The sun which set so beautifully last night rises behind us, lighting up the harbour and town as white stone. Shortly after the other van leaves we set off for the short drive to Selinunte. Today is a national holiday here making it feel like a Sunday as most of the shops we drive past are closed.
Parking is easy at the Selinunte Archaelogical Park and the €6 entry fee is waived for wheelchair users and companions.
Selinunte is massive site of the remains of a Greek city founded in the 7th centuary BC. In 409 BC the Carthegenians laid siege, massacred the people and destroyed the temples. After failed efforts to rebuild it, Selinunte was abandoned in favour of the Acropolis on the other side of the river.
Temple E is the most complete, as a result of modern restoration and is very impressive. Nearby is the scattered rubble of Temple G, considered one of the greatest Greek temples ever built at 110m x 50m. Now its huge cylindrical section of columns are scattered like a pile of cotton reels.
A fair walk leads us to the Acropolis overlooking the sea. On the way we buy refreshments from a man on a cycle-cart. Sorbet-like granite served in a split brioche bun, unusual, filling and refreshing.
The ring wall of the city was 7m thick and sections of it are still exist. Temple A retains a few columns and the grid system of roads is easily visualised. There are stone-wall outlines of other buildings and artifacts like oil presses - flat stone trays with spouts, a sarcophagus, wells, burial chambers and firepits. Like Segesta, the site is a haven for wild flowers and succulents.
By the time we return to the carpark we have covered nearly 5 miles, so it's time for a drink and slice of pizza. The carpark is also a free camperstop but we decide there is time to move on a bit so take an easy 17 mile drive to Sciacca. The ride takes us back into gentle hills with lots of young vineyards, impressive modern viaducts and distant views of pointy mountains and wind turbines.
The journey through the centre of Sciacca, which is built on a steep hillside, is interesting, twisting and turning down slopes and one long, wide steep hill looking like films of San Francisco.
We reach the parking area and it really is a lovely spot right on the harbourside with the fishing fleet tied up on the opposite quay.
It's a relaxed evening with another good sunset. Today marks a week in Sicily, and last Tuesday wasn't the smoothest of days, but since then things have been good so we have a platter of nibbly food with the bottle of bubbly we brought and intended to drink on our arrival.
Better late than never.