So today we leave Palermo for Agrigento via the Island of Mozia. Anyway, as we are driving along we spy the Parthenon on top of a hill;
it turns out not to be the Parthenon but some sort of Trojan temple. We are in Segesta as luck would have it, so we pull over and have a gander at the temple and at the Greek theatre.
Our next stop off is Mozia in order to see the Boy of Mozia(a statue that is, dating back to 500BC. We pull into the car park and are accosted by a "parking attendant" making us an offer we can't refuse. Having been told that one can easily recognise the tourist's cars by the smashed windows and the absence of luggage we cough up the protection money.
We then board the ferry for a 10 minute ride to Mozia, though we probably could have waded across.
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| Piles of salt |
The island is beautiful and full of artefacts in a small museum and still being dug up. It would seem you can dig anywhere here and you will soon find some 500BC treasure. Anything younger than 400BC just gets thrown into the rubbish skip and used as landfill.
Next stop is Agrigento to visit the Valley of Temples. The view from our hotel is acceptable.
Dinner is delicious.
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| Caponata |
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| Spaghetti with sea urchin |
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| Lobster with truffles |
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| Prickly pear |
it turns out not to be the Parthenon but some sort of Trojan temple. We are in Segesta as luck would have it, so we pull over and have a gander at the temple and at the Greek theatre.
The island is beautiful and full of artefacts in a small museum and still being dug up. It would seem you can dig anywhere here and you will soon find some 500BC treasure. Anything younger than 400BC just gets thrown into the rubbish skip and used as landfill.
Next stop is Agrigento to visit the Valley of Temples. The view from our hotel is acceptable.
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