Travel Reference
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cilian ceramics and rare terracotta figurines from the Bronze Age.The church you'll see
near the museum car park is the 12th-century
Abbazia di Santo Spirito
, one of the few surviv-
ing relics from the city's Norman period.
WORTH A TRIP
WINE TASTING & COOKING COURSES
The area west of Caltanissetta is wild and remote. But if you want to get away from everything, head to the beau-
tiful
Regaleali estate
( 092 154 40 11;
www.tascadalmerita.it
) near the village of Vallelunga. One of five
wine-producing estates owned by the Tasca d'Almerita family, it has some 400 hectares of vineyards, a high-tech
winery and a residential
cooking school
( 093 481 46 54;
www.annatascalanza.com
) run by Anna Tasca
Lanza. Visits to the winery are limited to guided tours (with optional tastings) for between eight and 25 people,
which must be booked ahead. Cooking courses range from three- to five-day packages (€1000-€2000 per person
including accommodation) to a day-long lesson and lunch (€150). Further details are available on the website.
Eating
Vicolo Duomo
( 093 458 23 31; Vicolo Neviera 1; meals €30; closed Sun & lunch Mon)
Hidden away in a tiny alley-
way just off Piazza Garibaldi, this is the place to eat in town. A colourful trattoria, it spe-
cialises in earthy country fare such as pasta with spring peas and fava beans, and pork shin
in Nero d'Avola wine.
TRATTORIA
Information
Tourist office
(
093 42 10 89; Viale Conte Testasecca 20;
9am-1pm Mon-Fri, 4-6pm Wed)
Getting There & Around
BUS
Enna (€4.10, one hour) at least four times daily, while
SAIS Trasporti
( 093 456 40 72;
www.saistrasporti.it
)
operates up to 10 daily buses to/from Agrigento (€6.20, 1¼ hours).
CAR
If coming from Enna or the north take the A19 autostrada to join the SS640, which passes
through Caltanissetta en route to Agrigento.
