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 Stay alert by TheWanderingCamel
Exploring the narrow streets can be a delight but keep your wits about you - especially if you are on your own. Don't stray too far from the main thoroughfares and confine your wanderings to day time, especially in the La Kalsa and port area, the most likely part of the city's poorer areas to attract tourists. Regentrification has only just begun around there and there are still plenty of sreets where it's simply better not to venture.
Common sense should tell you all this applies even more at night. Stay away from dimly lit areas. Get someone to call you a taxi if the place you've ended up in is any distance from where you're staying. Leave a Comment
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 market scene palermo by domenicococozza
Ladies --- if you've got to carry bags, use those you can put across your shoulder and dont carry money or credit cards in them. Put these somewhere else.
Watch out for kids hanging about on street corners, especially with motor scooters.
If you're going out at night, take a taxi.
This is not paranoia - Palermo can be a dangerous place.
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 Taxi hunting tourists by haiamisa
Beware the taxi drivers! They keep pestering you even if you want to visit only one place and they just go on and on saying that they will take you for 100 EUR for three places. We wanted to take a taxi only to the Cattacombi di Capuccini and they said it will cost 30 EUR but they will take us all around for 100 EUR. That is far too much! No deal was made for one place only, they didn't even want to hear about it. You have to be very tough with these drivers!
Even if you are sharing the cost with friends. Keep in mind: a bus ticket costs only 1 EUR and you get to ride with the locals.
It is the best to use the buses. There is a Tourist Information stall right at the exit from the port (after you pass all the pestering taxi drivers) with a helpful guy who knows English well. He will give you a Palermo map and explain about the bus numbers and where to get them. Leave a Comment
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 Chiudo Giorno & Notte ! by Paisleypaul
Befriend the clerks at your hotel who will be more than helpful. I have added some transport details on my Palermo pages for Mondello, Cefalu and Monreale Leave a Comment Phone: The Samaritans
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 Mind & catch the show ! by Paisleypaul
Remember to leave yourself time to see one - we missed out ! Leave a Comment
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Do not allow yourself to be alone - ever, anywhere. Always be sure that you are in view of a crowd, or stay close to your friends. I was sitting on a bench in Villa Giulia in the middle of the day, and two guys came and sat down on either side of me. One drew a knife and the other grabbed my wrist. I got away (thank you, junior high gym class self defense workshop), but this was because these two guys were total amateurs. I was very, very lucky. Don't put yourself in this position. I enjoyed Palermo immensely, despite what all of these warnings may suggest; it's a wonderful city. It just so happens that it can also be a dangerous one. Just keep your wits about you and stick to the crowds, and you should be fine. Leave a Comment
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There is the obvious comment when you say you are travelling to Sicily - oh are you not scared of the Mafia? I am not going to get into politics here but on the whole it is safe to say that tourists are NOT at risk - they have much bigger fish to fry.
The thing I would say is more of a risk is the problems with the authorities and the amount of beaurocracy which goes thoughout the whole of Italy. I hear one story of a girl who was pick-pocketed in a bar and when she reported it to the police, rather than helping her they were more concerned with getting her phone number!
I also would not recommend driving in Palermo if you can possibly help it - the driving is not particularly crazy but the city is fairly sprawling and it would be easy to get lost in the wrong part of town... Leave a Comment
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