Agrigento and Piazza Armerina Tour: Explore UNESCO Sites and Majestic Temples
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Catania
Embark on a captivating tour of Agrigento and Piazza Armerina, exploring UNESCO World Heritage Sites and magnificent ancient temples. Discover the Valley of the Temples and the stunning Villa Romana del Casale with its remarkable Roman mosaics.
Duration: 8 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Valle dei Templi - Discovering the Valley of the Temples, one of the most extensive, representative and best preserved archaeological sites of classical Greek civilization, included in 1998 by UNESCO in the list of World Heritage Sites.
    The archaeological area corresponds to the remains of ancient Akragas, the original nucleus of modern Agrigento.
    Inside the area there is also the Pietro Griffo Regional Archaeological Museum, which houses 5688 artifacts that illustrate the history of the area from prehistory to the end of the Greco-Roman age.
  • Villa Romana del Casale - The Villa Romana del Casale in Piazza Armerina, in Sicily, is the supreme example of a late imperial Roman luxury villa and symbolizes the use of the territory by the Romans as the center of the large property on which the rural economy was based of the Western Empire.

Villa del Casale is one of the most luxurious of its kind and is famous for the richness and quality of its mosaics (4th century AD), which are recognized as the most beautiful in situ Roman mosaics. This mosaic treasure testifies to the life habits of the Roman ruling class and shows the mutual influences between cultures and exchanges in the ancient Mediterranean - between the Roman world and the North African area. (1H30 STOP)

What's Included
  • Enjoy a comfortable ride with in-vehicle air conditioning.
What's Not Included
  • NOT INCLUDED entrance tickets for museums, churches and attractions
Additional Information

The tour commences with an exploration of the grand archaeological region of the Valley of the Temples, in Agrigento, renowned for its 7 temples and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The follow-up destination is Piazza Armerina, also a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1997, that features a tour of Villa Romana del Casale, a prominent imperial villa boasting the finest preserved Roman mosaics worldwide: mosaic floors, wall mosaics, columns, capitals, and coins.

Location
Via Vittorio Emanuele II, 188
Via Vittorio Emanuele II
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Coopper29
May 28, 2023
Great - Perched on top of a hill with outstanding views, the temples are incredible, we took hundreds of photos.
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Trek38039238758
Apr 5, 2022
Perfetto - This bus was PERFETTO option how to see and learn about Catania so much information in only some days 🥰 Everything was great and on the top of that we got the cutest and nicest tour driver ever - Alfio 💛 Thanks to him our weekend with the tour bus was really unforgettable and completely stressless 🙏
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Chuck
Nov 24, 2023
Worth visiting! - Good experience, fascinating places to visit, but seemed rushed. Not enough to time to explore and no time for lunch. I would recommend highly , but be prepared with snacks and water.
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Johnhk10001
Apr 3, 2024
Tour description is rather misleading. It should be properly rectified. - The tour which cover both Agrigento (Valley of temples) & Piazza Armerina is well designed. However, we were not brought to the Museo Archeologico at the Agrigento Templi, as contrast to the description in the tour product. This could be due to misleading information presented either by the tour operator or not properly vetted by Viator. As a result, we all ended up having an extra hour left behind at the Archaeological site, waiting for the minivan. If so, we prefer 1.5 hours at Piazza Armerina (which is too rush for 1 hour), and 2 hours at the templi (which were given 3 hours), and 0.5 hours lunch/snack break (instead of 0 hours).
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