Name: Monastero Santo Spirito
Address: Piazza Santo Spirito 8, Agrigento, Agrigento, Agrigento, 92100, Italy
Rating: 8

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Excellent location, customer service, free parking  first come first serve.Ver clean, wifi and good size room.

Excellent location with parking included.Room very clean, with AC, with spacious private bathroom. The breakfast room is across the building where the rooms are, but in the same complex of the Monastery.No more than 5 min walk to the Via Atenea where all the shops and restaurants are. Excellent customer service.Breakfast is continental with Almondsweets that are by the nuns.

Booked with Booking.com , however our booking wasn't recognised but fortunately we were able to have a room. On arrival go to number 9 in the square & ring the bell. The B& B is at number 5. Room was clean, fantastic aircon, quiet, lift available. Breakfast served in the convent at number 9. Nun was lovely, good breakfast of local fare & delicacies made by the Nuns. A visit to the church is a must & free to b&b guests but a donation is always welcome.  The museum next to the church is NOT linked to the Nuns & charges €4 per person. Worth a visit. Parking is free on site. Lovely place to stay, close to town & not far to visit the Valley of the Temples.  Recommend.  

Great stay. Comfortable rooms. Great breakfast. Perfect location.

super location, very interesting and do not miss their unique church. sister in charge is very helpful.if you are coming by car do not look the destination by address: just find the Monastero on the map and your destination on the west side: Cortillio Monastero Santo Spirito.

The place is located in a quiet little square and is run by the nuns of the convent. The room is comfortable and spacious and the service was really personal. One of the nuns gave me a personal tour of the church. The breakfast was generous and amazing; tons of homemade cookies and pastries.

I stayed at this BB few weeks ago for 10 days. It was very conveniently located in the historical centre, and also quite close (5-10 minutes walk) to the bus and train terminals. The nuns prepare delicious sweets based on local recipes, which they serve at breakfast. The big thing about the breakfast is that the guests have to share a large table, instead of sitting at small, separated tables, like usually is the case with other hotels. This leads to wonderful conversations among the travellers, and I personally have enjoyed many such great moments during my stay. Also very close to this location are major sites from the historic centre, mainly churches. By taking the bus from the bus terminal, one is within few minutes to many of the attractions outside Agrigento: Valley of the Temples (very close, it can even be reached by walking, but it requires a bit of it), then San Leone with its wonderful beaches, Casa di Luigi Pirandello, where the great writer was born, etc. The frequency is very reasonable, within 30 minutes - 1 hour of each other, and some lines even run on Sundays! This is quite rare here in Sicily. The sea is a light turquoise, a beautiful colour almost as far as the eyes can see, it just gets a little bit darker towards the horizon. This is another thing unique to what I've seen in Sicily so far. I would enjoy anytime staying at this BB again, it was very safe and btw: it has its own monastery complex, very old, to visit. The complex is magnificent!

I stayed at this BB couple of weeks ago for 10 days. It was very conveniently located in the historical centre, and also quite close (5-10 minutes walk) to the bus and train terminals.The nuns prepare delicious sweets based on local recipes, which they serve at breakfast.The big thing about the breakfast is that the guests have to share a large table, instead of sitting at small, separated tables, like usually is the case with other hotels. This leads to wonderful conversations among the travellers, and I personally have enjoyed many such great moments during my stay.Also very close to this location are major sites from the historic centre, mainly churches.By taking the bus from the bus terminal, one is within few minutes to many of the attractions outside Agrigento: Valley of the Temples (very close, it can even be reached by walking, but it requires a bit of it), then San Leone with its wonderful beaches, Casa di Luigi Pirandello, where the great writer was born, etc. The frequency is very reasonable, within 30 minutes - 1 hour of each other, and some lines even run on Sundays! This is quite rare here in Sicily.The sea is a light turquoise, a beautiful colour almost as far as the eyes can see, it just gets a little bit darker towards the horizon. This is another thing unique to what I've seen in Sicily so far.I would enjoy anytime staying at this BB again, it was very safe and btw: it has its own monastery complex, very old, to visit. The complex is magnificent!

The monastery is perfectly located, if a bit difficult to find. You must obtain a permit to transit the limited access pedestrian road and the street is actually up an unmarked alleyway. That said, it is an ideal place to stay while visiting the Agrigento area. Everything you’ll want to see is a short stroll from the main piazza and center of town. Even if you stay at another hotel, you must visit the monastery to sample the nuns' Sicilian dolce or sweets; they are like no others in all of Italy. There are several different types - we purchased two of everything! Clean, quiet, and ideally located, we will stay there again during our next visit.

stay was great, the nuns were very helpful and gave us many bedding options for the 5 of us. breakfast was simple but good with homemade pastries and great coffee. we had a GPS in the car, but it was too hard to find, so we called and a nun came to our rescue. little did we know the tiny winding street we were going to have to get a somewhat large car throughI do not recommend trying to drive to this place if you have anything but a compact car.

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A delightful stay - made more so by the lovely, caring nuns who found us when we were lost, gave us good recommendations around town, and made the most amazing almond pastries.  It is very hard to find, though -- Don't rely on Google maps, they'll put your car in a road no wider than your mirrors, and leave you at the bottom of a set of stairs!

A great and unusual experience with wonderful almond pastries!

staying in the Monastery was really a wonderful experience. The single room was clean but the single bed was very small. The breakfast was wonderful if you like sweet breakfast. the tiny cakes were made from an ancient recipe by the nuns, usually for festivals. I can recommend staying here for the atmosphere alone.

staying in the monastery Santo Spirito

If you think you'll be staying in what you've imagined a room in an old monastery to be, this is not it. The building where the B&B guests are housed is quite modern inside, more like a standard hotel. The rooms are very nice and comfortable. The breakfast was good. We were presented with the standard fare, but wrapped in a napkin next to our plates each morning was a delicious fresh pastry. We were there during a slow season and there weren't many guests. I suspect the baking the B&B is known for slows down during the off season. But lest you think you're in a standard B&B, if you wake up early enough, you can hear the nuns singing their prayers. I sat outside and listened as the sun came up.

Not what I expected, but still a good place to stay

Monastery accommodation, very convenient location

Hidden Gem

Very hard to find, need small car!

We have spent a night at Monastero Santo Spirito, and very pleased with the overall and rooms. Situated at the highest part of Agrigento, nice view on the valley (ask for rooms with view), all the conforts like fridge, wifi internet, TV and common kitchen where you can fix food closer to a dining room. Spectacular Monastery with annexes 1300 original church (ask the nuns for a visit, but please leave a tip as they have no other means to restore the church). Remember they do not have electronic payment, so be prepared to pay in cash for your stay. Morning breakfast is served together with special sweets prepared by the nuns.

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