Hotel Villa Athena (Agrigento, Italy)

The Hotel Villa Athena stands in the archaeological area of Agrigento, precisely facing the Temple of the Concordia, the monumental symbol of the celebrated Valley of the Temples. The Hotel is situated in Agrigento, the most beautiful city of mortals, seat of Persephone as the Greek poet Pindar defined it, stands on a hill overlooking the sea. Intense light, a mild climate throughout the year, and the ancient charm of almonds blooming in the spring and cloaking the town in color and scent, make Agrigento one of the most fascinating places in the region. . Founded in 580 BC by the Gelesi originating from Crete and Rhodes and by Greeks from Rhodes on the land lying between the rivers Akragas and Hypsas, Agrigento was a great economic and military power. In the sixth century BC under the tyrant Phalaris, in the fifth century under Theron, and later still under a democratic government, the town with a Hippodamean layout, was mantled in the upper and in the valley part below, in splendid Doric sanctuaries and temples. Referring to this the Agrigento philosopher Empedocles, wrote that his fellow citizens construct buildings as if they could live forever. . Occupied by the Romans in 210 BC, then abandoned in the Byzantine period, it was conquered by the Arabs in 828 AD, taking the name Girgenti. The town kept its central economic position also under the Normans and Swabians, but experienced great building development during the eighteenth century. Finally, in 1927 the town took on its present name of Agrigento. It still conserves the intricate fifth century Hypogea which is a network of underground passages, interesting medieval monuments, including the S. Spirito monastic complex and the cathedral, the regional Archaeological Museum, one of the most important in Sicily, fine churches and old palaces, and the birthplace, now a museum, of Pirandello. . The Hotel is close to the famous Valley of the Temples of Agrigento.

92100 Via Dei Templi 33, Agrigento, Italy

Single from € 196 , Double from € 240