Seafront houses
Golden sunsets.
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Cefalù is a seaside town on the Tyrrhenian coast of northern Sicily, about 58 km east of Palermo in a straight line. It has just under 14,000 residents but draws millions of visitors a year, and it belongs to the «Most Beautiful Villages of Italy» association. In ancient times it was called Kephaloidion in Greek, meaning «head», after the huge rock above it; in Sicilian it is Cifalù. Its 12th-century Norman cathedral is part of the UNESCO site «Arab-Norman Palermo and the Cathedral Churches of Cefalù and Monreale». The old town's golden and pink houses press right up to the sea's edge and are mirrored in the water at sunset, with the towering limestone rock of La Rocca behind. A long sandy beach with clear water stretches beside it, and the cathedral's two towers rise above the roofs. Visitors wander the cobbled old lanes to the cathedral and the small harbour, swim at the beach, and some climb the path to the top of La Rocca for a view over the town and coast. Trains from Palermo take about an hour.
Golden sunsets.
A path to the top.
Sand and clear water.
Cefalù, Palermo, Sicily, Italy
Yes, by train from Palermo.
Yes, at the long beach.