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Sfondato Lake

Sfondato Lake

Sfondato Lake

Lago Sfondato
Lago Sfondato
Sfondato lake (Naturalistic Reserve) Lago SfondatoWonderful and small lake immersed among the limestone hills.

Almost 15 meters deep it appears mysterious and fascinating in this very quite area of Sicily

Can you imagine how many legends around this eerie lake ?!?

As that one saying the lake is without bottom !

 
TuffettoFauna is represented, among the others, by rabbits, hares, foxes, owls, buzzards, kestrels, frogs, snakes, songbirds, grebes (photo), moorhens..

Flora presents more than 300 endemic species among which a typical reed bed grows along the banks of the lake.

 

 

 

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