Inspector Montalbano Tour. From Montelusa to Vigata

The only literary tour that takes you to Vigàta and Montelusa. Follow in the footsteps of Inspector Montalbano, Mimi Augello, Catarella and the other members of the Vigata police squad

Vigata and Montelusa are places that cannot be found on the map but are geographically located in the area between the hill of Girgenti and the Sea of Africa. Semi-imaginary places that are inexistant insofar as their boundaries can be moved according to the author's narrative needs but real at the same time: Porto Empedocle is Vigata with its streets, abandoned factories, Pasture, lighthouse, flat rock, Salita Granet, Marinella beach, "Commissariato" in Lincoln Street, Monte Crasto, Restaurant San Calogero and Trattoria da Enzo  and Girgenti is Montelusa with the Commissioner's Office and Rabato district.

Follow in the footsteps of Salvo Montalbano. Vigata and Montelusa are places that cannot be found on the map but are geographically located in the area between the hill of Girgenti and the Sea of Africa. Semi-imaginary places that are inexistant insofar as their boundaries can be moved according to the author’s narrative needs but real at the same time: Porto Empedocle is Vigata with its streets, abandoned factories, Pasture, lighthouse, flat rock, Salita Granet, Marinella beach, “Commissariato” (Police Station) in Lincoln Street, Monte Crasto, Restaurant San Calogero and Trattoria da Enzo. Girgenti (Agrigento) is Montelusa with the Commissioner’s Office and Rabato district.

Without waiting for Pino’s answer, he slipped into one of those midget high-rises that were not more than twelve stories high, having been built around the same time as the chemical works and having just as quickly fallen into ruin, when not abandoned altogether. For someone approaching from the sea, Vigata rose up like a parody of Manhattan, on a reduced scale .. Andrea Camilleri The shape of water

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This Montalbano tour can be combined with another tour to the places in Ragusa used as filming locations.

Inspector Montalbano Tour Itinerary

Follow in the footsteps of Salvo Montalbano and the other members of Vigata’s small police force. Mimì Augello, Montalbano’s second-in-charge, Fazio, Gallo, Galluzzo, and the incredibly stupid yet likable Catarella, who mans the station’s phones. The tour starts in the city center of Montelusa (Agrigento): here we find the Commissioner’s office (Questura)and Piazza San Francesco, the place where the very idea of Vigata came to Camilleri’s mind. We walk along Via Atenea to the Santo Spirito Library where Montalbano finds the book that helps him understand the mystery of the Terracotta Dog.

Transfer to Villaseta (The Snack Thief ) and continue to Vigata, passing by the Pasture. Stop at the Tower of Charles V (described in Camilleri’s first book) and at the pier to admire the sight of Vigata from the sea. Later, we walk in Vigata city center to Salita Granet and Caffè Vigata with references to various works of Andrea Camilleri that are set there (The shape of water, The scent of the night, The terracotta dog, The excursion to Tindari, The voice of the violin). Leisure time to partake in the small town atmosphere which surrounds Camilleri’s characters Continue to Marinella (Montalbano’s house) and Scala dei Turchi another place often described in the novels.

Inspector Montalbano Tour: highlights

Montelusa

Vigata