Sant'Angelo Muxaro Cave Nature Reserve

La Sant'Angelo Muxaro Cave Nature Reserve it is among the most popular green areas in Sicily, as it has very particular characteristics that are difficult to find in the rest of the island.

Crossing the Reserve, in fact, you will be able to find a large cave, from which the name derives, which appears overhanging the surface. It is a sink hole, an opening between the chalk andclay that make up this landscape.

Flora of the Sant'Angelo Muxaro Cave Nature Reserve

The vegetation around the Grotta di Sant'Angelo Muxaro Nature Reserve is luxuriant, to such an extent that even almond trees e pistachios, certainly among Sicilian food most popular ever.

Following the partial collapse of the surface wall of the cave, part of the vegetation began to proliferate inside as well. However, since these are somewhat adverse conditions, also given the scarcity of sunlight that filters into the deepest part of this Reserve, the main vegetation is seaweed e mosses.

The gypsum that populates the entire surrounding area is home to very varied species, including very showy lichens.

Fauna of the Sant'Angelo Muxaro Cave Nature Reserve

La Cave Nature Reserve in Sant'Angelo Muxaro is also known as Ciavule cave, a dialectal term used to indicate the Jackdaws, a corvid particularly widespread inside the cave.

Jackdaws also live with a large colony of bats, present in large quantities especially in the deepest and darkest points.
Just outside the cave develops the perfect habitat to host the Green lizard, present with a large number of specimens throughout the territory of the Grotta di Sant'Angelo Muxaro Nature Reserve.

What to do in the Sant'Angelo Muxaro Cave Nature Reserve

It is possible to visit the cave, which extends underground for over 1 km, although part of it is still not passable for safety reasons.

The local associations are very active both in caring for and promoting this territory, providing guides and experts to provide you with the opportunity to be accompanied by qualified personnel during your visits, as well as giving you all the information you need to get to know this area and all its characteristics.

Among the most suggestive attractions that you can visit in this area is the Tomb of the Prince, the most mysterious place in the entire municipality, around which various legends revolve.

How to get to the Sant'Angelo Muxaro Cave Nature Reserve

The Sant'Angelo Muxaro Cave Nature Reserve is located a few steps from the historic center of Sant'Angelo Muxaro, where the Baroque Mother Church of Sant'Angelo Martire is located. It is very easy to reach this municipality, as it is well connected by the Provincial Road 19, also crossed by the buses of Azienda Siciliana Trasporti AST.

You can also arrive by train, as the Aragona Caldare railway station it is located about 20 km away, easily passable both with your own transport and with public ones. Instead, if you have to fly to Sicily to get to Sicily, you can always land at Palermo's Falcone e Borsellino Airport, located about 120 km away.

Further connections are allowed by the proximity to Agrigento, just 30 km away from Sant'Angelo Muxaro.