The town of Sciacca is located on the southwestern coast of Sicily, between the magnificent archaeological complexes of Agrigento, Selinunte, Eraclea Minoa and Segesta.
The sea and the coast are surely two of the major attractions of Sciacca: you can swim in the clear waters, or surfing, canoeing, boat, and all kinds of water sports.
Sciacca is also a spa town: It’s fame in modern times is due, to the fact, of its famous hydro thermal mineral natural caves and its natural saunas of Monte S. Calogero. Since the mid-1800s, the city had discovered its vocation for spa tourism and that is a feature that is now known worldwide as "the city of spas".

Also its fascinating events tied to ancient traditions, such as the Carnival for more than a century gives a special charm, invoking the presence of about two hundred thousand people between foreigners and tourists every year. Popular traditions make Treasury of religious festivals, festivals and folk theatre.
These have become a major tourist attraction.
The city also has a rich historic centre, with monuments and churches, which reveal the presence of different stylistic character of architectural importance, to witness the numerous dominations that from antiquity up to the more recent centuries have taken (the sicani, Romans, Arabs, Normans, Jews, Spanish). Features of considerable interest, with positive impacts on the economy of the city, are those related to the production of handicraft (pottery), fish-canning sector (sardines, anchovies etc.), as well as food products (oil, wine).

The sea, spas, Carnival, history, traditions and local products are therefore key areas on which the tourist development of the territory. So, for many years, for the peculiarities and the potential of its tourist reception facility, Sciacca is among the most important stages in the tour in Sicily, acting increasingly as polo attractor and tourist expansion throughout the province, if not the entire island.

The tourist vocation of the territory Sciacca emerges cleanly and also foreshadows great possibilities for a comprehensive range of operators of tourist services and for businesses operating in the sectors of handicrafts and food.