Festa della Madonna del Rosario in Ventimiglia di Sicilia

You’re planning to spend a holiday in Sicily in October. And the chosen part of the island is the northwestern coast, between Palermo and Trapani. If so, there’s an event that will allow you to discover the devotion, the tradition and the folklore of this ancient land: it’s the festa della Madonna del Rosario in Ventimiglia di Sicilia.

The feast

It’s the most important religious feast of this small town: usually, it takes place on the first Sunday of October. The main moment is, obviously, the procession: the statue of Our Lady is brought along the streets of Ventimiglia di Sicilia.

The feast will be enlivened by several side events: tastings, concerts, shows. In addition to this, on the several stalls you can find (and taste) the Sicilian culinary specialties.

How to get there

Ventimiglia di Sicilia is a small municipality in a green valley in the province of Palermo. To get there from Sicilian capital city:

• Take E90 motorway;
• Take Trabia exit;
• Take the county road 6 and follow the road signs to Ventimiglia di Sicilia.

The journey by car takes about one hour.

Further information

For further information about the 2016 edition of the festa della Madonna del Rosario in Ventimiglia di Sicilia (complete program, any changes), you can visit the official website of the event, Comunediventimigliadisicilia.it.

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