The city of temples, Agrigento (IPA: [ˌagɾiʤɛnːto]) is a wonderful historical place . In a few moments you are projected in a time far, made with history and legends.

Founded around 580 BC, Agrigento boasts a territory where the various peoples who left traces in the island settled.

Agrigento achieved the greatest splendor in the 5th century BC, before the decline of the war with Carthage. During the Punic wars It was conquered by the Romans, who Latinized the name in Agrigento. Subsequently he fell under the Arabic rule, under the name of Kerkent, and subsequently conquered by the Normans.

It is known as the City of Temples for its expanse of Doric temples of the ancient Greek city located in the so-called Valley of the Temples, which was incorporated in 1997, among the UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

 
 
Recommended excursion
 
VALLE DEI TEMPLI, PORTO EMPEDOCE & SCALA DEI TURCHI
 
About 9 ore
 
  • Pick-up in hotel or Airport
  • Visit to the archaeological park of Agrigento
  • Visit of Porto Empedocle
  • Visit  "Scala dei Turchi" (La Scala is made of marble, a sedimentary rock of limestone and clay, with a characteristic pure white color)
  • Return in hotel