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Rick Steves

Sicily Travel Guide 2019, 2023

Michele Gallo is a scholar of archaeology and leads an excellent tour of the temples and the museum. For those with more time, he offers tours covering topics such as WWII and Sicilian writers, including one for fans of Andrea Camilleri’s Inspector Montalbano mysteries.

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Fodor’s Sicily 2023

Travel Guide 2023

SPECIAL-INTEREST TOURS | Michele Gallo is an outstanding English-speaking Agrigento-based guide whose passion for Sicily and curiosity about finding out new things is unabated after 30 years. As well as wonderfully lively tours of the Valley of the Temples and Archeological Museum, he has an entire portfolio of theme-day and half-day tours throughout the region, and taking your pick of these is the perfect way of getting under the skin of this fascinating area of Sicily. Tours range from literary journeys exploring the Agrigento and Porto Empedocle of Camilleri and the Sicily of Tomasi di Lampedusa’s The Leopard, to tours of the sites of the 8th Army’s 1943 landings and a gastronomic tour into the world of ice and ice-cream making. For anyone wanting to find out more about their Sicilian ancestry, there are made-to-measure genealogical journeys.  wwww.sicilytravel.net.

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The Rough Guide to Sicily 2020

Hiring a guide can bring the history of the site to life and greatly enhance your visit. The talented and informed Michele Gallo ( +39.360 397 930, valleyofthetemples.com) is highly recommended.

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Centre for Responsible Tourism

Washington D.C.

The Sicily Travel.Net website is a valuable website. It offers various thematic itineraries for the city of Agrigento, the Province and other Sicilian destinations. Lonely Planet, the Washington Post and Trip Advisor highly recommend this website.

Martha Honey and Juan Luna-Kelser- Stanford University