Agrigento: suggested sightseeing

Some selected paths for travelers

 

The following routes have been extracted from most requested ones. Of course, agreeing in advance, it is always possible, reduce, extend, modify, split and merge proposals according to the needs and tastes of each of you.

SIGHTSEEING # 1 - VALLEY OF THE TEMPLES
We will visit: Temple of Juno, the walls, the Temple of Concordia, early Christian necropolis, Villa Aurea, Temple of Hercules, Temple of Jupiter, Sanctuary of the chthonic deities, the Temple of Castor and Pollux, garden Kolymbetra.

SIGHTSEEING # 2 - ARCHAEOLOGIC MUSEUM
The route will wind through the 18 rooms of the museum and then completed with a visit dell'Ekklesiasterion and the Oratory of Phalaris, the Church of St. Nicholas and the Hellenistic-Roman Quarter.

SIGHTSEEING # 3 - OLD TOWN CENTRE
We will visit: Porta di Ponte, Via Atenea, Church and Monastery of the Holy Spirit, the Church of Purgatory, the Chamber of Commerce including the display of the measuring instruments of the past, the Cathedral and the Church of St. Mary of the Greeks.

SIGHTSEEING # 4 - PIRANDELLO
This tour includes a visit to the birthplace of Luigi Pirandello, the square of Chaos and the Tomb of the playwright with the remains of the famous pine.

To these you can add more trails in the province, from Baroque of Naro to the visit of Porto Empedocle (the town that Andrea Camilleri calls Vigata in his novels) in Sciacca, Eraclea Minoa, Scala dei Turchi, etc. ...