Come and do your laundry in Cefalù.

lavatoio medievale. - In the historic center, in Palazzo Martino, there is a truly unique place. On a marble stone, at the entrance of a staircase, the words are engraved: Here runs Cefalino, healthier than any other river, purer than silver, colder than snow. Cefalino is the river that flows underground to the wash house, where women, until modern times, used to come to wash, talk and sing.

Myth tells that it came from the eyes of a Nymph who, repentant of having killed out of jealousy, cried incessantly. The staircase in lava stone and snail, a rock with fossil shells, twists a few meters up to the low vaults, which protect the three basins, where the twenty-two fountains pour. The water is fresh and its gushing generates an instrument sound, which smells of ancient, pouring into a small cave that conveys it to the sea, a stone's throw away. Many tourists take shelter from the summer heat in the cool of the wash house. By washing your face and sitting down for a moment to talk, they keep the chatter of the women alive and it seems to hear them singing again.