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(similar to sea bass) in a potato crust, or linguine lightly dressed with mussels, cherry

tomatoes and tenerumi (courgette plant fronds). Desserts include a Modica chocolate
mousse. Around €45 a head for a full meal. Tues–Sun: summer lunch & dinner; winter
dinner only.

Trattoria dei Templi Via Panoramica dei Templi 15 0922 403 110. Fresh seafood
in a traditional restaurant halfway between town and the Valle dei Templi. Among
their ample pasta dishes, opt for panzerotti della casa (ravioli with seafood sauce;

€7), or splash out on the fettuccine all’aragosta, served with a chunk of lobster (€14).
Mon–Sat lunch & dinner; winter closed Fri & Sun.

DIRECTORY

Banks and exchange ATMs at banks along Via Atenea.

Hospital Ospedale Civile San Giovanni di Dio, Contrada Consolida, just outside
town ( 0922 442 111, or for emergencies 0922 591 221).

Internet Internet Train, Cortile Contarini, opposite La Corte degli Sfizi (Mon–Sat

9.15am–1.15pm & 3.30–9pm); you can also log on at the provincial tourist office in
the Prefettura (first 15min free).

Pharmacies Averna, Via Atenea 325 ( 0922 26 093); Maria Teresa Indelicato,
Piazza Vittorio Emanuele 13 ( 0922 23 889); Minacori, Via Atenea 91 ( 0922 25
089). All are open Mon–Fri 9am–1pm & 4–8pm, Sat & Sun; the usual late-opening
rota system is in operation, with details posted outside all pharmacies.

Police Call 112 or 113, or contact the Questura on Piazza Vittorio Emanuele (
0922 483 111), or the Carabinieri at Piazzale Aldo Moro 2 ( 0922 499 000).

Post office Piazza Vittorio Emanuele (Mon–Fri 8am–6.30pm, Sat 8am–12.30pm).

< Back to Agrigento and the southwest

Around Agrigento

The area around Agrigento has several places worth visiting that can be easily seen in
day-trips from the town, and that are of interest in particular to fans of Sicilian

literature – the highlights being Caos, birthplace of Luigi Pirandello, Porto
Empedocle, birthplace of Montalbano creator Andrea Camilleri, and the ancestral
seat of Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, author of The Leopard.

Caos

Southwest of Agrigento, at the end of the flyover leading out towards Porto
Empedocle, the suburb of CAOS was the birthplace of writer Luigi Pirandello and