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City trips Palermo   -   Tourist information Palermo, Capital City Sicily.


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Holiday Homes / Apartments

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Hotels Palermo

  Booking  -  Hotels in Palermo   -   Hotel Guide Palermo

  Hotel Sicilia **, Via Divisi 99, 90133 Palermo
Located in the historical heart of Palermo, the hotel is conveniently close to all of the city's major tourist attractions.

  Hilton Villa Igiea Palermo *****, Salita Belmonte 43, 90142 Palermo
Overlooking the bay of Palermo, the Grand Hotel Villa Igiea is one of Sicily's most famous hotels. It was built by the powerful Florio Family at the end of the 19th century by the Architect Ernest Basile, master of Italian Art Nouveau.
The Grand Hotel Villa Igiea boasts jasmine-scented gardens and a pool perched over the sea. All rooms are fully equipped with cable TV and air conditioning. Mediterranean cuisine is served at the Belle Epoque terrace restaurant and by the pool bar.

 
Centrally located hotels ranging from small family run budget accommodation to world-class five star hotels.

Travel Agents / Tour Operator

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Travel Guides Palermo / Destination Guides

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Transport / How do I travel to Palermo

  Catania Airport
There is a shuttle from the airport to the main train station.

  Airline Tickets /  Bargain Flights  
Flight tickets Palermo / price comparison possible

Some people enjoy coming to Sicily by ship; From Northern Europe & Italy, it is possible to take a confortable fast ship from Genoa harbour [ Tirrenia ] and reach Palermo in about 17/18 hours. Frequent ferries from Naples to Milazzo and one daily from Ravenna [ adriatic northern coast ] to Catania as well as modern speed boats and catamarans daily from Malta To Catania and Pozzallo are available too.

Stazione Centrale, the main station in Palermo, is near the centre. Most of the long-distance buses leave from just round the corner [ AMAT   -   Palermo's public bus system ].

  Metropolitana di Palermo  -   metro system with 2 lines


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  Palermo Tourism 

  Palermo   -   Comune di Palermo   -   Capital City Sicily
In the middle of the Mediterranean sea, Palermo - the cradle of ancient civilizations - has always been a crossroads of cultures between East and West: a strategic transit place, a privileged port of call for commerce and trade, a landing-place for people of various race, language, and religion. Palermo has always enchanted visitors and foreigners alike with the charm of its location, the mildness of its climate, and the splendour of its buildings. And for these same reasons it has, over the centuries, been dominated by a succession of different rulers.

  Capuchin Catacombs   -   mummified corpses in varying degrees of preservation.
  Monte Pellegrino   -   close to the city and 600m high
This hill offers a panorama of the city, its surrounding mountains and the sea.
  Orto botanico di Palermo [ founded in 1785 ]
The largest botanical garden in Italy with a surface of 10 ha.
  Palazzo dei Normanni.
  Palermo street markets   -   especially near the Piazza del Carmine and Vucciria.
  Piazza Pretoria, including the Fontana Pretoria
  Gesu Church
  San Giovanni degli Eremiti   -   Old church ruin and garden

  Province Palermo   -   Palermo

Cuisine   -   Palermo food

  Some of the best Sicilian specialties

History Palermo

  History of Palermo
First settlements, Greeks and Phoenicians, Punic Wars, Roman and Byzantine age, Palermo under Arab rule, The Normans, Swabian period and the House of Anjou, Palermo under Aragon, Bourbon House, After the unification of Italy, Twenty-first century.

  Museo Archeologico

Music, Arts & Culture, Events & Entertainment

  Palermo Music Conservatory

Palermo has a large architectural heritage and is notable for its many Norman buildings.

The patron saint of Palermo is Santa Rosalia, who is widely venerated.

  Teatro Massimo [ Palermo ]
  Teatro di Verdura a Villa Castelnuovo (an ex-Bourbon hunting lodge for the royal family of Naples on the frequent trips to Sicily)
  Teatro Politeama Garibaldi
  Teatro Biondo (specializing in modern and contemporary music)
  Teatro Santa Cecilia, the auditorium of the Vincenzo Bellini music conservatory
  Salone dello Steri
Seat of the Inquisition in the 17th and 18th centuries and currently home to the Antonio Il Verso Association for Ancient Music).

  Festino   -   On the 14th of July
The Festino is the most important religious event of the year in Palermo with a procession in the main street of Palermo to remember the miracle attributed to Santa Rosalia who, it is believed, freed the city from the Black Death in 1624. When her relics were carried around the city three times, the plague was lifted.


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