From Catania: Villa Romana del Casale and Valley of the Temples Transfer

Travel from Catania to Piazza Armerina and Agrigento with comfortable transfer-only round-trip transfers and hotel pickup and drop-off.

Getting started

Get picked up directly from your hotel in Catania and settle into your comfortable transfer for a full-day tour. Your driver takes care of the logistics as you leave the city and head toward Piazza Armerina. After this first stop, you continue by vehicle to Agrigento before returning to Catania at the end of the day.

What to expect

Piazza Armerina

Piazza Armerina sits in the Erei Mountains and is your first main stop on this journey between Magna Graecia and the Roman Empire. The town is known for its medieval and Norman-Byzantine layout combined with later Baroque architecture.

Features

• Explore Piazza Armerina at your own pace, from its medieval street plan to traces of Norman-Byzantine influences that shape the urban layout.
• Take in the contrast between older structures and elegant Baroque architecture that reflects later layers of the town's history.
• Benefit from a comfortable transfer from Catania to this site, with hotel pickup and drop-off included as part of your visit to Piazza Armerina.

Villa Romana del Casale

Located just outside the center of Piazza Armerina, Villa Romana del Casale is a UNESCO World Heritage site. It is renowned for its extensive Roman mosaics that illustrate the luxury and daily life of high-ranking Roman families.

Features

• Walk through the villa's preserved spaces and see mosaics that depict scenes of daily life, myth, and status in a great Roman household.
• Use your time here to focus on the mosaics' detail and scale, which provide an intact visual record of Roman domestic decoration.
• Reach Villa Romana del Casale as part of your visit to Piazza Armerina, included in the transfer-only option that brings you from Catania to the site and back.

Agrigento & the Valley of the Temples

Agrigento and the Valley of the Temples form the final major stop of your itinerary. This area represents the heart of Magna Graecia, with some of the best-preserved Doric temples set in a Mediterranean landscape.

Features

• Spend time among the Agrigento Temples in the Valley of the Temples, where ancient Doric structures line a ridge overlooking the surrounding landscape.
• Experience how myth and classical history intersect in a site that showcases Greek architectural forms within Sicily.
• Take advantage of round-trip transfers from Catania to Agrigento, including a comfortable transfer from Catania to the Agrigento Temples and back, as part of your full-day, transfer-only excursion that connects Piazza Armerina, Villa Romana del Casale, and Agrigento.