FOOD
by ruki
The typical aromas of Sicilian cooking can be smelt all over Palermo, not just in the restaurants but in the city streets and squares, where the kiosks still prepare and serve panelle (fried chickpea pancakes) and crocchette (croquette potatoes) to passers-by.
Once very tasty example is pasta con le sarde, a recipe made with simple ingredients but which is served in even the most luxurious restaurants in Palermo. This is a very tasty first course, made with wild fennel, fresh sardines, anchovies, saffron, sultanas and pine-nuts. Panelle are also a typical Palermo dish: rectangular snacks made with chickpea flour, salt, pepper and parsley, fried in vegetable oil and served in the open-air kiosks. Other typical “street” snacks are sfincione, a kind of pizza topped with tomato, anchovies and onion, and pani c’a meusa, a sandwich filled with spleen.
Forza Palermo!
by CliffClaven
Like everyone in Italy, the Palermitani take their football seriously, especially now that their team is back at the top level of Italian soccer and plays againsts the famous teams from Rome, Milan and Turin. Even if you don't go to a match, you can sense something of the fervour and the passion if you stand on Via Roma after a game and watch as the buses transporting visiting fans to the station race past with an escort of police cars and jeeps, with lights blazing and sirens screaming.
CUCINA PAPOFF
Via Isidoro La...
by SirRichard
CUCINA PAPOFF
Via Isidoro La Lumia, 32 / Via Q. Sella (next to the Politeama Theatre and Via Libertá).
Try here the Broccoli and Cardoon Florets in Butter, Linguini with Red Mullet, Roast Snapper in Lemon Sauce.
Chiesa di San Domenico
by Paisleypaul
Chiesa di San Domenico is just of Via Roma, at, naturally, Piazza San Domenico.
I always like the art and craftsmanship and skill that went into these churches, especially nice to step out of the ferragosto Sun for a while !
Find it at the very top of the Vucciria market. We had a many-days knack of only passing when this one was closed!
Capital of Sicily
by Jenelle7
"Beautiful Capital"
Palermo is the capital of Sicily and what an impression it makes.
It is really beautiful and much cleaner and less crowded than the rest of Italy.
We spent our last days in Italy in Palermo, and it was a wonderful way to end our holiday.
The weather was great and the people are all so friendly and helpful. We spent most of the time eating and sleeping, and Palermo has some of the best seafood I have ever tasted.
Palermo really is a must see when travelling to Italy
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Palermo city
Lunch at Ai Lumi
Schematic of palermo
Take 5 or 10 miuntes to see what noone else sees
