area: Mare
Punta Secca is a small fishing village, a hamlet of Santa Croce Camerina, Province of Ragusa, Sicily. The locals call it "a sicca" (the dry) probably due to the presence of a small formation of rocks in front of the eastern beach, just a "dry".
Punta Secca overlooking the Mediterranean, and the beaches are characterized by rock formations. The quaint fishing village of Punta Secca, is facing South in full sun and enjoys a pleasant climate all year round, mild and sunny during the winter months, warm but windy during the summer season.
Particularly enjoyable are the intermediate seasons, especially the months of April, May, September and October, when the nature of Sicily is in its full splendor, and the sea, yet pleasantly warm becomes the few inhabitants of the place and you can practice pleasant inland excursions as well as some interesting trekking routes.
The atmosphere is very far from worldliness of some famous beaches.
At the bar connoisseurs choose ricotta ice cream, a delicacy throughout Ragusa, which then consume on the walls where they can enjoy the sea, getting passionate to the challenges of night football and volleyball that are played in a pitch on the sand. A little farther on is the marina, and at its entrance, the minimalist fresh fish market where fishermen sell what the Nets pulled during the night.
The real attraction of Punta Secca, remains, however, the sea and its endless sandy beach in the summer turns into a solarium, welcoming suntan enthusiasts and fitness buffs. For a complete tour of this tiny corner of Sicily, you can advance along the coast for about three hundred meters, to Casuzze, until reaching the nearby Archaeological Park Caucana, surrounded by olive and carob. Here you will discover the remains of a city, that was an important anchor, where he has been brought to light a settlement of Late Antiquity with 25 buildings of different types and a small church with three naves, part of a cemetery.
The services of which you can also enjoy in this small village are the essential: bars, pubs, restaurants and pizzerias, supermarkets and tobacco.
Points of interest
* Distances as the crow flies
