Guidebook for Palermo
Drinks & Nightlife
Schiticchio Food & Beverage
6 Piazza Marinagood atmosphere, good wine and snacks
Food Scene
Ferro di Cavallo
20 Via Venezialow cost typical sicilian food
If you want a taste of sicilian food, panelle, arancine, pani ca meusa are served here. But remember: the real sicilian food it's street food…so you should try it in its original way!
212 locals recommend
Antica Focacceria San Francesco
58 Via Alessandro PaternostroIf you want a taste of sicilian food, panelle, arancine, pani ca meusa are served here. But remember: the real sicilian food it's street food…so you should try it in its original way!
Osteria Mangia e Bevi
18 L.go dei Cavalieri di MaltaReally good sicilian homemade style food!
Everything Else
Garibaldi Garden
SNC Piazza Marinalovely magnolia trees, romantic atmosphere
Market Ballaro
2-14 Via Dalmazio Biragotypical and folkloristic market
Typical market in the morning and night life centre in the night. Try 'zibibbo' wine at the Taverna Azzurra: you will taste the sweet touch of our wonderful weather and sun!
276 locals recommend
Mercato Vucciria
50 Via dei FrangiaiTypical market in the morning and night life centre in the night. Try 'zibibbo' wine at the Taverna Azzurra: you will taste the sweet touch of our wonderful weather and sun!
You absolutely should have a walk along this nice marine and possibly have a drink in one of its cool pubs!
23 locals recommend
Via Cala
Via CalaYou absolutely should have a walk along this nice marine and possibly have a drink in one of its cool pubs!
Teatro Massimo
Piazza Giuseppe VerdiBeautiful theatre, the bigger in Europe!
Have a look in this nice shop, only typical sicilian 'coppola' hats inside! Get your unique souvenir!
8 locals recommend
La Coppola Storta
Have a look in this nice shop, only typical sicilian 'coppola' hats inside! Get your unique souvenir!
If you are a scared person you should avoid this frightening place!!!! Real ancient mummies inside, one of them is a little girl body, perfectly preserved
31 locals recommend
Catacombe dei Cappuccini
1 Piazza CappucciniIf you are a scared person you should avoid this frightening place!!!! Real ancient mummies inside, one of them is a little girl body, perfectly preserved
Magnificent outside and really bare inside: come to see our wonderful and contradictory cathedral
746 locals recommend
Palermo Cathedral
490 Via Vittorio EmanueleMagnificent outside and really bare inside: come to see our wonderful and contradictory cathedral
This square houses the municipality
building and a great fountain. It's also called Shame Square because of the nudity of the statues of the fountain
296 locals recommend
Piazza Pretoria
Piazza PretoriaThis square houses the municipality
building and a great fountain. It's also called Shame Square because of the nudity of the statues of the fountain
See this XIII century wonderful garden with its over 100.000 mq of any kind of plants: from magnolias to avocado trees, from sugar canes to bamboos!
148 locals recommend
Zagara
See this XIII century wonderful garden with its over 100.000 mq of any kind of plants: from magnolias to avocado trees, from sugar canes to bamboos!
Wonderful church dates from 1143 and is famed for its spectacular mosaics and its characteristic cupolas in arabic style
342 locals recommend
Santa Maria dell'Ammiraglio (La Martorana)
3 Piazza BelliniWonderful church dates from 1143 and is famed for its spectacular mosaics and its characteristic cupolas in arabic style
The Opera dei Pupi is a marionette theatrical representation typical of the sicilian tradition. inscribed in 2008 the UNESCO Intangible cultural heritage lists. Don't miss it!
79 locals recommend
The Antonio Pasqualino International Puppet Museum
5 P.za Antonio PasqualinoThe Opera dei Pupi is a marionette theatrical representation typical of the sicilian tradition. inscribed in 2008 the UNESCO Intangible cultural heritage lists. Don't miss it!
My favorite Church near the sea! Is a church near the Cala, ancient port of the city. The conscrution began on 1490; it is an example of the local gotich-catalan architecture.
30 locals recommend
Chiesa di Santa Maria della Catena
snc Piazzetta delle DoganeMy favorite Church near the sea! Is a church near the Cala, ancient port of the city. The conscrution began on 1490; it is an example of the local gotich-catalan architecture.
Genio Statue is the emblem of the city and its personification, he protects the city. Many statues of it are scattered in the city, one in the harbor, one near Vucciria market, one in Villa Giulia
Geniòs Statue in Palermo
18 Piazza RivoluzioneGenio Statue is the emblem of the city and its personification, he protects the city. Many statues of it are scattered in the city, one in the harbor, one near Vucciria market, one in Villa Giulia