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Where to stay one night Agrigento?

Would like to be able to eat in old town. Will not have a car.
We are a couple. Thanks.

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Without a car you’d need to take a taxi, but we stayed at B&B Villa San Marco. It’s down a dirt road. From it we walked to the temples via a path through the olive grove. We also walked to the temple of Vulcan that is apart from the others and somehow wandered into Kolymbethra gardens. It offered a dinner special that took took advantage of both nights we were there.

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We stayed in a BnB in town right off Via Atenea. Lots of BnBs and hotels in town. We easily took a public bus from the piazza in front of the train station, Piazza Pirro Marconi, out to the temples and back.

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wpf, I was in Agrigento in 2019 with my sister. Here is what I wrote in my trip report about our stay in Agrigento at a B&B which was right in town, yet an easy walk of 3 blocks to the train station and the shuttle stop for the temples:

Agrigento: Don't miss it! Thankfully, there is a direct train from Palermo to Agrigento. Our B&B Portatenea was probably my favorite place that we stayed the entire trip (thank you, Priscilla, on this forum!) The staff were incredibly helpful and kind; the room was huge and well laid out, with small balcony (with clothes-drying rack!). The rooftop lounge (breakfast served there) looked out over the Valley of the Temples. The staff were also extremely helpful in describing how to see the Temple area most strategically, and printed out the local bus schedules for the Temple area. We took the bus Line 2/ (that's "Line Two Slash" - the slash is important) from in front of the train station, 3 blocks from our B&B. The bus dropped us at the entrance near the Temple of Juno, then we walked down (note: DOWN) the mile or more of walkway past other ruins and temples, until we exited at "Gate V" near the Temple of Jupiter. From there, we took a public bus (whichever number comes first) near that gate, up to the Archeology Museum, and then finally another bus (whichever comes first) from the Archeology Museum back to the train station in Agrigento town. Wisely, we had picked up some great panini type foods and fruits at the bakery and grocery near our B&B and had a lovely picnic lunch in the Temple area, looking out over the sea. Wow! The Archeology museum was full of room after room of stunning statues, terracotta pieces, bronze artifacts, coins, and much more. More than I knew existed....(one of us was overheard to mutter: "death by amphora...!")

And here is a link to my trip report about our entire two weeks in Sicily, in case any of the rest of the info is of any use to you:
https://community.ricksteves.com/travel-forum/trip-reports/sicily-trip-report-april-2019-2-weeks-2-sisters-part-1-trapani-erice