Rabbit beach is located on the little island of Lampedusa, 176 km (109 miles) south west of Sicily, in the Pelagie islands, an archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea. As the entire island of Lampedusa, also Rabbit Beach belongs to the province of Agrigento, namely the beautiful capital of The Valley of the Temples.

Rabbit Beach is also a nature reserve protected by the Italian government. This protection is due to the massive presence of loggerhead turtles that lay their eggs on the beach in April. The eggs hatch in the summer, offering you a spectacular natural view. Just for this phenomenon, fishing is forbidden.

The origin of the current name of the beach and the island, namely rabbit or 'conigli' is fairly controversial. In a paper of Admiral Smith dating back 1824, it reads rabit island. In subsequent papers, such name was improperly translated from English into rabbit, while it is probable it comes from the Arab name rabit that means connection . Maybe this name relates to the isthmus that sometimes is formed between the islet and the coast. However, it is also possible the name rabbit comes from the fact that many years ago, a colony of rabbits arrived in the isle just at the moment in which it was linked to the mainland.

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