User:Clovdzija/The Bay of Macari

38°07′55.03″N 12°42′13.88″E / 38.1319528°N 12.7038556°E / 38.1319528; 12.7038556

The Bay of Macari
The gulf of Macari. In the background the rocky promontory of Mount Cofano
Part of	Tyrrhenian Sea
State	Italy
Region	Sicily
District	Trapani

The bay of Macari (pronounced with emphasis on the third to last syllable /ˈma.ka.ri/ or /ˈma.ka.ɾɪ/ in sicilian) is a reduced natural inlet along the north-western coast of Sicily, extended from the eastern side of Mount Cofano to Capo San Vito, in the territories of municipalities of Custonaci and San Vito Lo Capo.^[1]

Geographical location

It is located in the northern coast of Sicily and it's facing the Tyrrhenian Sea. The coast is preceded by the gulf of Bonagia and the nature reserve oriented Mount Cofano and continues after Capo San Vito with the Gulf of Castellammare. On the side of Mount Cofano there is an old al lato di monte Cofano vi è un'antica almadraba, that of Cofano. The sandy bay is called Santa Margherita.

The village

At its centre there is the seaside village of Màcari, which names the gulf. It's a fraction of the borough of San Vito lo Capo, roughly 4 km distant from the municipal capital, and it has around 450 inhabitants.^[2] At the beginning there is the fraction of Castelluzzo (around 8 km).

Notes

^ Massimo Chioni (18 marzo 2019). "Golfo di Macari a Trapani". SiciliaMediaWeb. Retrieved 22 marzo 2021. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |access-date= and |date= (help)
^ "La Frazione di Macari". Italia in dettaglio.