Considering the Athenaeum Palermo in Palermo?
A VT member wrote the following comment about visiting Palermo:
From other Italian cities:... by princesss
From other Italian cities: bus/train/plane. If you catch a train from the Italian mainland you might have to change train in Messina. Trains are cheap. Rome-Palermo is about 12 hours and 30$ ('97).
In the centre: by feet. Outside the centre by bus. The public transportation is ok.