It was a great pleasure to stay at Erika's apartment. It is a beautiful old house with a wooden ceilling, wonderful furnitures and it fits just perfectly into the atmosphere of Castellammare. It's located in the heart of this picteresque town. I was greeted by Erika's mom, who is a great person. She showed me around and provided with some useful information.

In this small city everybody knows everobody and you have the impression that they know each other really well. Even I who has been there only for three days have been greeted and talked to people, who I have met the day before. The people here are just great, very friendly, easy going, open-minded, you will make a lot of new friends, of course if you let yourself to do so .. A good tip-you do not have to speak italian to communicate, just use your body :)

I strongly recommend to go to Zingaro while you are there (close to Scopello), Pizzeria Bellavista which is just round the corner (order a pizza called Parma - heaven) , Gellateria on the corner of Via Francesco Crispi and Viale Umberto I and a bar/gellateria Vogue in the port (a really good local band had a concert there during my stay - just ask the locals). If you need a supermarket there are three of them on Via Francesco Crispi

In contrast to what I have heard from my italian friends it is not a problem to travel by public transport in Sicilia. To get to Castellammare from Trapani Airport you need to take a
AST bus to Trapani Autostazione and than a bus to Castellammare (with the same carrier).
To Scopello/Zingaro there is a bus Russo which departs from de Piazza della Repubblica (the same bus stop you get out at when arrive from Trapani) and Piazza Petrolo (only in July and August). Unofrtunately the bus stops in Zingaro only in July and August, otherwise you can just arrive at Scopello and simply walk to Zingaro (about 3 km picteresque walk).
To get to Palermo or any other place in Sicilia you can always use the train. The train station is about 4km from the apartment.

To sum up great place to rest, relax, enjoy and forget about your daily life problems.