Under the Sicilian Sun

Yet another cloudless and hot day for our visit to the Valley of Temples at Agrigento - the Temples of Hera, Concord, Herakles and Zeus - which were all built hundreds of years BC. It was a hot and dusty walk made easier through the local knowledge of our guide. We were dropped at the top of the hill and picked up at the bottom.

We never realised the extent of Greek ruins in Sicily, nor how well some have been preserved.

A 2 hour drive took us to Piazza Armerina and the nearby Villa Romana del Casale, a Unesco World Heritage site of a roman hunting villa recognised as having the most extensive and best preserved set of roman mosaics in the world.

Temple of Concordia:

Byzantine burial chambers in the city walls:

Villa Romana del Casale mosaics: