Car rental at the Vincenzo Florio Airport Trapani-Birgi

The biggest attraction in Sicily is probably Etna, the most active and largest volcano in Europe. Located in the northeast of the island, it is 3340 meters high, and smaller eruptions occur regularly. On the summit are the four main craters and about 250 secondary craters distributed over the mountain. By car or tour bus, one can reach a height of 1910 m. There, extinct craters can be visited. If you want to go further up, you can getby cable car and jeep to 2917 m. From there, if conditions permit, exploratory tours with a tourist guide are possible. In winter, Etna offers two winter resorts for Catania and surroundings. Snow covers the summit until April / May. On the north side of Etna, the Alcantara flows through a beautiful landscape. Over time, the river has cut deep into the rock, forming the Gola dell' Alcantara, a gorge with bizarre rock formations.

The airport is located a good fifteen kilometers south of the center of the city of Trapani near the village of Birgi on the border with the neighboring municipality of Marsala.
It is a military airport open to national and international civil traffic with a modern infrastructure capable of handling a larger number of flights and passengers. The passenger terminal, renovated in 2009, is located in the southeast of the airport site. The total area in the terminal for the public is about 11.000 square meters.
The passenger terminal is closed from 0:30 am to 4:30 am daily. The opening hours may vary depending on operational requirements. Please check them in advance on the airport's website.

Trapani is located in northwestern Sicily on a protruding promontory at the foot of Mount Erice, the crescent shape, the Greek term for a crescent is "Drepanon", helped give it its name.

The capital of the province of the same name has a good 70,000 inhabitants, it has the most important commercial and ferry port of Sicily, in addition, trade, the production of salt and canned fish and shipbuilding are important economic sectors. Somewhat suffered the reputation of the city due to the activities of the Mafia, in 2001 the Mafia boss Vincenzo Virga was arrested, it followed still numerous politicians and industrial entrepreneurs.