I arrived in Porto Empedocle about 4 hours before I had arranged to meet Rosalba. I contacted her and she quickly arranged for her husband to meet me at the apartment straight away. He was very helpful and gave me tips on local restaurants and suggested I visit Scala dei Turchi, an unusual rock formation on the coast about 3 kms away. I went there for a walk along the beach and on my other evening reached the beach directly from the centre (just after the oil terminal). The apartment is spacious and very clean and the shared kitchen is only shared if there is another guest in the other half. The breakfast in a cafe in town is a good arrangement but one coffee and a croissant is not my idea of a good breakfast - some fruit and or fruit juice would have been nice. Porto Empidocle is no baroque city but has its own charm and is not less attractive than Agrigento. It was very lively and interesting on Saturday night and what other town would think of having a statue of Pirandello and Montalbano in the same square. I would certainly return.