If you like temples it's the place to go. Variety of buildings mostly fallen but one in perfect condition considering. Easy walk from one end to other. You can arrange to use scooters or horses to go around site. 2 entrances, the east or west. Easy to get to from Agrigento Station. Wait for tourist bus €1.40 or pay a fortune to a taxi. Audio guides available. €5. Same price for entrance to the gardens. Mainly orchards of citrus fruit. Got some samples from shop at entrance produced from garden. Walk is hedged by the Mediterranean on one side and Agrigento on a natural high point on the other. Contrast between ancient and industrial modern...
Read moreThe valley was great, but we were told at one entrance that we can visit the garden separately the next day, because we arrived late.
When we arrived the next day to the ticket shop the cashier wanted us to pay the full entry to the temples to get to the garden.
This is badly organized and complete non-sense to let us pay for something to I only pass through to the thing I actually wanted to visit.
The parking at gate 5 is a rip off that should be checked by a consumer protection institution. It says max 10 EUR a day (24h) for campers and we ended up paying 32 EUR for 1 day and 18 hours. It does not match the...
Read moreIf you enjoy looking at temples, this is the place to go. I would plan in at least 2-3 hours for the entire experience. What I didn't like was the additional fee for parking: 2 EUR for the first hour, 1 EUR for the second (cap of 5 EUR) and only cash accepted. The entry itself costs 10 Euros, but if you want to see the garden located within, it costs around 6 Euros extra. The audio guide costs an additional 5 Euros. A nice park, but if you combine the park, parking, the garden and an audio guide, that is up to 26 Euros per person - that is if you don't get a...
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