{"id":67740,"date":"2015-05-30T09:11:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-30T08:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sicile-sicilia.net\/?p=67740"},"modified":"2026-10-12T21:50:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T20:50:10","slug":"mondello-capo-gallo-and-isola-delle-femmine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sicile-sicilia.net\/en\/mondello-capo-gallo-and-isola-delle-femmine","title":{"rendered":"Mondello, Capo Gallo and Isola delle Femmine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n

Just about 10 kilometres from the centre of Palermo, on the other side of Mount Pellegrino, Mondello<\/strong> is the favourite seaside resort of the people of Palermo, enjoying first of all a vast popular beach and tourist facilities, but also embellished with Art Nouveau villas.
To the north of the beach lies the small harbour, at the foot of the mount of Capo Gallo <\/strong>which dominates the coast from its 524 metres, now a nature reserve between the villages of Mondello and Sferracavallo.<\/p>\n

Mondello<\/h2>\n

Mondello<\/strong> is one of the favourite outings for the people of Palermo to relax, especially in summer, being located only just over 10 kilometres from Palermo.
This town was nothing but an unhealthy marsh until the end of the 19th century, before being reclaimed and then entrusted to an Italo-Belgian company to build a bathing establishment there, with a hotel and villas. The heart of this project is the Antico Stabilimento Balneare<\/strong>, inaugurated in 1912, a major Liberty style (Art Nouveau) building, built on reinforced concrete stilts and which has become the emblematic architectural feature of Mondello.<\/p>\n

\"Mondello<\/a>

Mondello Beach<\/p><\/div>\n

This urbanisation was a success with beautiful Art Nouveau villas, including masterpieces by the architect Ernesto Basile.
With the development of the beach, the resort became at the beginning of the 20th century a favourite of the upper bourgeoisie and the aristocracy.<\/p>\n

Mondello is characterised by its sandy beach of nearly 1.5 km which stretches between Mount Pellegrino to the south and Mount Gallo to the north, lined with Art Nouveau villas, many of which are still well maintained.
The site was restored over the years at the beginning of the 21st century, with the opening of the Charleston restaurant in the Old Bathing Establishment, and its beach was “cleaned” of the wooden cabins to privatise the coastline with bars and sun loungers.
All water activities are well developed in Mondello, including diving, sailing, with the organisation of regattas or international surfing competitions such as the World Festival on the Beach.
Prestigious restaurants are present on the seafront (Charleston, le Terrazze) while in the village located near the harbour to the north there are more popular establishments, around Piazza Mondello<\/strong>, with caf\u00e9s, ice cream parlours and trattorias offering simple Sicilian cuisine, notably based on fish, seafood and local specialities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n