On the morning we stayed in Realmonte during our September 2015 Experience Sicily tour, I jumped out of bed early and made my way down the long staircase of the sea cliff in order to soak up the magnificence of Scala dei Turchi. Here’s one of the many photos I took of this wonder of…
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The Blue and White
No, this isn’t snow! It’s a close-up of the white cliffs of southern Sicily’s Scala dei Turchi, or Stairs of the Turks. The cliffs are made of a hard-mud material that is a combination of calcium carbonate and lime mixed with other types of clay and silt, called marl or marlstone. A popular swimming spot,…
Sicily’s White Cliffs
La Scala dei Turchi in Realmonte on the southern coast of Sicily are white cliffs that pour into the sea. The cliffs are made of a type of marl or marlstone, a hard-mud material that is a combination of calcium carbonate and lime mixed with other types of clay and silt. Like the Cliffs of…