Donnafugata Castle - Ragusa
Contrada Donnafugata. Phone: 0932619333
Visiting hours: Wednesday, Friday, Saturday: 9.00-13.00, Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday: 9.00-13.00 and 14.45-16.30. Closed on Monday.
Entrance: Full fare € 8.00; cheap fare € 4.00
Main attractions: The labyrinth in stone, the hall of mirrors; the hall of music, Princess of Navarra’s bedroom.
Regional Museum “Agostino Pepoli” - Trapani
Via Conte Pepoli, 180. Phone: 0923553269, 0923531242
Visiting hours: From Monday to Saturday: 9.00-20.00, Sunday and public holidays: 9.00-12.30.
Entrance: Full fare € 6.00; cheap fare € 3.00
Main attractions: Fine coral works by the local handcraft (XVII-XVIII century).
Regional Archeological Museum Lilibeo – Marsala – Baglio Anselmi - Marsala
Via Lungomare Boeo, 30. Phone: 23952535
Visiting hours: Museum: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday: 9.00-14.00; Wednesday and Saturday: 15.00-18.00; Sunday: 9.00-13.00. Numismatic sector: from Tuesday to Saturday: 9.00-13.30; Wednesday: 9.00-17.30
Archeological Area of Lilibeo: Monday: 9.00-13.30; from Tuesday to Sunday: 9.00-17.00
Entrance: Full fare € 4.00; cheap fare € 2.00
Main attractions: A Punic shipwreck.
Whitaker Museum and Archeological Area - Mozia
Phone: 0923712598
Visiting hours: From November to March: 9.00-15.00; from April to October: 9.30-18.30
Entrance: Full fare € 9.00; cheap fare € 5.00 (boat ride not included)
Main attractions: A statue of a young man (original Greek sculpture of V century B.C.); fortifications of the northern gate; Cothon.
Archeological Area - Selinunte
Via Selinunte. Phone: 092446277
Visiting hours: Every day: from 9.00 until an hour before sunset.
Entrance: Full fare € 6.00; cheap fare € 3.00
Main attractions: Akropolis, Temple E.
Archeological Area - Segesta
Case Barbaro-Contrada Barbaro-S.P. 68. Phone: 0924952356
Visiting hours: Every day: from 9.00 until an hour before sunset.
Entrance: Full fare € 6.00; cheap fare € 3.00
Main attractions: Doric Temple, Greek Theatre.
Museo del Satiro – Mazara del Vallo
Phone: 0923933917
Visiting hours: Every day: 9.00-19.00.
Entrance: Full fare € 6.00; cheap fare € 3.00
Main attractions: Statue of a Dancing Satyr; finds from the Sicilian Channel, among which a selection of transport amphora of archaic, classical, Hellenistic, Punic, Roman, medieval age.
Archeological Area Cave di Cusa Vincenzo Tusa – Campobello di Mazara
Strada Provinciale Tre Fontante. Phone: 0923808111
Visiting hours: Every day: from 9.00 until an hour before sunset.
Entrance: Full fare € 2.00; cheap fare € 1.00
Main attractions: Remains of drums of column ready for building the temples in Selinunte.
Regional Archeological Museum “Paolo Orsi” - Syracuse
Viale Teocrito,66. Phone: 0931464022
Visiting hours: From Tuesday to Saturday: 9.00-19.00, Sunday and public holidays: 9.00-14.00. Closed on Monday.
Numismatic sector: from Tuesday to Saturday: 9.00-13.30; Wednesday: 9.00-17.30
Entrance: Full fare € 8.00; cheap fare € 4.00
Main attractions: Greek ceramics painted with red and black shapes (18,481 findings exposed).
Regional Gallery of Palazzo Bellomo - Syracuse
Via Capodieci,616 Phone: 093169511
Visiting hours: From Tuesday to Saturday: 9.00-19.00, Sunday: 9.00-13.00. Closed on Monday.
Entrance: Full fare € 8.00; cheap fare € 4.00
Main attractions: The Virgin of Annunciation by Antonello da Messina; Burial of Saint Lucia by Caravaggio.
Neapolis Archeological Area, Ear of Dionysius and the Greek Theatre - Syracuse
Via del Teatro Greco; Phone: 093166206
Visiting hours: Every day: 9.00-17.30
Entrance: Full fare € 10.00; cheap fare € 5.00
Main attractions: The Greek Theatre, the Roman Amphitheatre, Ara of Hiero II, Ear of Dionysius.
Archeological Area of Akrai – Palazzolo Acreide
Via Colle dell’Acromonte. Phone: 0931876602
Visiting hours: From Monday to Saturday: 9.00-16.30, the first Sunday of every month: 9.00-13.30.
Entrance: Full fare € 4.00; cheap fare € 2.00
Main attractions: The Greek Theatre, the Bouleuterion, the Temple of Aphrodite, the Latomie.
Palazzo dei Normanni and Palatine Chapel - Palermo
Piazza Indipendenza
Visiting hours: From Monday to Saturday: 8.15-17.40, Sunday and public holidays: 8.15-13.00. (The visit at the Palatine Chapel is not allowed on Sunday and religious holidays from 9.45 to 11.15)
Entrance: Tuesday and Thursday: full fare € 7.00; cheap fare € 5.00; from Friday to Monday and public holidays: full fare €8.50 and cheap fare € 6.50.
Main attractions: The rooms of the Palazzo (visits not allowed during the assemblies of the local Regional Parliament) and the mosaics of the Palatine Chapel.
The Cloister of St. Giovanni degli Eremiti - Palermo
Via dei Benedettini, 20. Phone: 0917071425, 0916515019
Visiting hours: From Monday to Saturday: 9.00-19.00, Sunday and public holidays: 9.00-13.30.
Entrance: Full fare € 6.00; cheap fare € 3.00
Main attractions: The church, the cloister, remains of the ancient monastery.
Sicilian Regional Gallery “Palazzo Abatellis” - Palermo
Via Alloro, 4. Phone: 0916230011
Visiting hours: From Tuesday to Friday: 9.00-18.30, Saturday and Sunday: 9.00-13.00. Closed on Monday.
Entrance: Full fare € 8.00; cheap fare € 4.00
Main attractions: The Virgin of Annunciation by Antonello da Messina, the Death’s Triumph by Anonymous of XV century); Eleanor of Aragon’s bust by Francesco Laurana.
Regional Archeological Museum”Antonio Salinas” - Palermo
Piazza Olivella. Phone: 0916116805 0916110740
Visiting hours: Every day: 8.30-13.30, Tuesday and Friday: 15.00-18.30..
Entrance: Full fare € 8.00; cheap fare € 4.00
Main attractions: Metopes from Temples in Selinunte (10,394 findings exposed)
Castello della Zisa - Palermo
Piazza Zisa. Phone: 0916520269
Visiting hours: Monday-Saturday: 9.00-19.00, Sunday and public holidays: 9.00-13-30
Entrance: Full fare € 6.00; cheap fare € 3.00
Main attractions: Architectures and crafts of the Arabic-Norman age.
Capuchins Monastery and Cript - Palermo
Piazza Cappuccini,1. Phone: 0916524156
Visiting hours: Every day: 9.00-13.00, 15.00-18.00. From November to March: closed every Sunday afternoon. Entrance: fare € 3.00;
Main attractions: Rosalia Lombardo, “the sleeping beauty” of Palermo.
Mandralisca Museum - Cefalù
Via Mandralisca, 13. Phone: 0921421547
Visiting hours: From November to February: 9.00-19.00 (closed on Monday); from March to October: 9.00-19.00. (every day); at Christmas, New Year’s day, Easter and Easter Monday: 9.00-12.30 and 15.30-19.00
Entrance: Full fare € 6.00; cheap fare € 4.00
Main attractions: Portrait of Unknown Man by Antonello da Messina; a Greek vase with red shapes against black background, known as the Tuna Salesman
Cloister Santa Maria La Nuova - Monreale
Piazza Guglielmo il Buono. Phone: 0916404403
Visiting hours: From Monday to Saturday: 9.00-18.30; Sunday and public holidays: 9.00-12.30.
Entrance: Full fare € 6.00; cheap fare 3.00
Main attractions: Cloister in Arabic-Norman style; Norman Cathedral.
Regional Interdisciplinary Museum - Messina
Viale della Libertà 465. . Phone: 090361292, o90361293
Visiting hours: From Tuesday to Saturday: 9.00-19.00, Sunday and public holidays: 9.00-13.00. Closed on Monday.
Entrance: Full fare € 8.00; cheap fare € 4.00
Main attractions: Altarpiece of St. Gregorio by Antonello da Messina; Nativity and Resurrection of Lazarus by Caravaggio.
Greek-Roman Theatre - Taormina
Via del Teatro Greco,40. Phone: 094223243
Visiting hours: Every day: 9.00-17.30
Entrance: Full fare € 10.00; cheap fare € 5.00
Main attractions: The Cavea; the Scene; the view over Mount Etna, Messina Strait, Naxos and a large portion of the Ionian Coast.
Archeologiacal Area of the Ancient Theatre and Antiquarium – Tindari
Via del Teatro Greco. Phone: 0941369023
Visiting hours: Every day: 9.00-19.00
Entrance: Full fare € 6.00; cheap fare € 3.00
Main attractions: The Cavea; the view over the Aeolian Islands, the Antiquarium
Archeological area of the Roman “Villa del Casale” – Piazza Armerina
Contrada Casale. Phone: 0935680036
Visiting hours: Every day 9.00-18.00
Entrance: Full fare € 10.00; cheap fare € 5.00
Main attractions: Mosaics of Roman epoch (III-IV century A.D.); Corridor of the Great Hunting; the Room of the Ten Maidens.
Archeological area of Morgantina - Enna
Contrada Morgantina. Phone: 093587955.
Visiting hours: Every day 9.00-16.00 (last ticket at 3.00 p.m.). you can buy inclusive tickets for two o three sites among Morgantina, Aidone and Villa del Casale.
Entrance: Full fare € 6.00; cheap fare € 3.00
Main attractions: Pre-Greek, Greek and Roman settlement at Serra Orlando; the ancient settlement “La Cittadella” of the late Bronze Age; a thermal building of III century B.C.; a chthonian shrine dedicated to Demeter and Kore.
Regional Museum of Aidone - Enna
Largo Torres Trupia. Phone: 093587307.
Visiting hours: Every day 9.00-21.00 (last ticket at 19.30).
Entrance: Full fare € 6.00; cheap fare € 3.00
Main attractions: Morgantina Goddess, Demeter’s acroliths; Morgantina silverware.
Lombardia Castle - Enna
Via Lombardia. Mobile: 3401482641.
Visiting hours: Winter 9.00-17.00, summer 9.00-20.00.
Entrance: Free
Main attractions: Six towers and three medieval courts.
Roman Amphitheatre – Catania
Piazza Stesicoro, phone 0957150508
Visiting hours: Tuesday-Friday: 9.00-13.30 and 14.30-18.00; Saturday: 9.00-13.30.
Entrance: Free
Main attractions: You can see a portion of the northern sector of the cavea; the interior corridor fully viable.
Roman Theatre and Odeon – Catania
Via Vittorio Emanuele, 206. Phone 0957150508
Visiting hours: Monday-Saturday: 9.00-18.00. Sundays and public holidays: 9.00-13.30
Entrance: Full fare € 6.00, cheap fare € 3.00.
Main attractions: The cavea; the floor of the orchestra in opus sectile
URSINO CASTLE – Catania
Piazza Federico II di Svevia; phone 095345830, 206. Phone 0957150508
Visiting hours: Monday-Friday: 9.00-19.00. Saturday: 9.00-23.00 Sunday: 9.00-22.00
Entrance: Full fare € 6.00, cheap fare € 3.00 (last ticket an hour before closing time)
Main attractions: The court; a series of rooms on the first floor.
DIOCESAN MUSEUM – Catania
Via Etnea, 8. Phone 095281635
Visiting hours: Monday-Friday: 9.00-14.00; Saturday: 9.00-13.00. Tuesday and Thursday: 15.00-18.00
Entrance: Full fare € 7.00, cheap fare € 4.004
Main attractions: Vestments, altar clothes and holy vessels from the Cathedral and other Churches in the diocese. Panoramic rooftop terraces.
Regional Ceramic Museum – Caltagirone
Via Roma. Phone 093321680-52783
Visiting hours: Every day 9.00-18.30.
Entrance: Full fare € 4.00; cheap fare € 2.00
Main attractions: Ceramic finds of Prehistoric, Protohistoric, Classical Roman, Early Christian ages; stuccoes of Norman Epoch from St. Julian’s Church; local ceramics from XVI to XIX century.
Archeological Area of the Acropoli (Molino a vento) - Gela
Corso Vittorio Emanuele I. Phone 0933912626
Visiting hours: Monday-Saturday: 9.00-18.30 (winter time), 9.00-19.30 (summer time).
Entrance: Full fare € 4.00; cheap fare € 2.00
Main attractions: Greek art and crafts (4,200 finds on show).
Regional Archaeological Museum – Agrigento
Contrada S. Nicola 12, tel. 0922/401565
Visiting hours: Mon 9.00-13.30; from Tue to Sat 9.30-13.30, 14.00-19.30; Sundays and public holidays 9.00-13.30.
Entrance: Full fare € 8.00; cheap fare € 4.00. Inclusive fare (Archeological Museum-Valley of the Temples): full fare € 13.50; cheap fare € 7.00.
Main attractions: Marble statue of a young man (by a V century B.C. Greek artist), Greek ceramics painted with black and red shapes, telamons remains of the temple of Olympian Zeus.
Archeological area “Valley of the Temples” – Agrigento
Via Panoramica dei Templi, tel. 0922/497226
Visiting hours: Every day 8.30-19.00 (visitors are allowed to stay untill 21.30).
Entrance: Full fare € 10.00; cheap fare € 5.00. Inclusive fare (Archeological Museum-Valley of the Temples): full fare € 13.50; cheap fare € 7.00.
Main attractions: Temple of Olympian Zeus, Temple of Castor and Pollux, Temple of Hercules, Temple of the Concord, Temple of Juno Lacinia.
Pirandello’s House Museum – Agrigento
Contrada Caos Villaseta, tel. 0922/511826
Visiting hours: Monday-Tuesday: 9.00-14.00; Wednesday-Tuesday-Friday: 9.00-18.00
Entrance: Full fare € 4.00; cheap fare € 2.00
Main attractions: In the various rooms a rich collection of photos, book reviews, honours, first editions of books with autograph dedications, original paintings dedicated to Pirandello, posters of the most famous plays performed on the stages all over the world. You can also visit the writer’s grave from 9.00 a.m. to an hour before sunset.
