Description
Location. Hotel Akrabello Is A Three Floor Hotel Situated Four Kilometres From The Town Centre And Three Kilometres From A Private Sandy Beach. Catania Fontanarossa Airport Is 150 Kilometres Away And Takes Around 90 Minutes To Reach By Car.
Hotel Features. The Hotel Has An Outdoor Swimming Pool Surrounded By Pine Trees, As Well As A Disco And Two Bars. A Complimentary Shuttle Bus Runs To The Private Beach Where Sun Loungers And Sun Shades Are Provided (Surcharge). Multilingual Staff On The 24 Hour Front Desk Can Assist With Airport Transport And Room Service Requests And Lock Valuables In The Hotel Safe.
Hotel Akrabello Offers A Choice Of Dining Options With Three Restaurants Serving A Choice Of Local Dishes: Pineta Bar And Restaurant Is Situated In The Hotel Gardens Beside The Pool And Is Open During Summer Months Only, And Sala Zeus And Sala Concordia Are Located Inside The Hotel And Are Open Year Round.
During Summer Months Aquagym And Swimming Courses Are Organised By The Hotel.
Guestrooms. The 135 Air Conditioned Guestrooms Have Decor In Neutral Colours With Carpeted Floors. All Guestrooms Have Bathrooms With Baths Or Showers, Complimentary Toiletries And Hair Dryers, And Other Amenities Include Satellite Television, Direct Dial Phones, And Wireless Internet (Surcharge).
Expert Tip. Agrigento Boasts Some Of Europe's Most Remarkably Preserved Ancient Greek And Roman Temples That Are Dotted Along A Line Of Rugged Hilltops In An Area Known As The Valley Of The Temples, Three Kilometres From The Hotel.
Driving Directions
Getting There. The Best Way To Get From The Airport To The Hotel Is By Taxi Or Hire Car; Transport Can Be Arranged In Advance By The Hotel (Surcharge).
Driving Directions. From Catania Airport, Follow The Motorway To Palermo Until The Sign For Caltanissetta And Take The Ss640 To Agrigento. Continue To The Rotatoria Giunone Roundabout, Where The Valley Of The Temples Can Be Seen On The Right, And Follow Signs To Siracusa. Hotel Akrabello Is Around A Kilometre Further On The Left.
Nearby Attractions
Area Attractions: 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, Both 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 For Ever. 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 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. Agrigento, Its Economy Nowadays Is Based On Tourism And Service Industry, Has Still Preserved Its Old Craft And Folklore Traditions, And Offers A Varied, Rich Range Of Cuisine. The Hotel Is Adjacent To The Famous Valley Of The Temples Of Agrigento. It Encloses One Of The Greatest Ancient Greek Architectural Treasures Still In Existence. The Superb Doric Temples, In An Excellent State Of Preservation, Made From The Intensely Yellow Local Conchitic Tufaceous Sandstone, That Is Either Tinted Pink At Sunset Or Acquires A Warm Amber Shade, Are The Immortal Testimony Of The Splendor And Power Of The Ancient Greek Colony The Poet Pindar Defined It As The Most Beautiful Among The Cities Of Mortals, The Friend Of Luxury, The Seat Of Persephone. In A Crescendo Of Majestic Beauty And In Perfect Harmony With Its Natural Surroundings, The Procession Of Temples Along The Valley Begins With The Monumental Temple Of Zeus Olympius, The Temple Of The Dioscuri, More Or Less The Symbol Of The Town Of Agrigento, The Temple Of Hercules, The Temple Of The Concordia, Among The Best Preserved Of The Sacred Buildings And One Of The Finest Examples Of Doric Architecture Anywhere, The Temple Of Juno Lucina, The Temple Of Vulcan And The Temple Outside The Town Of Aesculapius, All Built Between The Sixth And Fifth Century Bc. The Valley One Of The Most Important Archaeological Areas In The Whole Of Sicily, That Left Goethe Deeply Enchanted, As He Wrote In The Pages Of His Journey Through Italy Also Contains The Famous Sanctuary Of Demeter And Kouros, The Oratory Of Phalaris, Therons Tomb, The Remains Of Greek Fortifications, The Site Of The Ancient Agora, The Magnificently Preserved Remains Of The Hellenic Roman Town And The Very Rich Regional Archaeological Museum, That Houses Material Of Inestimable Historical And Artistic Value. The Archaeological Area Can Be Visited Every Day From 8Am To 9Pm. Selinunte Is Situated About 96 Km O From The Hotel And Agrigento And Is One Of The Best Preserved And Most Fascinating Magna Graecian Cities Of The Whole Region. It Was Called The Favorite Place Of The Gods. The Most Westerly Greek Colony Of Sicily Was Founded, According To Stateme
