Belmonte Hotel

Mediterranean Coast


A stone's throw from Favara's central square, this slickly renovated hotel is the best place to stay in town. Rooms are clean and contemporary, and the onsite restaurant Pizza d'Autore dishes up wood-fired excellence harnessing Slow Food and local gourmet ingredients. Also available are rooms in the adjacent Villa Belmonte Bed & Breakfast.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Mediterranean Coast attractions

1. Museo della Mandorla Siciliana

0.1 MILES

Located in a restored Favara mansion, this interesting museum showcases the importance of the humble almond to Sicily. Exhibits are well labelled in both…

2. Farm Cultural Park

0.1 MILES

In 2010, married couple Andrea Bartoli and Favara-born Florinda Saieva bought several abandoned buildings in the town's dilapidated heart and set up this…

3. Tempio di Hera

3.73 MILES

The 5th-century-BC Temple of Hera is also known as the Tempio di Giunone (Temple of Juno). Though partly destroyed by an earthquake in the Middle Ages,…

4. Quartiere Ellenistico-Romano

3.95 MILES

To the east of the Museo Archeologico is the Hellenistic-Roman Quarter, featuring a well-preserved street layout which was part of urban Akragas (and…

5. Valley of the Temples

4.06 MILES

Sicily's most enthralling archaeological site encompasses the ruined ancient city of Akragas, highlighted by the stunningly well-preserved Tempio della…

6. Museo Archeologico

4.08 MILES

North of the temples, this wheelchair-accessible museum is one of Sicily's finest, with a huge collection of clearly labelled artefacts from the excavated…

7. Tempio della Concordia

4.1 MILES

One of the best-preserved ancient Greek temples in existence, the Temple of Concordia has survived almost entirely intact since it was constructed in 430…

8. Museo Civico

4.21 MILES

Upstairs at Monastero di Santo Spirito, the small Museo Civico is worth a quick visit as much for the views over the Valley of the Temples as its poorly…