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Horse back riding tours on the Valle
dei Templi.
Tennis court 1 Km. from the hotel.
Guided visit to the many archeological sites, from up to 500 B. C. in the Valle dei Templi
(Valley of Temples) including five temples and the archeological museum.
Every Saturday evening there is an event in Agrigento at 2 Kms. from the hotel, called
“Stoai” with an interesting documental on how the temples were reconstructed, plus a
group of young artists dressed in the ancient Greek customs of the era (4 centuries B.
C.)
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Baglio is the ideal place to organize pleasant
meetings held in the meeting room for up to fifty people,
equipped with modern technology and benefiting from the
restaurant's coffee-break and business catering service. |
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At the reception you will find
pamphlets and tourist information regarding Agrigento, Valley of the
Temples and surroundings (upon request the hotel books guided tours,
excursions and provides transfer service for sights and localities)
and, at 300 meters, the Private Beach comes with umbrellas and
lounge chairs for relaxing days at the seaside. |
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RESTAURANT "Dehors" |
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"Dehors" is the refined and
elegant restaurant of the Hotel, open to guests and the
public at large and renowned throughout Italy for a cuisine
that goes from the traditional to the most innovative,
always featuring Sicilian elements and offering a carefully
selected wine list showcasing Sicilian Greats, the best
Italian as well as French and International wines. |
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VALLEY OF THE TEMPLES |
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 Stretched
out along a ridge, and nestling in the area to the south of it,
are a series of temples which were all erected in the course of
the 5th century BC, as if to testify to the prosperity of the
city at that time. Having been set ablaze by the Carthaginians
in 406 BC, the buildings were restored by the Romans (1C BC)
respecting their original Doric style. Their subsequent state of
disrepair has been put down either to seismic activity or the
destructive fury of the Christians backed by an edict of the
Emperor of the Eastern Empire, Theodosius (4C). The only one to
survive intact is the Temple of Concord which, in the 6C,
was converted into a Christian church. During the Middle Ages,
masonry was removed to help construct other buildings, in
particular, the Temple of Zeus, known locally as the
Giant’s Quarry, provided material for the church of San Nicola
and the 18C part of the jetty at Porto Empedocle.
All the buildings face east, respecting the Classical criterion
(both Greek and Roman) that the entrance to the cella (Holy of
Holies) where the statue of the god was housed could be
illuminated by the rays of the rising sun, the source and blood
of life.
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