Valley of the Temples
UNESCO World Heritage Site (Archaeological Area Of Agrigento, 1997); Parco Archeologico E Paesaggistico Della Valle Dei Templi, Regione Siciliana · Agrigento, Sicily
A ridge of Doric temples above Agrigento, built by the Greek colony of Akragas in the fifth century BC when it was one of the richest cities in the Mediterranean, and better preserved than almost anything left in Greece itself. The Temple of Concordia still stands complete with its colonnade, architrave and both pediments, which it owes to being converted into a church in the sixth century. The Temple of Juno keeps its colonnade, Heracles has eight columns re-raised in 1924, and the Olympian Zeus temple lies in ruins so large it was never finished, its roof once carried on giant stone figures called telamons. One of those was re-erected in 2024 and now stands eight metres tall beside the ruins. The park covers 1,300 hectares of ridge, almond groves and tombs, took more than a million visitors in 2025, and has almost no shade anywhere on it, which is why the park opens at night through the summer.
Via Panoramica dei Templi, Agrigento, Sicily, 92100, Italy
Daily from 08:30, with closing between 19:00 and 20:00 depending on the source and the season and last entry an hour before. Summer night openings run roughly from late June to late September, to about 23:00 on weekdays and later at weekends. The Kolymbethra garden keeps its own shorter hours, from 10:00, seasonally adjusted.
Valley of the Temples on Spottos · Explore more places on Spottos