Full-day Valley of the Temples and Scala dei Turchi tour

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Language: English

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Duration: from 4 hours to 8 hours

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Why you’ll love this…

The tour shines a light on some of Sicily's oldest and most important historical and natural landmarks

You'll wander around the ruins of seven 2,500-year-old shrines at the UNESCO-rated Valley of the Temples

Your visit to the valley follows the Sacred Way, an easy-going trail lined with flowering almond trees

You can go for a swim at the Scala dei Turchi, a natural limestone staircase dug into a cliff face

This experience is led by an expert local guide who can tell you all about the landmarks and their history

What to expect

Two of Sicily's highlights are in the spotlight on this full-day tour. You'll visit the UNESCO World Heritage Site, Valley of the Temples, an archaeological site that's loaded with what's left of seven 2,500-year-old shrines, including the Temple of Concordia – it's ranked as one of the best-preserved Greek temples in the world. Afterwards, you'll head to one of the top ten most unique coastlines as named by TripAdvisor – Scala dei Turchi. Giuseppa, one of our expert local guides, says “the Valley of the Temples is landscaped with lots of flowering almond trees, another staple of Sicily, that will...

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Pick-ups are available from selected hotels in the following resorts: Cefalu

Not suitable for guests with cardiac or respiratory problems

Not suitable for wheelchairs

Not suitable for guests with reduced mobility

Bring a towel

Bring a hat

Bring bathing gear and sunblock

Admissions not included

Bring suitable footwear

Food and drinks not included

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4.3/5

Based on 53 reviews from verified customers

All ratings (53)

Excellent (25)

47%

Great (21)

40%

Average (5)

Poor (2)

Bad (0)

July 2026

From United Kingdom

Traveled as As a couple - 34 years old

Excellent

Silvana was an amazing guide, offered a lot of information and interesting local facts.

Lolo

June 2026

From France

Traveled as As a couple - 62 years old

Great

Paysages merveilleux de Cefalu à Agrigente, temples très beaux, malheureusement on comprenait mal le guide quand il parlait en français...on a loupé beaucoup d explications. Il n articulait pas assez ses mots...

Rachel Hanlon

Traveled as As a couple - 32 years old

The guide was fantastic, very knowledgeable, and he switched from English to French seamlessly! Really enjoyed seeing the temples and learning the history around them. The only thing I would rate down is the price, for £114 for 2 people I think the tickets into the site should be included.

Norfolk

Traveled as As a couple - 69 years old

Exceptional guide and driver, friendly, v.informative, caring for all, and fun!

Ian P

May 2026

Traveled as With friends - 50 years old

Average

Guide (Salvatore) was excellent and very knowledgeable. However it was wrong that the Agrigento entrance fee was not included in the tour price. After all, would you ever pay for the tour and not enter the temple complex? This aspect was poorly explained when we bought the tour. The scala dei turchi part seemed to just be a “filler” and was pretty much a waste of time beyond a 5 minute picture stop.

La porta Filippa

Traveled as As a couple - 50 years old

Notre guide a été au top .récits historiques fluides.relation avec le présent explicite .envie d en savoir plus .cette visite fut très vivante. avoir pu vivre la visite ds notre langue a été super si elle n avait pas été faite en français nous n en aurions pas fait cette année .nos expériences précédentes n ont pas permis de suivre les explications et d interagir car uniquement anglais et allemand.donc top pour nous Inclure les prix d entrées ds le prix de base cette visite a été géniale.merci

Hamgood

October 2025

Traveled as As a couple - 41 years old

The guide, Salvatore, was very knowledgeable and friendly. The site was interesting. Only downside was the 50 minutes from our pickup to the last hotel pickup (in different towns) before we set off to the Temples so a long time sitting in the coach.

Bart Peters

September 2025

From Netherlands

Traveled as As a couple - 31 years old

Er kwam veel regen. Zodoende naar een winkelcentrum. Ik had liever een andere invulling. Winkelen was niet mijn keuze, maar een meer cultureel plan b was meer op haar plaats geweest.

MoMoC

Traveled as As a couple - 51 years old

The guide Valwria was extremely good , friendly and and caring. The specialist guide to the temples Annelisse was excellent! Great use of time

Di

Traveled as As a couple - 45 years old

Quite expensive as we had to pay entry as well would rather know full price. Would personally rather have a little more time at the temple or free time and less at Scala dei Turchi. Lovely view of the steps then 2hrs free time as redhead and can’t sit on the beach so only other options was to stay in a cafe.

gwen and Roberto

Traveled as As a couple - 57 years old

Temples were amazing Turkish Steps were not available to us as they were fully booked Alexandra was a pleasant guide The lady at the Temples was full of knowledge and she made everything clear and understood Excellent guide Being in the heat of the day at the beach and Turkish steps was a challenge although there was a lovely beach lounge and restaurant however it was exceptionally busy and expensive for a light lunch Having to pay 17 euros each for entrance to the Temples was a bit of a shock t

Tim and Jane

Traveled as As a couple - 56 years old

After the tour around the temples we were taken to a beach. There was only one restaurant which was quite expensive. I feel a better choice is required for the lunch venue.

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Anne

Traveled as Alone - 53 years old

Mr Collins

Traveled as As a couple - 43 years old

It was a long day 12 hours.A hour and half pick up people from orther hotels and one hour dropping people off .I was first on and last off. Going to the beach was a waist of time . Everyone would like to go back to their hotels, just go to the temples.

Annah

From Germany

Traveled as As a couple - 59 years old

Insgesamt sehr gute Organisation ! Unsere Erwartung war etwas mehr gut erhaltene Tempel zu sehen!! Leider war alles in englischer Sprache - so konnten wir wichtige Informationen während der Carreise über Kultur und Landwirtschaft nicht mitverfolgen. Kompetente tolle Reisebegleiterin .

Per H V

August 2025

From Denmark

Traveled as With family - 38 years old

Dygtig guide med massiv viden - måske liiidt mange historier, men sjovt... Valle del Turchi lidt træls, da man skulle betale 30 Euro for en stol ved stranden - men ellers flot.

Oleg S

Traveled as With family - 23 years old

We like the excursion very much. However, the end stop at Scala dei Turchi could be improved. We were at the Lounge Beach, which was ridiculously overpriced for the service offered, both food and beach. I would suggest changing the location to a different place near Scala dei Turchi. Also, it would help a lot if an itinerary was available, including food options (with approximate prices if possible) - as tourists, our internet access during the trip was very limited despite european SIM cards.

Karel Hendrickx

July 2025

Traveled as As a couple - 39 years old

David Odd

Traveled as As a couple - 58 years old

Excellent balanced tour with some free time afterwards at a beach. The tour guide very knowledgeable about the history

Caroline

Traveled as As a couple - 37 years old

Roberto (apologies if name is spelt wrong) was a friendly, charismatic, enthusiastic and knowledgeable guide. It was a very hot day, so she made sure we stopped in the shade too, which was greatly appreciated. There's a reasonable amount of walking but it didn't actually seem that bad. Well done.

Kritikus

June 2025

Traveled as As a couple - 52 years old

Poor

Turchi nur erschwert für Fotos zugänglich. Für total 5,0 Std. Busfahrt stimmt Preis/ Ergebnis so nicht.

Peter

Traveled as As a couple - 46 years old

Leider nicht in deutsch - Audio Guide in deutsch oder eine Mappe mit Informationen fehlte - dafür etwas zu teuer. Sehr nette Reiseleitung- nur leider nur englisch scala de Turchi hätte 1 Stunde Aufenthalt gereicht. Ausflug ging leider vor dem Frühstück los und unser Hotel Sea Palace gibt kein kostenloses Frühstücks Paket mit

Harmus

From Finland

Traveled as With friends

Opas käytti radiota ja me kuuntelimme korvanapeilla. Kukaan 3 ryhmästämme ei saanut selvää mitä hän puhui, vaikka ääni tuli läpi. Laitteisto rätisi ja leikkasi korkeat äänet. Vaihtakaa laitteisto. Vapaata aikaa uimiseen ja syömiseen oli aivan liian vähän. Tunti lisää matkan pituuteen.

S Wallace

May 2025

Salvatore was very informative and made the day interesting. I thought the tour was solely English speaking but Salvatore repeated everything in French too. This was very tiring especially when we were listening through the ear pieces

christophe

Superbe excursion avec un guide (Salvatore) au top !

katrien

Traveled as With family - 46 years old

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Maria Palmira

Traveled as Alone - 56 years old

Tout à été bien raconté dans les détails. J'ai appris et découvert grâce aux connaissances approfondies de notre guide. J'en garderai un bon souvenir.

Nick Madge

Traveled as As a couple

Guide was very good, tour of the temple,s great beach stop not really needed.

RST

October 2024

AlexB

Traveled as As a couple - 24 years old

Christian

Traveled as With family - 47 years old

Roberta war ein super Guide und ist neben ihrem Wissen über Kultur und Land mit ihrer herzlichen Art eine Bereicherung für jeden Gast.

Wendy K

September 2024

Agrigento was excellent, an amazing site and well worth a visit. Scala dei Turchi less so: we were dropped off at the main road and given information ablot the roadside snack bar and the one restaurant which was beachside, We chose the restaurant, as we were very hungry, however it was overpriced and food was poor. Our tour guide was very knowledgable, however she could have used a small flag to allow our group to find her more easily in the crowds.

Leo

Alternatief aan strand bij minder goed weer? Al een geluk aten we daar en ging de tijd voorbij. Gids en chauffeur zeker ok. Timing perfect. Uitleg duidelijk

Haarsma

Fam. Van der Meij

Traveled as With family - 40 years old

Mutter und Schwester

Traveled as With family - 14 years old

Man sollte vielleicht bei Hitze kleine Pausen einlegen und Pferpflegung und Eintrittspreis bei der Buchung mit inbegriffen sein.

Katarina

August 2024

Traveled as With family - 41 years old

Winni

June 2024

Alinda

Traveled as With family - 31 years old

We kregen veel informatie over Sicilie en haar geschiedenis door de zeer enthousiaste reisleidster Roberta. Daarna nog het heerlijke strand om even af te koelen. Erg goed gedaan en vooral het enthousiasme van Roberta maakte de ervaring extra leuk.

Sabine Bracke

August 2023

Traveled as With family - 35 years old

Uwe

Traveled as Alone - 43 years old

Alles super

Raph

July 2023

Traveled as As a couple - 13 years old

Sabine

Traveled as Alone - 50 years old

Sehr interessante Tour, eine ausgewogene Mischung von Kultur und Entspannung. Die mehr als 2500 Jahre alten Tempel in Agrigento sind absolut beeindruckend und sehenswert. Gute und kompetente Reiseleitung.

Mr V

June 2023

Traveled as As a couple - 33 years old

Enjoyed the Temple tour however was not expecting to be taken to an expensive seafood restaurant for lunch costing minimum €30 per head. There were no other options available where they drop you, so had no choice. My suggestion would be to take a packed lunch.

Jacqueline Van Wesel

Traveled as As a couple - 42 years old

Erg interessant goede uitleg

Steve P

September 2022

An easy walk taking in some fasicnating history of Sicily. well placed comfort and refreshment stops. Our guide Esther was excellent.

Nadine

Traveled as Alone - 25 years old

John

Traveled as As a couple - 55 years old

In de voucher stond dat de excursie in het Duits zou zijn. De gids sprak niet eens Duits. Bovendien waren er 5 Italianen bij zodat ze 2x moest uitleggen, in het Engels en in het Italiaans. Wij hadden bewust Duits gekozen, maar de excursie was in het Engels. Zij had dat niet bepaald, was het commentaar toen wij het meldden

Jacob

August 2022

Traveled as As a couple - 11 years old

Informationerne fra jeres siden inden rejsen var noget sparsomme og alene delvis rigtige. Turen skulle ifølge jer varer 4-8 timer, men den endte med at tage over 11 timer. Vedrørende mad undervejs, så var der intet inkluderet, men der blev gjort stop nogle steder, så det var muligt at få mad og drikke under turen.

Esther

July 2022

Traveled as With friends - 10 years old

Mads

Traveled as As a couple - 7 years old

Guiden og menneskerne omkring var rigtig søde og hjælpsomme. Det var lidt irriterende at guiden gentog alt på både italiensk og engelsk. Derudover kunne entre have været inkluderet i prisen.