Greetings from beautiful and sunny, 60 degree Agrigento, Sicily!
We successfully navigated through the streets of Catania, with only minor stress attacks 😬 and made our way to the freeway that will take us across Sicily to our next adventure location, Agrigento!
We had an easy two hour drive across Sicily to reach our new Airbnb.
Super easy check in, fantastic hosts!
We didn’t know what to expect when driving across Sicily. It was spectacular, even though the highway was “under construction”😬
Its spring in Sicily and the flowers are in full bloom!
Old town Agrigento is built, you guessed it, on a huge hill! TGC says walking tour time! It’s Sunday afternoon so everything is closed, but that doesn’t mean we can’t see the Old town sights! Up we go!
Ok, bright and early, 8:00 AM, (that’s early in Sicily), make the short walk to the local bus stop, buy your ticket from the Tobacco store😜
Easy 15 minute ride to the Valley of the Temples.
Ok, it’s a walking tour, it’s going to be a long day 😅
Construction by the Greeks in 600-300 BC, it’s in remarkable condition, considering how long it was abandoned!
Walking down the Valley now.
In the 1920’s, Sir Alexander Hardcastle bought the area encompassing the Temples, and when he passed, his trust gave the Temples back to the area.
The Tempio di Zeus covers a huge area, including the Olympics area and a sacrifice tomb. Unfortunately most of this has collapsed.
22,000 steps, hills, off road, uneven trails, stairs…what should we do?
Travel day today, three hour drive to Trapani for a couple of nights!
The end of the adventure is getting closer as we travel up Sicily, then to Rome and home.
Arrivederci!
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