Restaurants in the province of Agrigento

Agrigento is the Valley of the Temples and a very long coast, with Lampedusa and Linosa closer to Africa than to Europe. The cooking mixes Greek, Arab and Spanish without hiding it.

What you eat here

• Cùscusu — the fish couscous of North African descent, made at Sciacca (the best-known tradition is Trapani's, but it is eaten on this coast too).
• Agrigento almonds and torrone (the pistachio belongs to Bronte, in Catania).
• Sarde a beccafico and pasta con le sarde, with wild fennel, raisins and pine nuts.
• Sciacca prawns and the oily fish of the local fleet.
• Cassata and cannoli, and the *taralluccio* of Favara.

The wine

This is Menfi, one of the island's most dynamic zones: Nero d'Avola, Grillo, Inzolia and Chardonnay. Nearer the sea the whites turn saline.

Opening hours change. The ones on the listings come from public sources and may be out of date. Where a restaurant confirms tables with us, the availability you see is the real one.