Hotels to remember: Valley of the Temples
Baglio Villa Sicilia
Selinunte - Castelvetrano (Trapani) - Small Boutique Hotels
Baglio Villa Sicilia, Selinunte: a magical place where to experience the history, scenery, legends and art of the Sicily once inhabited by the ancient Greeks.
Mandranova
Palma di Montechiaro (Agrigento) - Farmhouse Holidays
The Mandranova Resort combines contemporary elegance with the traditional architecture of the ancient farm houses of Southern Sicily.
Mandranova
Palma di Montechiaro
Baglio Villa Sicilia
Selinunte - Castelvetrano
Hotel Giardino di Costanza
Mazara del Vallo
La Foresteria
Menfi
Hotel Villa Calandrino
Sciacca
Travel ideas
Itineraries (Sicily) Itineraries
Dominating Sicily
Splendid churches, sumptuous palazzi, crowded streets and a maze of tiny roads and ancient alleyways.
Food & Drink (Sicily) Food & Drink
A lesson with Anna Tasca Lanza
The two souls of Sicilian cooking.
Valley of the Temples: introduction
In the area to the extreme South of Agrigento, stretched out on a ridge, known as "Valle", one finds the Valle dei Templi, the origins of which date back to the 5th century BC. The Valle consists of a series of temples which were built to symbolize the prosperity of the city. The only temple to remain intact is the Tempio della Concordia.
All of the temples face East, according to Classical criteria, in both Greek and Roman times, and are all built in the Doric and Estastil style, with the exception of the temple dedicated to Zeus.
The buildings which make up Valle dei Templi are: the sacrificial alter, the Temple of Zeus Olimpio, the Temple of Castore and Polluce or of the Dioscuri (symbol of Agrigento), the Temple of Efesto, the Temple of Eracle (Ercole), the Paleochristian Necropoli, the Temple of the Concordia (the best conserved), the Antiquarium of paleochristian Agrigento, the Iconographic Antiquarium of the Collina dei Templi, the Temple of Hera Lacinia (Giunone), the Tomb of Terone and the Temple of Asciepio (Esculapio).
Valley of the Temples: suggestions from the hotels
Selinunte: a unique landscape suspended between the intense blue of the Mediterranean sea and sky. A land dotted with number of treasures, some of which are so well hidden that only the most fortunate of visitors will be able to find them (Baglio Villa Sicilia) →
Valley of the Temples: gourmet addresses
- La Madia
- Licata
- Product, colour and texture. Simple, creative cuisine using the finest local ingredients.
- +39 0922 771443
- www.ristorantelamadia.it
More suggestions and useful addresses
- The valley of temples
- Agrigento
- The burial grounds, temples and sanctuaries of one of Italy's most fascinating archaeological sites.
- www.parcovalledeitempli.it
Valley of the Temples: places to see in the area
Sicily: other destinations
- Selinunte
- Taormina
- Eolie Islands
- Siracusa
- Palermo
- Agrigento
- Valle dell'Etna
- Marsala
- Valley of the Temples
- Mazara del Vallo
- Pantelleria
- Noto
- Monreale
- Catania
- Gela
- Acireale
- Cefalù
- Giardini Naxos
- Egadi Islands
- Lampedusa
- Ragusa
- Sciacca
- Trapani
- Lipari
- Pelagie Islands
- Messina
- Alcamo
- Milazzo
- Nicosia
- Piazza Armerina
- Acitrezza
- Caltanissetta
- Enna
