Some excerpts from the website of Il Gabbiano that might be useful
In the Termini Imerese gulf, between Palermo and Cefal, the Gabbiano Hotel, built following the European
security rules, offers total comfort,
bar,
dining room,
solarium,
meeting room, guarded
parking. Moreover, the hotel can offer
laundry and
car rental services upon request. The Hotel is equipped of open
restaurant with 85 places setting also to the external customers. Il Gabbiano Hotel, 900 meters away from the railway station, is ideally located to for all most interesting Sicilian
tours. The Hotel has twenty-
four rooms with modern
furniture, all with
balconies,
bar and
satellite television. All the
rooms are equipped with direct
phone lines,
safe-
deposit boxes, color
TV,
air-conditioning, moreover
central heating is available in all the Hotel.
Discounts of May - June 2008. Special
Dinner-free For your staying of three nights you'll have a free-
dinner (half-board)offer to you from the hotel in our Restourant Santi Peccatori To have this offer put inside the mode offer number 1/
dinner. City-
Tour ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ To thanks your choise the hotel offer to you a mini-
tour in our town;you can visit the most important place in Termini Imerese with our Hotel Shuttle This offer isn't valid for all the Week-End. Hotel Il Gabbiano via Libert, 221 90018 Termini Imerese - Palermo - ITALY
tel. +390918113262 (4 pbx)
fax +390918114225
In this section, you will find how to calculate our hotel stay expenses. Calculate your stay expenses. One night average expenses under the chosen stay conditions. By filling in the attached form, it will possible to book directly online for your stay at the Gabbiano Hotel. The fields with an * should be filled in. I confirm I have read and agreed on all the conditions shown in the paragraphs about the stay conditions. Hotel Il Gabbiano via Libert, 221 90018 Termini Imerese - Palermo
phone no +39 91 8113262 (4 pbx)
fax +39 91 8114225
Termini Imerese is a city rich by its history, art and culture. During the Roman period, in 257 b. C., the ancient Thermae reached a notable urban development, as shown by the many ruins found in and outside the city, among which it is worth mentioning the Cornelio aqueduct and the Terme plant. The following settlement by religious orders has conditioned and designed the city image. Numerous sacred sites contain famous art works, such as the Chiesa di Santa Caterina D'Alessandria, built in 400 with, inside it, frescoes attributed to Graffeo brothers, the Chiesa di San Marco Evangelista with marvelous stuccoes of the end of the Eighteen Century and a statue of the Madonna con Bambino of 1510, the Monastero delle Clarisse, with the annexed Liciniana Biblioteca, which contains famous parchments, incunabulum and precious uncommon editions and the baroque church of Santa Maria della Misericordia, exceptionally rich with its stucco decorations. The Cathedral, located in the Cathedral square, built in Seventeenth century, contains refined work arts, among which a wooden cross of 1484 by Ruzzolone and a most refined altar of the 600 dedicated to the Immacolata, covered with polychrome marbles. Behind the Cathedral, is running towards the sea the Serpentina Paolo Balsamo, along which one can admire the marvelous Majolica dome of the Annunziata Church. The Baldassare Romano Civico museum, built in 1783, The contains a numismatic collection including silver and bronze money of Magna Grecia and Romane, together with important finds of the Romanian and Arabic period, as well as paintings, tapestries and other precious objects. The Termitano Carnival, very old tradition linked to the story of this city, knows its magic time with the typical masks of U Nannu ca Nanna, the masks of the most ancient carnival of Sicily.
Akragas' origins can be found in 581 b.C., date when it was founded, in the works of both Aristonoo and Pistiloin who are traditionally considered as the founders of the Rode and Crete colonies. The historic victory of the Greeks on the Cartage people at Himera, in 480 b. C., first gave Akragas a huge war reward and then opened a prosperity and power period for the city which gave birth to great public works, temples and aqueducts. The Terone court (Akragas tyrant from 488 to 471 b. C.) was the destination for famous poets like Simonide and Pindaro, who greeted the Midas flautist's native land as the most beautiful city for mortals, the splendor friend, the seat of Persefone. A small picturesque and ancient city, it is famous for its beaches and also for its Cathedral, architectural Norman Age masterpiece. According to the tradition, the church was built by Ruggero II to accomplish a vow that he made when he and his crew were caught in a tempest and succeeded to land there. The works for its construction began in 1131 and went on for one more century. Imposing, it dominates with its height the houses situated below, the background reinforces its force. Two twin towers, not totally identical, flank its front and amplify the majesty of it.