Sicily Archaeology Tour: Agrigento and Villa Romana

Exploring the Greek world in Agrigento and viewing the renowned mosaics at Villa Romana Del Casale in Piazza Armerina.

A full-day tour with a driver showcasing the splendors of Sicily.

For enthusiasts of archaeology and history, a visit to Agrigento and Piazza Armerina is a must-see experience during a trip to Sicily.

Duration: 10 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Sicily Day By Day - For the Agrigento Piazza Armerina tour we provide for pick-up service at your accommodation or in the close vicinity, with comfortable and luxury 8-seats vehicle. Please Note that: our driver guide is not a touristic guide, so he cannot enter inside the historical places. He will give you information during the trip on the vehicle, before you will go inside. A paper guide will be provided to be used inside the archeological areas.

  • Valle dei Templi - Driving to the southern cost of Sicily, you will travel across Sicily by comfortable and air-conditioned vehicle. The tour will begin with the visit of the majestic archaeological area of the Valley of the Temples, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Pindar, the Greek poet and writer, described it as “one of the most beautiful cities of those inhabited by mortals”. “Valle dei Templi” is famous for its well-preserved temples, seven in total. Temple of Concordia is one of the best preserved Greek temples in the world helping the site to gain the classic UNESCO world heritage award. In the site, you can also visit the remains of many other temples dedicated to various divinity like Juno, Hercules, Hephaestus and Athena.

  • Piazza Armerina - In the early afternoon we will be in Piazza Armerina, a city woven in the hearth of Sicily. In this city is located the splendid Villa Romana del Casale, majestic imperial villa originally the property of a powerful Roman family. Here you will find the best conserved in-situ roman mosaics in the world.

The Villa Romana del Casale houses mosaic flooring – figurative and geometric – , wall mosaics, columns, stutues, capitals and coins. Since 1997 the city is part of the UNESCO World Heritage.

What's Included
  • Bottled water
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off or meeting point close to your accommodation in Catania
  • Transport by air-conditioned minivan
  • Snack with typical Sicilian street food, water and Etna wine
What's Not Included
  • Touristic guide inside the historical places
  • Biglietti di ingresso
Additional Information
  • At time of booking, Cruise ship passengers must provide the following information at time of booking: ship name, docking time, disembarkation time and re-boarding time
  • May be operated by a multi-lingual guide
  • Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
Location
P.za Federico di Svevia, 32
Piazza Federico di Svevia
At number 32 there's a yellow sign "Sicily Day by Day".
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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David_k
Sep 26, 2024
Great day trip! - Great tour! Angelo was our guide and was awesome! Angelo was fun and personable and made everyone feel welcome and he gave us a ton of history during the drive and made sure we fully enjoyed our lunch and wines! Valley of the temples was very cool - it’s not guided on this tour but you can get an audio tour at the entrance if you want - you will need to leave your passport as security deposit. Also recommend you buy entrance tickets online in advance to skip the Que. Piazza Armerina was also unguided but plenty to read as you walk through to describe what you see. Overall enjoyable day and request Angelo if you can!
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Mangal_p
Sep 15, 2024
Exceptionally helpful guide and driver. - Always happy with the viator team where ever we are in the world. Our guide Antonio or Santonio was exceptionally helpful. He helped us to pick up our bags from the previous hotel and dropped us at next hotel where our booking was. The tour was amazing. 10/10.
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Nick_m
Sep 13, 2024
Beautiful and fun - The sights were most impressive. Our guide was excellent. Very well informed, and shared a lot of information on the drive to and from. Learned a lot about the history of Sicily, in addition to the history behind the ruins. Great lunch too.
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Ketty
Sep 11, 2024
Sicily - Realmonte with fantastic landscapes. Beautiful beaches. Places of the heart where given the growing notoriety for the rediscovery of the scale of the Turks as an attraction is generating a tourism that struggles, however, to respect, as in many places, the heritage. Not to mention the city of Agrigento that coexists between ancient and modern.
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Elizabeth_b
Sep 8, 2024
Agrigento Trip - Fantastic trip from Catania. Well organised. A friendly, knowledgable, personable, guide. Safe driver. Great lunch included.
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Suzanne_m
Sep 3, 2024
Great experience - A great day! Excellent communication throughout. My initial tour was cancelled due to insufficient guests but I was offered alternatives and all was arranged quickly. Christian was our guide, excellent driving on quite a long day and answered all questions. Loved the day
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Mariamediatriz_b
Aug 28, 2024
Don't miss the Valley of the Temples - So glad I went on this trip. There were not enough people on the original date I booked and the tour agency was very helpful in suggesting another date or other tours that might interest me. By the way, the staff of Sicily Day by Day are friendly and helpful and I am glad they helped me manage my tours with them. Seeing the Valley of the Temples was so amazing. And the well preserved mosaics of the Villa Romana del Casale were beautiful. It was one of the highlights of my trip. And I would recommend this trip to all. We again had Christian as a tour guide. He was very patient with us and kind. Was understanding when we were a few minutes late returning to the bus. We appreciate how he took care of the group.
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Svetlanasj
Aug 22, 2024
Sicily’s top destination with Antonio - Such an excellent tour , well organised and planned . Antonio the driver made everything for everyone in the group of 8 to feel comfortable. Antonio is such a great driver and a wonderful man with a great sense of humor … he made it easy to experience the magnificent parts of Sicily such as valley of the temples in Agrigento, the Turkish steps and the beautiful Romana del Casale Additionally , the agency provided delicious lunch at the restaurant/wine tasting place at the plaza Armenita , the owners were great and accommodating for different taste palates including vegetarian options for some guests . Wine from Aetna region was great !
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Bruce_k
Sep 19, 2024
Wonderful but not for English speakers due to driver - The itinerary is excellent and even the sandwiches at lunch were wonderful. However the driver lacked even elementary English garbled even more by a very heavy accent. It is wrong for Viator to advertise this tour for English when far far far from that. Really obnoxious distraction. Either assign an actual English speaking driver or stop ad as for English speakers.
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Magali_a
Jul 10, 2024
Lovely places but not with this tour company - Enjoyed discovering these two places despite the heat ..however the two guides were really unprofessional. They spent the entire journey talking to each other It felt more a taxi company than a tour company. The guides could not be bothered to interact with us and share any fact We were handed some photocopied pages with information and nothing else . Would recommend going to these two places but not with them as it was a very poor and disappointing service. Valley of temples .. you wouldn't over 2 hours to do it
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