Calascibetta · Enna
Two days among rock-cut necropoli, the Byzantine Village and the summit of Monte Altesina, the navel of Sicily, with the Hisn Al Giran association.
A journey into the region's most ancient history. You walk from the Realmese Necropolis, with hundreds of rock-cut tombs, to the Byzantine Village of Vallone Canalotto, among tombs, qanat and a rock church.
On the second day you climb Monte Altesina, chosen by the Arabs as the geographical centre of the island, among rock-cut tombs, convent ruins and inscriptions. On request, a visit to the Floristella Mining Park.
€190 · per groupCalascibetta · 7 hours
A full excursion from the Realmese Necropolis to the Byzantine Village, among 300 protohistoric tombs and landscapes overlooking Etna.
Associazione Culturale Hisn Al Giran
€190 · per groupCalascibetta · 7 hours
An excursion to the Monte Altesina nature reserve, the 'navel of the island', among rock-cut tombs, convent ruins and a Sikel-Greek village.
Associazione Culturale Hisn Al Giran
Enna · Mining park
A Regional Mining Park and open-air museum of Sicilian sulphur-mining heritage, with the magnificent Palazzo Pennisi and the pearly-white waters of the Rio Floristella.
Enna · Archaeological site
An archaeological area above the Pergusa basin, with remains of a large Hellenised indigenous centre from the Copper Age to the Classical era and a vast sacred temenos.