Cala Mazzo di Sciacca

If you get hungry, there are many great restaurants near Cala Mazzo di Sciacca.  Sorsi e Morsi is a bar near the beach that offers a variety of delicious local dishes including pizza, arancini, and sandwiches, along with a variety of excellent drinks.  La Trattoria Scopello offers a variety of excellent Italian-style dishes including caponata, Sicilian-style fish couscous, pasta, steaks, and risotto.  La Tavernetta Restaurant has beautiful gardens and it serves a variety of delicious dishes including seafood, sandwiches, pasta, meat dishes, couscous, and pasta.  Ristorante La Terrazza offers a cozy ambience, along with amazing sea views – it is also known for serving excellent Sicilian seafood, along with a variety of other local dishes including pasta and caponata.  Ristorante Bar Nettuno is a restaurant that offers amazing Sicilian and Italian dishes including arancini and seafood pasta – it also offers a variety of excellent desserts including granita and cassatelle.  If you are looking for another good and affordable nearby restaurant, Scopello Pane Cunzatu is a bakery that offers many excellent dishes including focaccia breads and sandwiches, along with a variety of delicious local desserts.

If you are looking for a hotel near Cala Mazzo di Sciacca, there are many great nearby options.  The 4-Star Baglio Di Scopello offers many amenities including a restaurant, an infinity pool, and complimentary breakfast.  Hotel Baglio Dello Zingaro is another great hotel that is set within a 17th century manor and it also offers many amenities including a courtyard, a pool, a lawn, and an amphitheater.  Another great hotel is the Agriturismo Tenute Plaia that offers many amenities including a restaurant, a pool, a game room, a solarium, a bar, a hot tub, car and bike rental services, and complimentary breakfast.  A more affordable hotel is the 3-Star Hotel Antica Cascina del Golfo that offers many amenities including a pool, a bar, a solarium, and lounging chairs.  If you are looking for another good and affordable nearby hotel, B&B Casale Corcella Scopello offers a lounge, along with amazing views of the Castellammarese Gulf.

Although Cala Mazzo di Sciacca has lifeguards, their postings may not be permanent throughout the year.  In addition to lifeguards, this beach does not offer any other amenities except rental facilities for beach chairs, boats, and umbrellas.

Cala Mazzo di Sciacca Sicily Italy offers many fun activities including sunbathing, beachcombing, swimming, fishing, paddleboarding, snorkeling, scuba diving, kayaking, canoeing, and wildlife watching.

This beach is ideal for beginner swimmers because the clear and shallow water usually has gentle waves. Snorkelers and scuba divers also visit this beach to explore the vibrant marine biodiversity. If you are planning to swim, snorkel, or kayak here, we recommend being careful because the water can have unpredictable rip currents and dangerous waves. In addition, diving-related accidents have also been reported here.

Cala Mazzo di Sciacca does not offer wheelchair access to visitors with disabilities.

Getting to Cala Mazzo di Sciacca is easy – from a local highway called Strada Provinciale 63, you need to turn towards Contrada Cala Mazza.  From Contrada Cala Mazza, you need to turn towards Contrada Mazzo di Sciacca – Contrada Mazzo di Sciacca will lead you to Cala Mazzo di Sciacca.  There is a paid parking lot near this beach that charges around €7 – you can easily walk to the beach after parking here.

We recommend visiting this beach earlier because it can get crowded very quickly.

If you plan to take a photo of Cala Mazzo di Sciacca with a beautiful backdrop, this beach offers amazing Instagram-worthy views of the Gulf of Castellammare and the western Sicilian shoreline.

There are many attractions near Cala Mazzo di Sciacca.  Faraglioni di Scopello is a popular offshore rock formation that offers some amazing photographs – many TV shows and films have also been shot around Faraglioni di Scopello including Ocean’s Twelve, Inspector Montalbano, and Makari.  In addition, the water here is also a popular snorkelling and swimming site – in addition, you can also explore the ruins of an old tuna fishery here.  Guidaloca Beach – also called Spiaggia di Guidaloca – is a pebbly beach that offers a relaxing ambience and calm waters – this beach offers a variety of fun activities including swimming, sunbathing, wildlife watching, snorkelling, and beachcombing.  Grotta dell'Uzzo is a cave that has an interesting archeological significance – this cave has traces of human presence dating back to 10,000 years ago and remains of prehistoric animals have also been discovered here.  Borgo Cusenza is a historic site that has the remains of an old hamlet – you can see the old houses here and get an insight into how a rural local community lived and engaged in farming.  In addition, the hiking trails around this site also offer a fun hiking experience.  If you are looking for another attraction near the beach, The Museum of Maritime Activities – also called Museo delle Attivita Marinare in Italian – is a museum that is set in a former fish storage and processing facility named “tonnarella dell'uzzo.”  This museum hosts many interesting exhibitions on the local fishing and fish-processing industry – you can see old fishing tools and historic photographs here.  In addition to The Museum of Maritime Activities, there are multiple other museums within this reserve including the Naturalistic Museum, the Museum of Peasant Civilization, the Weaving Museum, and the Museum of Manna.