Planning a trip to Agrigento

Getting there, getting around, tourism info and more

Trip-planning basics

• How long to spend in Agrigento: Agrigento is really one-trick pony: you see the temples, then move on. This takes a generous half-day. However, I would plan to spend the night since:
  
  (a) It takes 3–4 hours minimum to tour the sights and museum in the archaeological zone of the Valley of the Temples (add another 30-45 min. of transportation between the town and the valley),
  
  (b) Agrigento is a bit distant from anywhere else in Sicily, and
  
  (c) There are are a few spectacular hotel choices.

• Agrigento visitor information: Oddly, Agrigento has no official tourism website, but the provinical government site www.provincia.agrigento.it does have a basic (if incomplete) tourism section. The best info comes directly from the archaeological park's site: www.parcovalledeitempli.it.

• How to get to Agrigento: Agrigento is on the southern coast of Sicily, roughly in the middle, just off Sicily's southern coastal route, the SS115, which—if you are driving the classic ring around Sicily—you can follow from Castelvetrano near Selinute or from Siracusa. If you are not driving, the best way to get there is actually by bus. (Unless you're coming from Palermo, in which case the train is faster.) » more

• How to get from Agrigento to the Temples: City buses 1, 1/, 2, 2/, 3, and 3/ all run from the center of Agrigento down to the Valle dei Templi.

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