Hotel Carmine

Marsala


This lovely hotel in a converted 16th-century monastery has elegant rooms, with original blue-and-gold maiolica tiles, stone walls, antique furniture and lofty beamed ceilings. Enjoy your cornflakes in the baronial-style breakfast room with its historic frescoes and over-the-top chandelier, or sip your drink by the roaring fireplace in winter. Modern perks include a rooftop solarium.

Rooms sleeping four are notably family-fantastic.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Marsala attractions

1. Museo degli Arazzi Fiammingi

0.11 MILES

Tapestry fans should check out this tiny museum displaying eight 16th-century Flemish tapestries, woven in Brussels for Spanish King Philip II.

2. Porta Nuova

0.11 MILES

This old town gate marks the western edge of Marsala's historic centre.

3. Chiesa del Purgatorio

0.12 MILES

This beautiful 18th-century church (1771), with showy, heavily sculpted facade, is a fine example of Sicilian baroque architecture – as is the ornate…

4. Piazza della Repubblica

0.14 MILES

Marsala's most elegant piazza is dominated by the imposing Chiesa Madre. Just across the way, on the eastern side of the square, is the arcaded Palazzo…

5. Complesso Monumentale San Pietro

0.16 MILES

Housed in a beautifully restored 15th-century convent, this arts centre is home to an intriguing complex of small museums. Most noteworthy is the upstairs…

6. Porta Garibaldi

0.17 MILES

This old town gate marks the southern edge of Marsala's historic centre.

7. Palazzo VII Aprile

0.19 MILES

This lovely arcaded palazzo, formerly known as the Palazzo Senatorio (Senatorial Palace), is now Marsala's town hall.

8. Museo Archeologico Baglio Anselmi

0.27 MILES

Marsala's finest treasure is the partially reconstructed remains of a Carthaginian liburna (warship) sunk off the Egadi Islands during the First Punic War…