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To have seen Italy without having seen Sicily is to not have seen Italy at all, for Sicily is the clue to everything" from Journey to Italy (Goethe)
16 Reviews If you are anything close to foodie and you like cooking you cannot miss this place. The whole street is a endless line of smiths' workshops. Some of them are nowadays mainly re-seller but in a lot of...
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17 Reviews Monreale sits high above Palermo and the Conca d’Oro, the plain on which Palermo is situated between the mountains and the Tyrrhenian Sea. The town is not far from Palermo; it took us about 20...
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21 Reviews My original plan for visiting Palermo did not include touring the interior of the cathedral; I was much more interested in the exterior and had planned to spend time on the outside. However, as Hubby...
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10 Reviews On the second floor of the Palazzo dei Normanni is King Roger I’s chapel, the Cappella Palatina. The entire chapel is an amazing piece of art covered in Arab-Norman mosaics with gold background. The...
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9 Reviews The catacombs were a very macabre place to visit. Not really sure what to expect, we paid our €3/person (2012 prices) and headed down the long corridor that led to the underground room with wide...
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12 Reviews If you like sweets you will be happy in Palermo. At every corner there is a bakery and inside every bakery there is a treasure of cannoli, pasta di mandorle, cassata and more. The best bakery will...
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7 Reviews Palermo is connected by trains to all the major destinations in Sicily, such as Taormina, Catania and Siracusa. For some destinations it is necessary to change trains. From Rome there are some...
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The International Puppet Museum
2 Reviews We were not able to find a puppet show to attend and so this became the next best thing. This is a remarkable exhibit of a preserved "popular tradition". There are hundreds of marionettes & hand...
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7 Reviews Parking is very difficult to find so I highly recommend not bringing a car into Palermo unless your hotel can assure you of parking. Street parking is typically completely full with cars parking in...
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1 Review and 272 Opinions We choose this hotel for the very convenient location, 500 meter from the train station, it is also...
10 Reviews There are various trips you can do with Mt Etna, from taking a train around the base of the volcano to actually trekking to the very rim, encased in steam & sulphur. Guide took about 10 of us up, cost...
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8 Reviews This is the main Piazza, the heart of Catania, with the city’s symbol monument the fountain with the Elephant. The city’s cathedral with the Chapel of Sant’Agata faces this square. Via Etnea starts...
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2 Reviews and 125 Opinions Catania is a rough city in Sicily and the Liberty Hotel is in a bad area of the city. I tried to...
6 Reviews The castle was built between 1239 to 1250 and belonged to Emperor Frederick II, the King of Sicily. At that time the castle was considered impregneable and therefore had important milityry role. After...
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1 Review and 31 Opinions This little hotel is located a walking distance from Ortigia. Even though we had a rental car to...
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