the hour and half hour. You can walk but it's steep and will take about 25 mins. Bus takes about 5 mins. It's well worth it when you get to the top. Lots to see, not just the amphitheatre. You can pretty much see the entire of the temple from the car park so can walk to that if you have the time after you've done the main bit.
Don't bother paying for a ticket at the salt pans. You can walk round some for free and you don't see anything different with your ticket.
In Erice it is steep but really pretty. Again do your research and work out what you want to see while you're there. We got lunch while we were there so lost a little time doing that but still managed to see a good selection whilst there.
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Angela_B, Jun 2024
Our tour guide and bus driver were very friendly and knowledgeable. I don't remember the abilty rating for this tour but it kicked our butts! It was 90° and everything is uphill. Luckily we were able to get water at Segesta and Erice to help us through. But I would definitely recommend doing some research on the layout of each location. The views were beautiful, the history was interesting, and the people were friendly. Note that you do need to pay an entrance and shuttle gee for Segesta, I wasn't aware of that but might have missed it in the description. I would definitely recommend as long as you are prepared to hike around. We had 2 hrs to explore at Segesta and 2 hrs to explore Erice and 15 mins at the Salt Pans.
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Ryan_B, May 2024
We had a great day exploring Segesta and Erice!
Would definitely recommend this tour.
A suggestion for the tour is to remove the salt pans visit and increase the time in Erice.
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RITA_B, May 2024
Good planning and great communication about keeping us informed. Comfy buses
a reasonably good guide.
Segeste and Erice has a lot of stuff for sightseeing. Not much in Trapani.
Will do this again. Better to do this trip rather than drive on your own.
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Gary_W, May 2024
The guides did not provide critical information on how to get some of the Greek ruins in Segesta. We were not told that a bus could take us to this site (3/4 mile away uphill). We had two hours at the site and did not discover this until it was too late so did not get to see them. Later, when we visited the Trapani salt pans, they provided no information on how the salt pans worked.
Response from Host, Jul 2024
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Jennifer_T, May 2024
Great way to visit the 3 sites with no fuss. Guide should be more firm on times people need to return to the bus. People that did not return promptly made it so that we did not get to spend as much time in Erice.
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Mark_B, Apr 2024
Well organised with an excellent, knowledgeable and enthusiastic guide in the shape of Joshua. A wonderful taster for the jewel that is Sicily.
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