Scala dei Turchi
The Scala dei Turchi is a rocky cliff on the coast of Realmonte, near Porto Empedocle, southern Sicily, Italy. It has become a tourist attraction, partly due to its mention in Andrea Camilleri's series of detective stories about Commissario Montalbano.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Observation point
- Description: rocky cliff on the coast of Realmonte, southern Sicily, Italy
- Also known as: “Stair of the Turks”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Villa Romana di Realmonte o di Durrueli.
Villa Romana di Realmonte o di Durrueli
Archaeological site
Photo: Markos90, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Villa Romana di Realmonte o di Durrueli is an archaeological site, which is situated 1¼ km east of Scala dei Turchi.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Porto Empedocle and Villaseta.
Porto Empedocle
Photo: Tiberio Frascari, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Porto Empedocle is a port town close to the city of Agrigento, in the province of Agrigento in Sicily, Italy.
Villaseta
Village
Villaseta is a village in Sicily, part of the municipality of Agrigento, with a population of roughly 6,300. Villaseta is situated 8 km east of Scala dei Turchi.
Giardina Gallotti
Village
Photo: Effems, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Giardina Gallotti is a village of approximately 1200 inhabitants in the Sicilian province of Agrigento. It is part of the municipality of Agrigento. Giardina Gallotti is situated 8 km northeast of Scala dei Turchi.
Scala dei Turchi
- Categories: cape, Natura 2000 site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Realmonte, Agrigento, Sicily, Italy, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Turkish—“Scala dei Turchi” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Scala dei Turchi”
- Chinese: “土耳其阶梯”
- Czech: “Scala dei Turchi”
- Czech: “Turecké schody”
- Dutch: “Scala dei Turchi”
- French: “Scala dei Turchi”
- German: “Scala dei Turchi”
- Hebrew: “המדרגות הטורקיות”
- Italian: “Scala dei Turchi”
- Japanese: “スカーラ・デイ・トゥルキ”
- Persian: “اسکالا دی تورچی”
- Polish: “Scala dei Turchi”
- Romanian: “Scala dei Turchi”
- Sicilian: “Scala dî Turchi”
- Thai: “สกาลาเดย์ตูร์กี”
- Turkish: “Türk Merdivenleri”
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