Old Favara Railway Station – Chiaramonte Castle loop from Racalmuto

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Old Favara Railway Station – Chiaramonte Castle loop from Racalmuto

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Old Favara Railway Station – Chiaramonte Castle loop from Racalmuto

03:28

47.3km

740m

Mountain biking

Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: October 7, 2026

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Temporary access restrictions

Includes segments with temporary access restrictions.

After 598 m for 142 m

Permit required

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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19.3 km

Route Around the Naro Dam

Highlight • Trail

Splendid path in the middle of nature. Single track downhill and uphill. View of the castle and the church of Naro.

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21.1 km

Portella del Corvo

Mountain Pass

26.8 km

Deli Sulphur Railway Station (Disused)

Highlight • Historical Site

The line was opened in two periods: between 1911 and 1915 the Naro - Licata section was activated as a continuation of the Canicattì - Naro connection opened on 28/02/1911; in 1921 the connection between Margonia and Agrigento was made.
The line had 6 rack and pinion sections with a gradient of 75 ‰ for a total of 10.26 km: from km 3 + 300 to km 5 + 195; from km 11.307 to km 12.798; from km 14.374 to km 15.406; from km 16.568 to km 18.031; from km 38.608 to km 40.618; from km 40.938 to km 43.271 (progressive referring to the station of Agrigento Bassa).

Current state:

The railway site, no longer armed, can only be traced in parts as a dirt country road. Long stretches of former grounds have been incorporated into cultivated fields or transformed into ordinary roads. The works of art are generally still visible, although some are in poor condition. Most of the buildings of the former stations and the toll booths have been abandoned and dilapidated.
The Agrigento Centrale - Agrigento Bassa section was common to the Palermo - Agrigento Centrale ordinary gauge line and the Castelvetrano - Agrigento Centrale narrow gauge line. The trains coming from Licata could reach Agrigento Centrale thanks to a narrow gauge track placed between the ordinary gauge track.
The narrow gauge track between Agrigento Bassa and Agrigento Centrale remained in operation even after the closure of the line, used by the Castelvetrano - Agrigento Centrale railway.

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27.0 km

Old Favara Railway Station

Highlight • Historical Site

The line was opened in two periods: between 1911 and 1915 the Naro - Licata section was activated as a continuation of the Canicattì - Naro connection opened on 28/02/1911; in 1921 the connection between Margonia and Agrigento was made.
The line had 6 rack and pinion sections with a gradient of 75 ‰ for a total of 10.26 km: from km 3 + 300 to km 5 + 195; from km 11.307 to km 12.798; from km 14.374 to km 15.406; from km 16.568 to km 18.031; from km 38.608 to km 40.618; from km 40.938 to km 43.271 (progressive referring to the station of Agrigento Bassa).
Current state:
The railway site, no longer armed, can only be traced in parts as a dirt country road. Long stretches of former grounds have been incorporated into cultivated fields or transformed into ordinary roads. The works of art are generally still visible, although some are in poor condition. Most of the buildings of the former stations and the toll booths have been abandoned and dilapidated.
The Agrigento Centrale - Agrigento Bassa section was common to the Palermo - Agrigento Centrale ordinary gauge line and the Castelvetrano - Agrigento Centrale narrow gauge line. The trains coming from Licata could reach Agrigento Centrale thanks to a narrow gauge track placed between the ordinary gauge track.
The narrow gauge track between Agrigento Bassa and Agrigento Centrale remained in operation even after the closure of the line, used by the Castelvetrano - Agrigento Centrale railway.

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28.4 km

Comitini Tunnel

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Bring a light to see better

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29.0 km

Sant'Anna Forest Trail and Tunnel

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Nice trail, nice area.

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32.1 km

Chiaramonte Castle

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According to a tradition of the fourth decade of the eighteenth century until the mid-nineteenth century it was the mother church of the town. Little is known when it was built. The bishops of Agrigento during their pastoral visits of 1608, 1647 and 1677, in the city, never mentioned this church. It is therefore probable that the building dates back to the end of the seventeenth century and the subsequent completion at the beginning of the following century, followed by a restructuring dating back to around 1730. To confirm this intervention, outside the church, on the eastern wall, there are still some eighteenth-century plaster and a small frame, where the manufacturing date is still visible. The occluded windows are also of the eighteenth century and are still visible in the same wall today. It is known for sure that in 1733 the church was undergoing a refurbishment, with funds deriving from the proceeds of a leather tannery that the inhabitants had allocated to it. The church was renovated again in the time span from 1845 to 1853.

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32.7 km

Church of San Francesco, Favara

Highlight • Religious Site

The church inside has a single nave that ends with a simple marble presbytery and despite this consists of five altars, in the main one there is the statue of the Immaculate Conception, inaugurated in 1899. The walls are whitewashed, without decorations, while the jambs, arches, pilasters and capitals are worked in limestone. The floor consists of terracotta bricks.

Source: wikipedia

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33.3 km

Chiesa della Beata Maria Vergine dell'Itria, Favara

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Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Itria

The church is raised above the street level by a large staircase in front of the churchyard. The façade is linear with a stone arched entrance portal; in the long walls it still retains three single-lancet windows.
The interior, with a rectangular plan, has a single nave marked by decorated pilasters, arches and cornices in stucco.

Source: beweb.chiesacattolica.it

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47.3 km

End point

Train Station

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