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See a video of Erice :<BR>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIL4rSUGLiY<BR><BR>ERICE is located on top of Mount Erice, at around 750m above sea level, providing spectacular views of Trapani, the Aegadian Islands and the western coast of Sicily (from Marsala to San Vito Lo Capo).<BR><BR>The temperature is always cool, even on hot summer days. <BR><BR>Although the town is small in size, between the 12th and 17th Centuries more that 60 churches were built in and around Erice. There are many of these churches still standing in the town, some now converted to other uses. <BR><BR>The cathedral, constructed in the 14th Century, has a magnificent front portal and a separate Gothic style bell tower which stands a few metres from the entrance. This building also doubles as a concert hall for the town&...