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There
is more to Agrigento than the Valley of the Temples:
one day tours in Agrigento and environs
Agrigento's
Valley of the Temples.
Shore excursion or day
tour
In
the footsteps of Inspector Montalbano and Andrea Camilleri
Shore
excursion or day tour
Luigo Pirandello's Agrigento
Shore
excursion or day tour
Gela
and Licata tour: the landing beach and WWII
Shore
excursion or day tour
Baroque
Agrigento tour: Licata and Naro
Shore
excursion or day tour
Cooking
lesson and oil press
Shore
excursion or day tour
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Agrigento's
Valley of the Temples
A visitor's guide
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Testimonials
Hi
Michele! I want you to know that all of us on the tour think
highly of Salvo, you and Sicily TravelNet. I will be certain
to recommend your tours to other cruisers on a website for
cruisers that I visit a lot.
Thanks
again for all the help you gave us in planning this shore
excursion. We hope to return to Sicily and tour with you again
because there's still so much to see.
Bev
Shugg Barbeito
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Sciacca from
the harbour
Thermae
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Sciacca,
the spa and pottery town
Sciacca
is famous for its ceramics and hot baths.
The tour covers places
of interest and locations where the most important events in the
history
of Sciacca took place but also a pottery
workshop and oil press
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We
start from Mount Cronio (m.397), whose karst cavities and
grottoes were used as a place of worship or for thearapeutical purposes
by the local people, the Greeks, the Roman and the hermit Saint
Calogero (5th centrury A.D.). After a stop to enjoy the breath-taking
view and a visit to the Termae and the Antiquarium, transfer
to the historical centre and walk between imposing princely palaces
and religious buildings: the New Castle or Castle of the Luna
counts, the baroque Duomo, dedicated to Saint Mary Magdalene,
on the project of the Sciacca architect Michele Blasco, Palazzo
Scaglione with its museum, Palazzo Arona- Perollo, the Jesuite
College (now the town hall), the San Domenico Church, founded in
1532 by father Tommaso Fazello, Piazza del Popolo or Scandaliato
with its view of the port and the Mediterranean Sea, the Santa
Margherita Church, built in 1342 at the behest of the infanta
Eleonora of Aragona, Palazzo Perollo, the San Salvatore Gate,
the Carmine Church, rebuilt in the 1700, the Steripinto
Palace, in Catalan plateresque style and the Palermo Gate,
surmounted by an eagle with open wings.
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Tour type: private tour
from a Agrigento and Sciacca hotels and accommodation or a shore
excursion from Porto Empedocle port of call. Half day trip. Chauffer-
driven. Full day trip from Palermo accommodation or port of
call. On demand we can provide English speaking driver/ guide and/or
licensed tour guide.
Time duration:
4 hours.
Driving time:
About 1 hour from Agrigento to Sciacca. 2 hours from Palermo.
Departure time:
on demand
Meeting place for
cruisers: pier of Porto Emepdocle or Palermo: The guide/ driver
will hold a sign with clients' name.
Meeting place for travellers: your selected hotel/ accommodation
in Agrigento, Sciacca or Palermo.
Tour cost:
depends on the services requested (driver,
English speaking driver, licensed tour guide, driver/guide). Please
ask for a quote:
info@sicilytravel.net
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