San Vito is famous for the crystalline water of the Mediterranean Sea, almost 3 km of fine gold sand beach.
Only one road takes to San Vito and offers a panoramic view of the town as well of the bay, where the colour of the sea from light blue becomes deep blue.
The shape of the bay permits to have a perfect environment for beginner swimmers and for family with children since is bay protected from sea storm.
Both to the east and west sides of S. Vito it is possible to visit other beautiful places for people that prefers rocks to sand, offering deep water and uncontaminated sea bottom with coralline formations and colourful vegetation.
The promenade is at few meters from the beach and goes along for one km. to the lighthouse. The lighthouse of SanVito is 40 meters tall and his light ray is visible from 20 miles at sea.
A panoramic road offers the view of the entire town and of its bay.
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| THE HARBOUR |
San Vito Lo Capo’s harbour is one of the most secure in the entire Sicily. The Lighthouse Island at west and Solanto’s Cape with two rock formation protect the harbour. In the past Romans, Phoenicians, Arabs, Norman and Spanish will find in the harbour shelter from thunderstorms. The construction of two piers one at west and one at east gives complete protection to the harbour. The fish boats of San Vito are moored at these two piers. Sometime is possible to find a space available for the night and the fisherman welcome tourist with advises and their unconditional sympathy.
The capacity of the harbour is of about 500 boats for 4 floating piers. Some areas of the harbour reach the depth of 8mt.and are reserved to big yacht. There is water and electricity availability at the piers. If interested there are four different diving schools and one sailing and windsurf school, to enjoy excursion in the area.
The harbour is protected from the North Wind and Mistral, as well as for Northeast and Southeast winds that do not create problems to the boats moored at the harbour. The south Wind is the one that could be troublesome at the west pier. During the winter “Greco and Levante” and “Scirocco and Levante” strong winds from east and south could require additional moorings and fenders to protect the boats.
To go to San Vito lo Capo by sea the co-ordinates of the harbour are latitude 38° 11'North, longitude 12° 44' East
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