Is not easy to get to Sicily... take into consideration that you will have to take more than one transportation and probably horses, donkeys and the typical "carretto siciliano" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sicilian_cart).
It's a joke, the truth is that the trasportations in Sicly are not really reliable and they are not going everywhere, our suggestion is to consider renting a car. For the italians is easy, take it from home by boat to Palermo. For the foreigners the best would be to rent one.
By Boat For the italians, from the main piers you can get a boat to Palermo (GNV cheaper). www.GNV.it (From Napoli, Civitavecchia, Genova) www.TIRRENIA.it (From Napoli) www.SNAV.it (From Napoli, Civitavecchia, Genova)
By Plane The closest airports are Palermo and Trapani, at the same distance to Alcamo (circa 30min).
By Car Googlemaps will be your only friend. Good luck!!! :)
Rental Car at the airports or city centre Instead of renting a car directly at the dealer website, might be cheaper doing it throught brokers (circa 15/20 €/day). The most famous and trustable websites are:
www.RENTALCARS.com
www.CHECK24.de (in german but with english and sometimes italian callcenter)
www.BILLIGER-MIETWAGEN.de (in german)
The ceapest and with more available cars at Palermo Airport is SICILYBYCAR (sometimes the cars arr not the most beautiful but pricewise is the best, check the car before leaving the rental office).
We suggest you to have fullKasko insurance, you never know!
Parking
For the Ceremony the best would be to park your car in "Corso VI Aprile", in case there won't be places, leave your ladies with hills at the Church and try to find a spot in "Piazza della Repubblica" or in "Piazza Sebastiano Bagolino"
Where to sleep
The accomodation possibilities are many in the area, everything depends on you. We can suggest you to book it in advance and let us know if you need support/contacts by the end of May 2018, in order to be able to support you with the booking of houses, Hotels, B&B.
Here the best localities close to the event and beaches:
Alcamo Marina, Pros(+): free, not too crowd, huge and gold beach. Cons(-): not very well connected and not much going on at night, it is the further quarted of Alcamo
Balestrate, Pros(+): city centre close to the beach, a lot of things ongoing on the beach and in the city. Cons(-): it's tough but not impossible to find an accomodation directly on the beach (Montalbano style).
Castellammare del Golfo, Pros(+): one of the best nightlife in the area, very well organised, a lot of activities on the beach and in the centre. Cons(-): super crowd in the summer (in winter there is only Batman...) here as well it's tough but not impossible to find an accomodation directly on the beach (Montalbano style).