Bus to Selinunte

According to the Salemi website, there's a travel agency in Castelvetrano named Castelviaggi di Mandina Giovanni at Piazza Giacomo Matteotti, 12 that sells tickets for the Salemi buses. There may also be a newstand or cafe near where the bus departs that sells bus tickets, as that's the norm many places in Italy. Sometimes you can buy tickets from the bus driver, but not sure about that specific bus. Buying tickets at the travel agency may be your safest bet.

Christine, just in case no one has the answer (not sure many folks here have been to Castelvetrano and needed to take a bus), often tickets are sold at a tobacco shop near the bus departure point. If there's no tobacco shop, check at the closest cafe or convenience store.

It's more common in Italy than in many other countries to need to have the ticket in your hand even when you board the bus from a street stop rather than a station. However, sometimes you can buy the ticket on the bus. I've never discerned a pattern. I try to get the answer to the question when I initially arrive in town, and I buy the outbound ticket at that point if I can. Anyone waiting for a bus at the stop should be able to point you toward a ticket source; you just need to communicate that you need to buy a ticket, which is "biglietto" (beel yetto) in Italian.

Thanks Frank and Acraven,
I did see the agency listed on the Salemi website, but was wondering if there was another option for this particular bus. Having visited Italy already, I know tickets can be purchased from tabacchi shops, but thanks for the reminder. Unless someone on this helpline has had direct experience with this bus, I guess we'll play it by ear once we are there. Your help is appreciated.

I arrived in Castelvetrano on a Sunday (poor planning on my part), and my B&B in Selinunte sent a taxi for me. It wasn't that expensive, as my taxi-in-a-pinch stories go - less than €25, I paid €50 from Orvieto to Todi a year earlier on a Sunday, you would think I would have learned...

We'll be staying in Trapani and taking a daytrip to Selinunte, so we'll take the train to Castelvetrano then the Salemi bus. We always use public transportation, which we like to do actually, but it can get tricky at times. We visited Sicily a couple of years ago and bought bus tickets at the Palermo station for Trapani. I should have looked at the tickets closely, because just as the bus pulled in I noticed the agent had given me tickets to the wrong destination. Luckily, the bus driver was nice enough to wait while I ran back to the ticket office. Good lesson, though, always check your tickets. Never assume.