We felt truly graced staying in Mariachiara's apartment. Formerly a convent, its every architectural detail and piece of furniture breathes Agrigento's history. Thankfully, though, the spartan frugality of the monks' (or was it nuns?) cells has been upscaled by useful 21st century additions like a powerful heating (good to have in early March) and a vast jacuzzi situated in a jewel of a bathroom. Arguably the most intriguing detail of the apartment, though, is the leather floor of the bedroom - an ingenious invention that undeservedly never received wider acceptance! Mariachiara was a kind and helpful host, pointing out her favorite restaurants in town and organizing taxi trips for us for destinations that were out of reach for us as we did not have our own wheels. In sum: the perfect accommodation in a town with many more charms than the Greek temples in its vicinity!