Agrigento and Valley of the Temples Day Trip from Palermo

No good marked way out from the Valey ( all route was good), so we had to wait for more participants.

SCAM artists wasn't even collected for this trip and got charged for it even though I never got there TERRIBLE will never use trivago again

I came from New York City to Palermo for a week before heading on to Taormina. My friend and I were so excited to see Agrigento we didn’t want to use public transportation and risk getting lost nor did we have a car. This service was absolutely incredible. Michael was our host for the day, and he was the nicest and the most thoughtful guy EVER! He picked us up at 8 AM on the dot and introduced all of the passengers. The car was air-conditioned and clean and new, and he drove us through a beautiful scenic route to Agrigento. He made sure to stop for food for us and to explain everything about the place we were going as well as how to meet back up at the end. Afterword, he drove us to Scala Dei Turchi, the Turkish stairs, a GORGEOUS cliff side into the sea. This was not part of our itinerary and yet he did this just so we could have an extra moment. It was one of the most beautiful days of my life, and it was so simple — picked up and dropped off at the same hotel in Palermo. I could not recommend it more.

Walking through the Valley of the Temples was an extraordinary experience and the highlight of my 8 days in western Sicily. I researched the site and the history of area before the tour and that helped me give context to the site in the history of Magna Graecia and also the archeological history and protection of the Valley of the Temples.

These Temple are worth a visit, our driver Joshua was very attentive towards everyone in the group he even went the extra mile and took us to the Turkish steps even though it was not part of the itinerary. Joshua was very polite and this is the first time that a driver on a tour did not ask for a tip at the end of the journey. Thank you Joshua keep up the good work.

A dream come true going to the temples. The courier was knowledgeable and informative, small number of passengers on the bus... Quite a long day....

In my case it was a tour with few people. The guide, Michael gave us many tips to better enjoy the trip

I don't understand why the guide didn't go with the group and did a guided tour of the site - I was very disappointed

Temples are well worth a visit. Queues were an hour for security and entrance in 37'C heat. This would have been less but our driver abandoned us at the entrance. Our tour comprised two minibuses, the other driver escorted his group to the tours and groups entrance so they were fast tracked in!!! Not us, we didn't even know where to go. He wouldn't speak to us in English, just pointed his finger towards the huge queues of people. We also wasted time queuing for toilets as there was no stop on route for breakfast and toilets as expected from itinerary, and we were also hungry. Our driver was also very late, by 20 mins, which added to the "be there 15 mins early" meant we were standing for 35 mins with nowhere to sit. We enjoyed the temples, interesting notes about how they were built too. The main road through is wide and the site more accessible than expected. Not much shade. Reasonably priced sandwiches at the restaurant, limited menu but very acceptable. We also wasted half an hour at the cafe at the pick up point after tour. We were then told we were NOT stopping at the Museum as in our itinerary but were going straight back to Palermo. Expecting to go to the Museum we had purchased tickets for Temples AND Museum at an extra 4 Euros each so really disappointed and annoyed, after all if the driver had arrived on time we would have had time for the breakfast and comfort stop. If he had taken us as a group to fast track our entrance ( as the other driver did for his group) we would have been finished early enough to have an hour at the Museum. We expected a guide for the Temples but no guide for us. Our driver refused to speak to us in English and used a young Italian in our tour group to translate yet a young Irish girl said he spoke excellent English when he picked her up from her residence, possibly as she was giving him extra as she was staying outside Palermo. One of our group is diabetic so the missed breakfast stop was very distressing for him and made him feel very unwell which obviously spoiled the trip for him. There were two minibuses travellng together from Palermo, we didnt have a guide for the temples as expected. I think the other driver DID escort his group comprising the same number of people as in our group, his name is Michael and he was my driver for a different trip to Etna and Taormina and he was brilliant, very talkative, stopped on route, took us to the front of the queue for the funicular, wish we'd had him for the Temples

This was a very pleasant trip for my family (a total of 6 persons) in an air conditioned mini-van. We were picked up at the NH Palermo Hotel by our driver, Michael, who spoke fluent English and was engaging, interesting and informative throughout the excursion. Upon our arrival at the Temples, his instructions were extremely clear after which he took us to a fine restaurant for lunch before returning to Palermo. Once again, his conversation was pleasant and informative. We enjoyed our trip, immensely, and would recommend this experience to future travelers without hesitation.