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Favignana
Is a beautiful Mediterranean island; the air is filled with perfumes,
colours and traditions. It's the largest of the
Egadi Islands, the others
being Levanzo,
Marettimo, Formica and
Maraone . It covers an area of 20 Km˛ and has a coastline perimeter of 33
km. About 3,500 inhabitants live in the town itself.
The island is mainly flat with just one small mountain,
Monte Santa Caterina. Favignana has an incomparably beautiful land-
and seascape. The sea is blue and crystal clear whilst the coast is
prevalently rocky but most of the numerous, sandy beaches are easy to
reach, especially the ones on the south coast.
The climate is generally mild, hot in summer. The sea offers us its
bounty: red lobsters, octopus and innumerable varieties of fish. May is
the month for the tuna fishing 'mattanza', an ancient and spectacular
custom, bloody but at the same time fascinating. Vegetation-wise the
island is fairly sparsely covered but it does offer a certain amount of
typically Mediterranean undergrowth. Furthermore the existing thin rock
vegetation is considered of particular interest. There are numerous,
reasonably level roads that are bicycle-friendly, enabling our more
energetic visitors to cycle round the whole island.
