Easy to access area, but it is a site spread over a wide area. Electric carts will ferry you for a fee. Could do with a local museum.
This park is really AMAZING! It looks like you are being catapulted back in time. It is less turistic than the Valley Temple, but there is the chance to see the ruins of the city, fortification and temples and the chance to walk through the ruins, really an experience to do!
This park provides the opportunity to wander amongst the ruins and remains of the temples. What an experience!
Selinunte has a sad history of war and destruction but today it boasts the most fabulous ruins/reconstructions of temples. You can travel around in a little train to all the sights and access to the ruins is allowed. Fabulous photo ops. Go!
Quite an impressive place, not only for the historical aspect but also in terms of the setting. Having visited Himera on the north coast, and other such sites inc Agrigento and Segesta, this brought much of it together. €6 per person is a very reasonable charge - how much say Stonehenge! - and personally think touring on foot gives you the best perspective and appreciation. It is disappointing that at present the two main temples are under, or partly under scaffold but I guess works have to be done. Nice shaded picnic area between temples E, F & G and the Acropolis. There was one man selling granita near the Acropolis, otherwise nearest refreshments are just outside the main gates. You can go down to Marinella di Selinute where a number of bars, ristorantes, and gelatti bar on the sea front. Allow at least 3 hours, take water and head covering, and have a really lovely time amid early history and wonderful scenery. Plenty of free parking.
Selinute is a large site with two zones of temples. The Acropolis holds the remains of five temples and the other area has the remains of three temples. One temple stands nearly complete, another with only one row of columns, yet another with only the giant base of the columns giving some notion of the enormity of the building. Agrigento is the better site but if you are coming this way, Selinute is certainly worth a few hours.
One of the best days of our trip! The contrast between standing temples and broken down remains was intriguing. You can imagine what the area would have been when populated.
It amazed us throughout Sicily that at most historic sites with an entrance fee no map was provided. We had to wander around the large area with only a few maps here and there, none of which told you where you were. Otherwise, well-preserved ancient site, very interesting for a bucolic stroll.
The biggest fallen temple I've seen, with columns 11-12 feet in diameter. Unlike most Greek temples, the site hasn't been used as a quarry so most of the stones are still there. The city runs aren't quite Pompeii but there's streets and doorways and ancient fortifications. You must take the electric buggy ride unless you really want a hike.
Temples, streets, shops - and vast areas still not excavated. Spend some hours here if you are at all interested in the classical architecture and city planning.