The archaeological park is open daily from 9 am, closing at 17:00 in winter and 19:00 in summer, and inside there is a book and souvenir shop. There are some shady places in a valley within the site where you can have a picnic. You can also use a train
that runs around the site on several routes of different lengths.
Upon entering the archaeological park, the first view you see is the grandest. The large Doric temple, known as the E Temple, was rebuilt in the 1950s and stands proudly growing. It is an impressive evocation of Sicily's Greek past and, unusually, visitors
can climb the temple itself to understand the true grandeur and history of the building.
Behind Temple E are two more temples - this down hill would have been a sacred site outside the city center. These temples are much more ruinous. The farthest from the entrance, Temple G, was an extremely ambitious project that may never have been completed.
It would have been one of the largest temples in the ancient world, and the masonry wall is still impressive today. Clambering between sections of the column is a memorable experience - it's interesting to get an idea of Greek construction techniques from
carved stone blocks, marvel at the scale and ambition of the building and the strength of its final destruction, at the hands of the Carthaginian conquerors and subsequent earthquakes. .
From this part of the eastern part of the site, visitors cross a shallow valley where Selinunte harbor once stood and climb into the heart of the city on another low hill. The Acropolis and several temples (one partially reconstructed) were located in this
part of the city; the oldest part of Selinunte to be built and also the last inhabited by the survivors of the Carthaginian siege. In its principal days, the main residential areas of the city covered the interior lands from this hilltop; parts of the street
have been excavated, although the ruins are not as striking as those in the main cluster of the hill.
