Selinunte Archaeological Park

Selinunte was an ancient Greek city ? on the south-western coast of Sicily in Italy ??.The archaeological site contains five temples centered on an acropolis. Of the five temples, only the Temple of Hera, has been re-erected. At its peak before 409 BC the city may have contained up to 30,000 people, excluding slaves.

A great archaeological site. Very large area, use transport at extra charge. Very nice museum and lovely views.

Extremely beautiful, amazing sights and astounding archeological ruins. One of the highlights of my trip to Palermo. As a tip, the experience is conpletely different if you go first to the archeological musem "Salinas" in the centre of Palermo. Many objects there were digged from Selinunte, and it has a lot of backgroung of the site.

an exceptional site, although too spread out, perhaps. We loved it thoroughly, but navigating it was not easy with the heat. The shops around have great choices, and we loved the fact the site has a free covid-testing site (near the cafe and the shops) and large and free car park. a much better experience than the Valley of Temples

The Selinunte Archaeological Park was established in 2013 and covers about 270 hectares, dotted with temples and the remains of the ancient Sicilian city. The park has two diametrically opposite entrances, located respectively to the east, near the town of Marinella di Selinunte and to the west; arrived at the ticket office and purchased the entrance tickets, we decided to use the shuttle service (which I recommend to anyone), which, with a modest sum, allowed us to avoid long transfers on foot between the various sites we visited . The numerous temples are scattered over the vast area of ​​the Park, and are in various states of conservation, ranging from the pile of stones, from which it is decidedly difficult to reconstruct the "finished" image of a temple, to the largely intact construction. before which we cannot hide wonder and admiration. I started the visit from the eastern hill (next to the east entrance), on which there are three temples; the best preserved is the one identified by the letter E, dedicated to Hera, which dates back to around 450 BC; the front view of the temple is impressive, showing itself in all its grandeur, just as it was extremely suggestive to wander around inside. Not far away, temple F, older (dates back to 550 BC), and in a worse state of conservation than the temple of Hera, also as a result of a greater dispossession of which it was subject. Transferred to the Acropolis with the help of the shuttle, we wandered around the area, wandering among imposing masses of remains, which surround the columns, brought back to their feet with a restoration work, of temple C, also dating back to the 6th century BC. The complete visit of the vast area of ​​the Park requires dedicating a lot of time to it, as well as requiring, in my opinion, fairly in-depth studies and historical and archaeological skills, which help to extricate oneself among the many remains. From our visit the deep impression aroused by an Archaeological Park which was the largest in Europe, dotted with imposing temples, silent witnesses of the greatness of an ancient people remained.

This is a great archaeological site with plenty to see. It is let down by grumpy slow staff and a lack of organisation. The temples are wonderfully preserved and geat to see so definitely go. There are several toilets and a shuttle service between the 2 main sites. There is very little in the way of explanatory information and no staff on hand to ask. Directions are not well marked. The shuttle drivers are very pleasant. There is a a small snack bar which is remarkably good but will become very stretched if the park gets busy. Now the staff. The park opens at 9. By that time there was quite a queue including some school groups. Nobody started serving anyone until 9.10 and that was one ticket window. They were distracted because of frequent shouting exchanges with the only other staff member who kept on waving away, the growing throng of people trying to find out what the problem was. Everything stops whenever a staff member gets a mobile phone call... Which isn't great. The site though overcomes that.

I never heard of this place before, but then an owner of a bed and breakfast told me about it and I had to visit it. I need to say I'm not disappointed, it's an amazing place with an amazing view. Sadly it started raining in the middle of the tour, but nonetheless we were able to see a portion of it. The park is the biggest in the world, so prepare yourself to stay there the whole day at least. There are also shittles to carry you around, so don't worry too much about walking a lot.

The museum was small but the park is huge. Make sure to pay the extra $ for the golf cart ride to & from the far temple. Just go up to the hut in front of the museum, which is after you walk past the first set of temples. It's a long walk there and back..it took 7 minutes to get there on the golf cart. Great views.