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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 tour
Archeological
museum of Agrigento In
the footsteps of Inspector Montalbano and Andrea Camileri tour
Luigi Pirandello's
Girgenti Donnafugata
tour:
Palma di Montechiaro
On the trail of the Leopard Donnafugata
tour:
Santa Margherita Belice
On the trail of the Leopard. Gela
and Licata tour: the landing beach and WWII Baroque
Agrigento tour: Licata and Naro Cooking
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Agrigento's
Valley of the Temples
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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
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Sciacca from the harbour
Thermae |
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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
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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:
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