Sciacca Day Trip
Visit Sciacca, the coastal town west of Agrigento combining the medieval hilltop historic center, the ceramic craft tradition, the thermal baths using the natural sulfurous springs, and the famous Carnival di Sciacca one of the most traditional in Sicily, the town one of the most complete and undervisited destinations in the Agrigento province.
Temples at Golden Hour
Photograph the Valley of the Temples in the golden light of late afternoon and sunset when the honey-colored limestone columns turn to brilliant gold, the Temple of Concordia glowing against the darkening Mediterranean sky, and the ancient site achieves the most visually transcendent version of its already extraordinary beauty.
Agrigento Food
Eat in Agrigento where the Sicilian cuisine with its Arab, Norman, and Greek layers creates a food culture of particular depth, the sweet couscous of the Santo Spirito nuns, the almond products of the inland agricultural tradition, and the Sicilian seafood of the nearby coast combining in a table of exceptional richness.
Pirandello Country
Follow Luigi Pirandello in his native Agrigento where the birthplace museum at Caos, the theater bearing his name, and the intellectual tradition of the Sicilian coast create the context for one of the greatest playwrights of the 20th century whose Nobel Prize in 1934 and works including Six Characters in Search of an Author transformed modern theater.
Agrigento Beaches
Swim at the beaches near Agrigento where the resort town of San Leone below the Valley of the Temples, the beaches of the Scala dei Turchi white rock formation, and the coast stretching toward Sciacca provide the seaside complement to the archaeological experience of the ancient temples above.