The best cycling routes around Acquaviva Platani

The Alia belvedere is a terrace that overlooks the valley and offers a breathtaking view of the agricultural landscape and the surrounding hills. It is an ideal place to enjoy the sunset and there is also a bar to have a coffee or refresh yourself on hot summer days.

Villalba is a Sicilian town with Spanish origins, known for the production of tomatoes and lentils. It has an ancient history and some historical monuments, such as the Mother Church dedicated to San Giuseppe, and the Palazzo Ducale.

Casteltermini is a town in Sicily, in the province of Agrigento. Its name derives from the surname of the baron who founded it in 1629, Giovanni Vincenzo Maria Termini e Ferreri. The central square is the meeting place and gathering place for the inhabitants of Casteltermino, here it is possible to visit the Mother Church and the War Memorial.

Stretch of Provincial Road that connects Casteltermini with the Platani Valley. Quiet and with little traffic, it has a beautiful view over the valley and Sutera, the characteristic village dominated by Monte San Paolino.

Acquaviva Platani is a small town in Sicily, located in the province of Caltanissetta. Its name derives from the numerous natural springs that characterize the area and from the Platani river which flows in the valley below.

Sutera is a small Sicilian town counted among the most beautiful villages in Italy. It has ancient origins and a historic center perched on the mountain of San Paolino, where there is the sanctuary of the patron saint.

beautiful castle perched on a rocky outcrop just below the town of Mussomeli. It is said that the manor was built in just three years, between 1364 and 1367, on a previous Swabian fort, by order of Manfredi III of Chiaramonte, Duke of Modica, conquered by its location on an inaccessible hill that made it strategic from a military point of view. The fortress was at the center of an event that went down in history as the "Sala dei Baroni", which we are going to tell you about. Frederick III of Aragon, formally king of Trinacria (1355-1377), governed by establishing good relations with the notables of the island and, to do this, in 1374 he was a guest of Chiaramonte at the castle of Mussomeli with his daughter Maria of Sicily or of Aragon who, upon the death of her father, in 1377, still a minor, inherited the crown of Trinacria (1377-1401). Flanked by 4 vicars, Artale Alagona, Guglielmo Peralta, Francesco Ventimiglia and Manfredi Chiaramonte, she saw them clash because while Alagona intended to marry her to Gian Galeazzo Visconti, the powerful duke of Milan, Ventimiglia instead sided with the Aragonese prince Martino, future king of Aragon and Sicily. In the end, the latter, having the young ruler kidnapped, now compromised, thanks to the help of Guglielmo Raimondo Moncada, managed to marry her. This marital union, born with deception, was, however, disapproved by Pope Boniface IX, Alagona and Manfredi Chiaramonte who gathered in a room of the castle, from that moment on called the "Barons' Hall", the notables of the Island trying to convince them, but without success, of the illegitimacy of that marriage. When Martin the Elder Duke of Montblanc of Aragon, landed in Sicily in 1392, had himself crowned, in the cathedral of Palermo, king of Trinacria, the only ones who did not accept it were Artale Alagona and Manfredi Chiaramonte, who, as punishment, had all their assets confiscated, partly attributed to the Moncada family, loyal, instead, to the Aragonese.

Obligatory point where you can have a beer or have breakfast