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SHOPPING

If you’re looking for more than Godfather T-shirts, Sicilian puppets or mass-produced
cookbooks in Japanese and German, you need to dig a bit deeper in Cefalù’s old town.
It’s worth buying sun cream or aspirin just to have a look at the beautifully carved
cabinets inside the traditional Farmacia Cirincione, at Corso Ruggero 144.

Cantina di Cicerone Via Vittorio Emanuele 13 0921 422 497. A fantastic range of
Sicilian wines is on offer at this enoteca. Daily 10am–midnight; closed Dec–Feb.

A Lumera Corso Ruggero 176 0921 921 801, alumeracefalu.it. A great place to
buy traditional Sicilian ceramics, made in nearby Santo Stefano di Camastra. Daily,
usually 9.30am–10pm.

Robinson Via Madonna degli Angeli 3 0921 422 245. A treasure-trove of bric-a-

brac, antiques and junk. Mon–Sat 10am–1pm & 5–8pm.

Vinum et Ambrosia Corso Ruggero 15 0921 423 156. Artisan pestos, jams,
conserves, olive oils and huge chunks of Madonie mountain cheese. Daily 9am–1pm &
3.30–8pm; closed Wed in winter.

DIRECTORY

Hospital Contrada Pietrapollastra 0921 920 111.

Pharmacies Battaglia, Via Roma 13 (Mon–Fri 9am–1pm & 4.30–8.30pm; 0921
421 789); Cirincione, Corso Ruggero 144 (Mon–Fri 9am–1pm & 4.30–8.30pm;
0921 421 209). There’s a rota system for evening and late-opening pharmacies
posted in their windows.

Police Carabinieri, Discesa Paramuro ( 0921 421 412).

Post office Via Vazzana 2, between Via Roma and the seafront (Mon–Fri 8am–
6.30pm, Sat 8am–12.30pm).

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Himera

Mon–Sat 9am–6.30pm, Sun 9am–1pm • €2 • There’s no public transport to Himera. It’s around halfway between
Cefalù and Termini Imerese – take the Buonfornello exit from the autostrada and keep a keen eye out for signs
once you’re on the SS113 coastal road.

On the coast around 20km west of Cefalù stands the site of the ancient Greek city of
Himera, though the visible remains are few and it’s probably one for dedicated stone-
hunters only. Himera was the first Greek settlement on Sicily’s northern coast, founded
in 648 BC as an advance post against the Carthaginians, who controlled the west of