We return to travel with historic trains between Palermo and Porto Empedocle: on Sunday 12 May, visitors will be able, starting from the central station of the Sicilian capital, to reach the Valley of the Temples of Agrigento and the nineteenth-century railway area of Porto Empedocle on board the rolling stock historians of the FS Foundation. The train, in particular, will be composed of the historic 1970s D 445 1006 locomotive, a 1930s “Centoporte” carriage, three “Terrazzini” carriages and a luggage compartment with trolleys to accommodate bicycles. From here it will be possible to admire the landscapes of the Sicilian countryside and, later, once you have passed the Agrigento Bassa station you will enter the archaeological area, a world heritage site. Once you reach the Tempio di Vulcano stop, those who wish can get off to visit the Kolymbethra Garden, managed by the FAI, whose entrance ticket is 5 euros for adults and 2 euros for children (6-17 years) and by crossing it you can access to the Archaeological Park of the Valley of the Temples and be able to visit the wonderful Doric Temples, as well as the imposing Telamon, the stone giant recently brought back to standing position, the entrance ticket is 12 euros full price and 6 euros reduced. Those who want, instead of going down to the Temple of Vulcan, can continue towards Porto Empedocle and enjoy the landscapes offered by the splendid town overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. Here you can admire the nineteenth-century railway station managed by the Kaos Railways Association or, alternatively, continue to Porto Empedocle Succursale. Once you arrive here, for those who wish, you can take advantage of the accompaniment of the Archeoclub association for tourist-cultural entertainment at a cost of 5 euros per person or at a cost of 10 euros for tourist-cultural-gastronomic entertainment. There will also be the opportunity to visit the places of Andrea Camilleri in the alleys of the literary Vigata, home of the fiction “Inspector Montalbano”, with the opportunity to admire the monument to Luigi Pirandello, the neoclassical portico of the Town Hall, the Mother Church, Maria Santissima del Buon Consiglio, the Chapel of San Calogero in the Casa dei Portuali, the statue of Inspector Montalbano, the mural by Andrea Camilleri di Ligama and the Tower of Charles V. The times are as follows: from Palermo C.le (8: 48) in Porto Empedocle (12.20), the Temple Train will stop in Bagheria (9.01), Termini Imerese (9.20), Roccapalumba-Alia (10.15), Aragona Caldare (11.37), Agrigento Bassa (11.50), Tempio di Vulcano (12.06), Porto Empedocle C.le (12.20). Departure from Porto Empedocle Succ.le is scheduled for 6.36pm with stops in Tempio di Vulcano (6.52pm), Agrigento Bassa (7.13pm), Aragona Caldare (7.28pm), Roccapalumba-Alia (8pm). 58), Termini Imerese (9.36pm), Bagheria (9.56pm), arriving in Palermo at 10.10pm.
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