Unforgettable Sicily: Temples & Mosaics Tour from Palermo

Excellent, knowledgeable guide inside the Valley of the Temples. Bus ride long but bearable. Don’t sit over the wheel. Definitely worth the effort.

We had an excellent, enthusiastic local tour guide with such knowledge about these amazing ancient temples. The whole experience was superb.

We were driven to the sites in a very comfortable van. Our host Giovanni was friendly and good looking. 🙂 The tour guide in Agrigento, Giovanni, was very knowledgeable and interesting. Over all, a great day trip.

If you are in Palermo and have any interest in antiquity, this tour is really worthwhile, visiting two very significant ancient Greek and Roman sites in Sicily. One of the temples is preserved almost intact and seeing this 2500 year old structure still standing is very special. The mosaics in the Roman villa are similarly impressive. A couple of notes about this trip - firstly, it's a VERY long day and one needs to be prepared for this. We left Palermo at around 6:30am, and were only back around 5pm. One travels more than 250km during the day, and although all the roads are tarred, the ride can be very bumpy. If you have a back issue, make sure you don't sit at the rear of the vehicle (which is a very nice MB bus). The tour reaches the Valley of the Temples at around mid-day, and even though it was already autumn, the day was hot - take lots of water, a hat, and sunscreen, as there isn't much shade. Also take every opportunity to use a WC, as these are few and far between on the trip. There is an opportunity to buy coffee and breakfast at the Roman villa site, as well as something for lunch at the Valley of the Temples, but bringing along some snacks, and WATER, is a highly recommended.

This is a great tour. If you can afford it it's worth it. You get taken to two of the best archaeological sites in Italy which are both quite a distance from Palermo - it's probably the best way to see these sites if you're staying here. (do note that each site will cost you an extra 17 € per person). You get picked up at 6:30 am & dropped back at 5:30pm which is good as you then have a full evening. Our tour leader Lorenzo & driver Giacomo were both friendly and genuinely helpful and really made the day go smoothly and provided an excellent service all day. An hour into the trip you visit a roadside café which has fantastic pastries and sandwiches - another review called it a petrol station which is technically true but a little unfair as the fresh food on offer is much better than a typical UK petrol station shop. Then it's two more hours to the Valley of Temples which is amazing. We had a guide there, Sergio, who took us on an easy two hour walk through the site. He was a fount of knowledge on everything from antiquity to biodiversity and his enthusiasm was really great. Then it's an hour to the Roman villa, which has the most excellent well preserved mosaics over an extensive site. You self guide here (you can buy an audio guide but we didn't , there's plenty of info on signs all around) and can choose to spend some of the allotted two hours in the little souvenir shop/ street food area if you want. Then it's three hours back - so go to the loo before you leave. Would highly recommend if you're staying in Palermo and want to see these sites.

The transportation company was very warm and welcoming, and the leader, Martina was very attentive and engaging and spoke English very well! A young woman with a good soul and a good communicator who helped us understand the days activities and even sang with us on the way home😍 Our guide at the site, Sergio, was an excellent historian, shared many stories and clever joke jokes, and we even got to feed some goats🙂

We were delighted with our second trip with this tour company. The team are welcoming, engaging and could not do enough for us to make our trip more enjoyable. We would highly recommend a visit to the valley of temples and the roman villa, we had a great time

Nice guide on the bus and the guide at the site was excellent. Lots of history to absorb. Tour ran on time. Scenery and countryside very pleasant

We really enjoyed this trip. It is a long day, with 5-6 hours of the trip spent driving on the bus, but that does give an opportunity to see some of the beautiful Sicilian scenery. The Roman villa is incredible- we have never seen anything like it. I would recommend paying 7 euros for the audioguide and although it is an early start leaving Palermo, you arrive at the Villa before the crowds. The Valley of the Temples was also amazing and we had a good guide there. The tour operator does say this, but you still need to pay the entry fees for both sites. Our companion on the tour Lorenzo was very friendly and welcoming.

lovely trip. the mosaics at Villa Romana were stunning. Agrigento was nice and the guided tour was quite good, but wasn't as much our thing.