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Vast expanses of rolling terrain are planted with wheat, vines, olives and silvery blue artichokes. Colours pop up here and there amid the green, such as a large swathe of crimson sulla, bright red poppies and hearty yellow fennel growing impossibly tall (see Il Corleonese).

From the ruins of the Norman castle above Caltabellota (see Caltabellotta) you can see all the way to the flat coast stretching toward Marsala and the hilly interior dotted with villages and farms.

From the ruins of Eraclea Minoa on top of a white sandstone cliff, look down to the wide stretch of sandy beach and the dark sea (see Eraclea Minoa).

From the residential sector on the east hill, look down on the agora (forum) and out towards the east coast and the outline of Mount Etna (see Morgantina).

The round-topped Rocca di Nadore above Sciacca turns its flat, white face towards the sea and dominates the coast for miles. See it looming on the horizon as far away as Selinunte.

Agrigento’s temples are even more romantic at night. You can see them from any vantage point but perhaps the finest view is from the terrace at Il Dehors (see Il Déhors de l’Hotel Foresteria Baglio della Luna, Agrigento), enjoying an excellent meal with the Temple of Concord as backdrop (see Agrigento and the Valle dei Templi).

The enormous vallate (valleys) around Enna are planted with wheat, and the spectacular stretches of soft fields change colour with the seasons, from lush green, to golden yellow, to black.

From the Piazza Cripsi see across the deep valley to Calascibetta on the flat top of its own terraced hill, and across the interior all the way to Mount Etna.