The final lighthouse of the Five Lighthouse Regatta Series is Capo Gallo. This lighthouse is much less prominent than the tall and isolated Capo San Vito tower -- it reminds of Newport's Castle Hill light. One thing that Capo Gallo has in its favor is that it is located in a nature reserve.
Capo Gallo is on the entrance to the Gulf of Palermo. It's mostly white too, and only 8 meters high, in front of a low rectangular building that was the lighthouse keeper's abode. Even though it isn't very tall, it is 130 feet above the ocean surface, so the light covers a good distance out to sea. It's only about 8 km from Palermo, but I think you have to be careful visiting, because it's on a steep slope. And there's a big bluff right behind it, too.
This is from Wikimedia, so it's an easy picture to find, but it's a heck of a picture.
Even though this is a small and somewhat blurry picture, it puts the lighthouse in the context of the nature reserve.
This one is small too, but I like it.
This picture shows the lighthouse might need some paint, but it's a great perspective.
So we have come to the end of the Five Lighthouse Regatta lighthouses of Sicily and Ustica. Where should I go next week?
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