Where to go in the spring, the Sicily of Agrigento

A perfect destination for this spring? A place that knows how to offer cultural and natural attractions, amplified by all the feelings that come to us from the season of awakening of nature? And maybe where you can eat and live well, without the stress of big cities? But it's easy: Sicily, which in spring is offered to the discerning tourist, with the great hospitality that everyone, friends and enemies the grant it. So why not Agrigento, Girgenti, Sicily Greek par excellence, even the best of ancient Greece that still you can enjoy in the beautiful Valley of the Temples. The Temples of Hercules, Jupiter, Juno, that of Concordia, Vulcan, Athena, Asclepius, Demetria, the Dioscuri and Isis, admired in full awakening of nature: a show that alone is worth the trip. Valley of Temples, but not alone, because the city of Agrigento, on the western summit of the hill of Girgenti, in addition to the cathedral of San Gerlando and the Monastery of the Holy Spirit, still preserves churches, monasteries, convents and palaces, that even if not always well-kept, reminiscent of the heyday of the city. A must then stop the house Museum of Pirandello, illustrious citizen of Agrigento. And if we move out of the capital, we find Canicattì, with its beautiful old town, Sciacca and its Cathedral, Palma de Lichtenberg and his castle, and keeping in theme of castles, there are also those of Palma de Lichtenberg, Bivona and Favara. Tired of all this history, culture, temples, churches, palaces and castles? Want to walk in the nature or along the shoreline of a beach Agrigento? Starting from the north to the south of the most beautiful beaches are: Porto Palo and Lido Fiore (Memphis), Stazzone, Lido of tuna, Lido of Foggia, Cape San Marco, San Giorgio and Lido Sovareto (Sciacca), Seccagrande and Borgo Bonsignore (Ribera ), Eraclea Minoa (Cattolica Eraclea), Bovo Marina (Montallegro), Siculiana Marina and the Reserve of Torre Salsa (Siculiana), Capo Rossello and Scala dei Turchi (Realmonte, in the gallery), Lido Azzurro (Porto Empedocle), Kaos and San Leone (Agrigento) and Marina di Palma (Palma de Lichtenberg). Do not you have enough yet? Are familiar, too found the tourist? So reserve Torre Salsa, where the sand dunes alternate with Mediterranean vegetation: 13 km of untouched wonders where you can get lost in the history and natural beauty. And then there is the spring in Sicily, which is a show in itself, which can be enjoyed by simply turning the streets of the province, in search of almond and orange trees typical of the area. And then there's the sweet, the cuisine and culinary traditions, which in Agrigento declines in the flavors and aromas of Cucchiateddi (besides the cassata and cannoli course). Traditional Agrigento is pasta with fava beans and ricotta, but also to try the pasta with sardines and peas, while in country towns, the tradition is that of sheep meat, which is sought when he married the pistachio. If then we are at sea, there are the fish dishes, fish quality: try the shad in shirt, a great delicate dish, in which the fish is wrapped in puff pastry and toasted in the oven.