The beach itself is a great place! I don't only mean the sea, but the environment as well. The sea is a very beautiful turqoise, and the beach is very busy (probably because I was there on a Sunday!) There is a highway, a very busy one, people are walking, driving, even dancing... These are people from town, coming down there on Sundays as I've heard from a local, and they generally spend the whole day on the beach. Swimming, relaxing, playing cards (mostly the elders), hanging out with girls and boys, eating, drinking... The usual lazy Italians...

 In Mondello, you can do whatever you want; there you can find everything you're looking for. There is a little snack bar where you can buy loads of stuff, Italian spaghettis, burgers, ice-cream and many more - they all are very cheap but very tasty! Besides that, there are big cabinets that you can rent for the day and leave all your stuff in - you can even sleep there, it's big enough for that! It's the best choice for a local who'll spend the whole day on the beach anyway, but we preferred sitting on a table, enjoying the sun on our seats, leaving the table only when we wanted to swim.

I liked the place a lot, probably because it was too crowded and noisy - a beach is a beach when it's busy and noisy for me. I surely wouldn't like that in my country; here if it's busy as it was in Mondello, it's annoying at the same time. (We even have a word for that: "Where loads, there troubles"). But in Mondello, (actually in anywhere in Sicily) it's not annoying at all. No one is disturbing you - even the guys around, who are looking for ladies to hang out with, are not that annoying. When you say No, they just gently kiss your hands and leave you with a good bye. (That must be the spirit of true lovely Italians guys who are known by their kindness and romance!!!)

The only worst thing was... the sea was a bit warm for us - we have high temperatures in Turkey, but the sea water is usually cold most of the time. There the temperature was higher than that, so probably because of that, the water was too warm to swim. For me, swimming in a sea is to freshen up and running away from the heat of the sun - but it's impossible in Mondello (This may be because I was there in July, mostly the hottest month of a year!) The colour of the water is fantastic - in Turkey we have darker seas all around the country, only in some places we have light blue seas, so this was a big thing for me - I couldn't stop swimming in that warm but turqoise water of Mondello.

Having sunbath on Mondello Beach

Mondello was a great harmony of the Mediterranean sea with a Miami spirit - Mediterranean people and food but in a Miamian style - motor cycles and luxury cars around, people semi-naked, music is on, a very beautiful sea... I honestly wish I had a few more days to spend on Mondello. When I was in Sicily, I swam in Catania and Syracuse beaches as well, but none of them was so much enjoyable. - Maybe that's only me, but if you like crowded beaches where you can meet new people, do sports, and eat good food, I definitely recommend you the Mondello Beach. If you're looking for a quiet place, then you better go to Syracuse (Siracusa) to sleep by the sea...

And the best thing about Mondello, with the Italians of Palermo around, you feel like a true lazy Italian, too.

At least for the day...