naturalistic
archaeological
Naturalistic and archaeological
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ORLATA SAN SIMONE
The sea fan colonies
This itinerary is characterised by beautiful and extremely colourful sloping walls full of ravines. The descent into the blue leads to a plateau 19 m in depth. The top part of the ridge is located at about 27 m in depth, on a slightly sloping rocky platform that becomes sub-vertical as you descend. At about 37 m in depth, you will come to the rocks on the seabed that mark the point for changing direction. Here it is necessary to swim between a vertical wall and the edge in a channel-like feature
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Cala Minnola
Amphorae in the sea grass
In the water off Cala Minnola, at just a few dozen metres from Punta Albarella, a Roman shipwreck can be found at a depth of 27 to 30 m. The wreck features the remains of a shipload of amphorae (fifty), as well as numerous fragments of black painted pottery (used on-board), which have remained in their original location on the seabed.
Browsed itineraries of Sicily and discover the wonders above and below the water of a timeless island
MARTINGANA
The “Sabbione Bianco”: the plain of sand that extends as far as the eye can see
The Martingana dive begins from the white rocks, from which we slowly head down to the bottom on the south side and follow the volcanic wall on the left, the circumnavigation of which constitutes our underwater pathway. The large wall is full of cracks and small natural niches, it also has a small cave known as “shrimp cave”, which is about 30 m deep. It is recommended to descend slowly in order to observe every corner and cavity of this impressive ridge. The spectacular “White Sand” feature is an enormous expanse of white sand that stretches as far as the eye can see from the foot of the wall (maximum depth of about 40 m).