Nature Reserve”Vendicari” in Italy, resort of Sicily
Rating: 8,4/10 (1421 votes)  Vendicari Nature Reserve located between the mountains of Pachino and Avola, in the province of Syracuse. Territorially, the park occupies 1 500 hectares. The reserve is a unique place in its ecological importance – dozens of species of migratory birds stop here during the period of seasonal migrations. The best time to watch birds is December. Here you can observe flamingos, plovers, wild ducks, gray herons, cormorants, stilts and gulls. The fauna of the reserve is represented by foxes, hares, hedgehogs, freshwater turtles, numerous species of snakes and frogs. There are several archaeological sites on the territory of the reserve, where the remains of a small necropolis and vessels belonging to fishing families were found ... There is also a watchtower, erected during the Middle Ages, and several buildings from the ancient Roman and ancient Greek periods. In the western part of the reserve there is a small Roman villa decorated with mosaics. Vendicari Nature Reserve; also boasts a variety of ecosystems – on its territory there are sandy and rocky coasts, fresh and salt bogs, bush zones, moorlands and salt lakes. The salt lakes were of prime economic importance in the past, and also provided the 15th century tuna fishery.  
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