My final tour of ruins on Sicily’s west coast. The park does limit entrants to around 700 per hour, and the busiest times are the cooler mornings and late afternoons. I purchased a ticket in advance by downloading the Parco Valle dei Templi di Agrigento app from the App Store. I purchased a ticket for the park and museum which was 13,50 Euro, and an audio guide for 3,99. The audio guide was well worth it, just remember to bring your ear buds. There is an airport style security checkpoint at the entrance, which seemed kind of odd, and the security personnel pointed to my travel tripod and said I was not to use it within the park. Yeah ok.
The Temple of Concordia is the most complete and was the most impressive temple, it along with the Temple of Giunone are visible from SS115 below. It is a walkable park, though they do offer bus transportation. There are wide paths with smaller offshoot paths to walk around and explore the ruins. Favorites were Zeus, Eracle and Concordia.
As fascinating as they are, I’m now burned out on ancient ruins for a while. My plan was to hit the beach at Scala dei Turchi for the afternoon, which I did, but it didn’t quite go as planned.
I’ll add a post later on Scala dei Turchi. Today I’m leaving Agrigento for Chiaramonte Gulfi, a place known for its olive oil and wines. It is about a two hour drive, and I plan to go via Enna.
