Palermo Trip Overview
The experiential visit of the city, with one of our guides, is a unique opportunity to live with interest the history, architecture, culture, tradition and simply the daily life of Palermo.
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Duration: 3 hours
Starts: Palermo, Italy
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Palermo, Sicilia, Italy
The experiential visit of the city, with one of our guides, is a unique opportunity to live with interest the history, architecture, culture, tradition and simply the daily life of Palermo.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Santa Maria dell’Ammiraglio (La Martorana), Piazza Bellini 3, 90133, Palermo, Sicily Italy
Visit of the Church with its beautiful Byzantine mosaics of the twelfth century, entrance fee € 2.00 per person
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Piazza Pretoria, Piazza, Palermo, Sicily Italy
Description of the Pretoria Fountain and Pretoria Square
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Chiesa del Gesu, Piazza Casa Professa 1, 90134, Palermo, Sicily Italy
Visit the inside of the church richly decorated with polychrome marbles (mischio and intramischio marbles). Masterpiece of the European Baroque.
Entrance fee € 2,00 per person
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Mercato Ballaro, Vicolo Del Carmelo, 90134, Palermo, Sicily Italy
Walk through the multiethnic market of Ballarò, with its characteristic stalls selling fruit and vegetables, meat and fish. Possibility to taste spleen sandwich (€ 2,50) or panel sandwich (€ 2,00).
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Cattedrale di Palermo, Corso Vittorio Emanuele, 90040, Palermo, Sicily Italy
Visit the oldest religious monument in Palermo, on the same site there are a Punic-Roman sanctuary, the Byzantine Church dedicated to Our Lady of the Assumption, the Mosque, the Cathedral built in 1185. Emperor Frederick II of Swabia is buried here. Visit of the Royal Tombs € 2,00 – Visit of the Treasury and Royal Tombs € 6,50
Duration: 30 minutes
Pass By: Teatro Massimo, Piazza Giuseppe Verdi, 90138, Palermo, Sicily Italy
External visit of the largest opera house in Italy, in neoclassical style opened in 1897.
