Tenuta Lanza

A vast seasonal aquatic park, Scivolandia Cammarata (10 minutes’ drive) has six pools, including one with artificial waves and others with waterslides for all ages. Parents can keep an eye on the kids splashing about in the paddling pool from the comfort of a Jacuzzi, and there are also shaded picnic areas. Perching atop a forbidding rocky spur, Mussomeli Castle (25 minutes) was built between the 14th and the 15th centuries. Take in views of the surrounding countryside (and all the way to the coast on good days), then check out the simple stone chapel, the Barons’ Room and the prison cells. In the countryside on the outskirts of Agrigento, the Valley of the Temples (55 minutes) is a spectacular archaeological site with several well-preserved structures (such as the Temple of Concordia) dating back from the fifth century BC. Also here are the remains of a Paleochristian necropolis and the Archaeological Museum ‘Pietro Griffo’, with artefacts unearthed at this site.