Continuing from the Alcantara Gorges SS185 can be reached Francavilla di Sicilia, which is home to a beautiful Capuchin convent in 1570.
Called the “Casket of Alcantara Valley, ” the convent is still in its original form with the cell windows in the “mouth of the oven, with the strains of sandstone, and contains masterpieces of cabinetry, painting and sculpture.