Things to do in Palermo

150 places selected among attractions, museums, squares and viewpoints

Palermo is the capital and largest city of the autonomous island region of Sicily in southern Italy, located on the eponymous gulf facing the Tyrrhenian Sea. A 2,700-year-old city, it is noted for its history, culture, architecture and gastronomy, playing an important role throughout much of its existence.

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1. ⛪ place of worship
Palermo Cathedral
Palermo Cathedral is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Palermo, located in Palermo, Sicily, southern Italy. It is dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. As an architectural complex, it is characterized by the presence of different styles, due to a long history of additions, alterations and restorations, the last of which occurred in the 18th century. (Wikipedia)
2. ⛪ place of worship
Cattedrale di Monreale
Monreale Cathedral (Italian: Cattedrale di Santa Maria Nuova di Monreale; Duomo di Monreale) is a Catholic church in Monreale, a municipality in the Metropolitan City of Palermo, Sicily. One of the greatest extant examples of Norman architecture, it was begun in 1174 by William II of Sicily and is dedicated to the Nativity of the Virgin Mary. The church was elevated by a bull of Pope Lucius III to the rank of a metropolitan cathedral in 1182 as the seat of the diocese of Monreale, which was elevated to the Archdiocese of Monreale in 1183. (Wikipedia)
3. 🎭 theatre
Teatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele
The Teatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele is an opera house and opera company located on the Piazza Verdi in Palermo, Sicily. It was dedicated to King Victor Emanuel II. It is the biggest in Italy, and one of the largest of Europe (at the time of its inauguration, it was - with its area of 7,730 square metres (83,200 sq ft) - the third largest opera house in Europe after the Palais Garnier in Paris, and the K. (Wikipedia)
4. ⛪ place of worship
Cappella Palatina
The Palatine Chapel /ˈpælətaɪn ˈtʃæpəl/ (Italian: Cappella Palatina) is the royal chapel of the Norman Palace in Palermo, Sicily. This building is a mixture of Byzantine, Norman, and Fatimid architectural styles, showing the tricultural state of Sicily during the 12th century after Roger I and Robert Guiscard conquered the island. Also referred to as a Palace church or Palace chapel, it was commissioned by Roger II of Sicily in 1132 to be built upon an older chapel (now the crypt) constructed around 1080. (Wikipedia)
5. ⛪ place of worship
Martorana
The Church of St. Mary of the Admiral (Italian: Santa Maria dell'Ammiraglio), also called Martorana, is the seat of the Parish of San Nicolò dei Greci (Albanian: Klisha e Shën Kollit së Arbëreshëvet), overlooking the Piazza Bellini, next to the Norman church of San Cataldo and facing the Baroque church of Santa Caterina, in Palermo, Italy. The church is a co-cathedral to the Eparchy of Piana degli Albanesi of the Italo-Albanian Catholic Church, a diocese which includes the Italo-Albanian (Arbëreshë) communities in Sicily who officiate the liturgy according to the Byzantine Rite in the Koine Greek language and Albanian language. (Wikipedia)
6. 🏛️ museum
Palazzo dei Normanni
The Palazzo dei Normanni (transl. 'Palace of the Normans'; Sicilian: Palazzu dî Nurmanni), also called Royal Palace of Palermo (Italian: Palazzo Reale di Palermo; Sicilian: Palazzu Riali), is a palace in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. It was the seat of the Kings of Sicily with the Hauteville dynasty and served afterwards as the main seat of power for the subsequent rulers of Sicily. (Wikipedia)

🏛️ Museums in Palermo

Chiesa di San Cataldo
The Church of San Cataldo (or Saint Cathal's Church) is a Catholic church located at Piazza Bellini, in central Palermo, Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Zisa Palace
The Zisa (Italian: [ˈdziːza], Sicilian: [ˈtsiːsa]) is a grand 12th-century Norman hunting lodge and summer palace in the western area of Palermo, in the region of Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Cuba Palace
The Cuba (Sicilian: La Cuba) is a recreational palace in the Sicilian city of Palermo, originally part of the Sollazzi Regi group of Norman palaces. (Wikipedia)
Regional Archaeological Museum Antonino Salinas
The Antonino Salinas Regional Archeological Museum (Italian: Museo Archeologico Regionale Antonino Salinas) is a museum in Palermo, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Palazzo Abatellis
Palazzo Abatellis (also known as Palazzo Patella) is a palazzo in Palermo, Sicily, southern Italy, located in the Kalsa quarter. (Wikipedia)
Palazzina Cinese
The Chinese Palace (Italian: Palazzina Cinese), also known as Real Casina alla Cinese, is a former royal residence of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies designed in the style of Chinoiserie. (Wikipedia)
Museum of Engines and Mechanisms
The Museum of Engines and Mechanisms is an Italian academic museum located in Palermo, Italy, and is part of the Museum System of the University of Palermo. (Wikipedia)
Sicilian Ethnographic Museum Giuseppe Pitrè
The Sicilian Ethnographic Museum Giuseppe Pitrè (Italian: Museo Etnografico Siciliano Giuseppe Pitrè) is a museum in Palermo, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Santa Maria dello Spasimo
Santa Maria dello Spasimo, or Lo Spasimo, is an unfinished Catholic church in the Kalsa neighborhood in Palermo, Sicily, on Via dello Spasimo. (Wikipedia)
Modern Art Gallery Sant'Anna
The Modern Art Gallery of Palermo (Italian: Galleria d'Arte Moderna Palermo) is a civic art gallery of Palermo, displaying works from the 19th until the early 20th century, located on Via Sant'Anna #21, adjacent to the church of Sant'Anna la Misericordia in the ancient quarter of the Kalsa of the city of Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Museo internazionale delle marionette Antonio Pasqualino
The Antonio Pasqualino International Puppet Museum of Palermo operates in the field of national and international, traditional and contemporary puppetry. (Wikipedia)
Palazzo Riso
The Palazzo Riso, officially RISO, Museo d'Arte Contemporanea della Sicilia ("RISO, Contemporary Art Museum of Sicily") and also known as Palazzo Belmonte Riso, is a regional contemporary art museum located in the ancient Corso Vittorio Emanuele, Palermo, Italy. (Wikipedia)
museo dell'Islam
Museum in Italy
Palazzo Ajutamicristo
Palazzo Ajutamicristo is a Late-Gothic and Renaissance-style aristocratic palace located on VIa Garibaldi #23 of the ancient Kalsa quarter of Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Villa Malfitano Whitaker
Villa Malfitano Whitaker is a 19th-century villa in Via Dante, in the quarter of Politeama of Palermo, Sicily. (Wikipedia)
Villino Florio
Villino Florio is a private residence designed in an eclectic Art Nouveau (Liberty) style by Ernesto Basile, and located on Viale Regina Margherita #38 in the city of Palermo, Siciy, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Castello di Maredolce
The Maredolce Castle (Italian: Castello di Maredolce), also called Favara Palace (Italian: Palazzo della Favara), is a medieval building of Palermo. (Wikipedia)
Oratorio dei Bianchi
The Oratorio dei Bianchi is a Baroque prayer room or oratory located on the Piazzeta dei Bianchi, about equidistant between the churches of Santa Maria dello Spasimo and Santa Teresa alla Kalsa in the quarter of the Kalsa, within the historic centre of Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Museo Diocesano of Palermo
The Diocesan Museum of Palermo (Italian - MUDIPA or Museo diocesano di Palermo) is a museum of religious art in Palermo on Sicily, housed in a number of rooms in the Palazzo Arcivescovile opposite Palermo Cathedral. (Wikipedia)
Museum of palenteology and geology Gaetano Giorgio Gemmellaro
Museum in Italy
Cantieri Culturali alla Zisa
Museum in Palermo, Italy
Palazzo Ziino
Museum in Italy

🏺 Archaeological sites in Palermo

Catacombe dei Cappuccini
The Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo (also Catacombe dei Cappuccini or Catacombs of the Capuchins) are burial catacombs in Palermo, Sicily, southern Italy. (Wikipedia)
Grotta dell'Addaura
The Addaura cave (Italian: Grotta dell'Addaura) is a complex of three natural grottoes located on the northeast side of Mount Pellegrino in Palermo, Sicily, Southern Italy. (Wikipedia)

🏰 Castles and fortresses in Palermo

Porta Felice
Porta Felice is a monumental city gate of Palermo, Sicily; the gate is located in the zone of the Foro Italico and the Castellammare quarter. (Wikipedia)
Porta Nuova
Porta Nuova is a monumental city gate of Palermo. (Wikipedia)
Castello dell'Uscibene
Building in Palermo, Italy
Castello Utveggio
The Castello Utveggio is a monumental palace built between 1928 and 1933 on a promontory of Mount Pellegrino overlooking Palermo, Sicily. (Wikipedia)
Porta Carini
Building in Palermo, Italy
Porta dei Greci
The Palazzo Forcella de Seta is an eclectic-style aristocratic palace located along the Mediterranean seafront in the historic Kalsa quarter of central Palermo, Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Porta dei Leoni
Building in Palermo, Italy

👑 Palaces in Palermo

Natoli Palace
Palazzo Natoli is a Baroque palace in Palermo, in the Mediterranean island of Sicily. (Wikipedia)
Palazzo Pretorio
The Praetorian Palace (Italian: Palazzo Pretorio), also known as Palace of the Eagles (Italian: Palazzo delle Aquile), is a palace of Palermo. (Wikipedia)
Palazzo Chiaramonte
The Palazzo Chiaramonte-Steri is a 14th-century palace in Palermo, Sicily. (Wikipedia)
Palazzo Comitini
Palazzo Comitini, complete name Palazzo Gravina di Comitini, is a Baroque palace located on Via Maqueda #100, adjacent to the church of San'Orsola in the quarter of Albergheria, in the historic center of Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Palazzo Sclafani
Palazzo Sclafani is a medieval former aristocratic palace located on Piazza della Vittoria #14, in Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Palazzo Valguarnera-Gangi
Palazzo Valguarnera-Gangi is an urban palace, first of the Princes Valguarnera and then of the Princes Gangi, situated in the Piazza Croce dei Vespri, in the ancient quarter of the Kalsa in the city of Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Palazzo Branciforte
The Palazzo Branciforte is Renaissance-style aristocratic palace located on Via Bara dell'Olivella, in the historic center of Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Palazzo d'Orleans
Building in Palermo, Italy
Palazzo Isnello
Palazzo Isnello (also known as Palazzo Termine d'Isnello or Palazzo Sant'Antimo al Cassaro) is an historic palazzo situated between the ancient via del Cassaro and Piazza Borsa, in the Kalsa quarter of Palermo, Sicily. (Wikipedia)
Palazzo Alliata di Villafranca
The Palazzo Alliata di Villafranca is former aristocratic palace, now converted into a museum, located just off Via Vittorio Emanuele (ancient Via Cassaro) facing the Piazza Bologni which opens two blocks west of the Quattro Canti intersection, in the ancient quarter of the Albergaria of the city of Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Palazzo Asmundo
The Palazzo Asmundo is a late-Baroque aristocratic residence located on via Vittorio Emanuele, corner Via Pietro Novelli #3, in central Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Archbishop's Palace
Building in Palermo, Italy
Bonocore Palace
The Palazzo Bonocore is a Neoclassical palace located on the north side of Piazza Pretoria in central Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Palazzo Butera
The Palazzo Butera is a Baroque-style aristocratic palace located facing the Mediterranean in the ancient quarter of Kalsa of central Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Palazzo Jung, Palermo
The Palazzo Jung is a Neoclassical-style palace located on Via Lincoln, in front of the Orto Botanico of Palermo, in the city of Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Palazzo Sant'Elia
The Palazzo Celestri di Santacroce, also known as the Palazzo Sant'Elia, is a Baroque-style aristocratic palace located on via Maqueda 90 in the ancient quarter of Kalsa of central Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)

⛪ Churches and places of worship in Palermo

San Giovanni degli Eremiti
San Giovanni degli Eremiti (St John of the Hermits) is an ancient former monastic church located on Via Benedettini #19 in the ancient quarter of Albergaria of the city of Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Church of the Gesù
The Church of the Gesù (Italian: Chiesa del Gesù, pronounced [ˈkjɛːza del dʒeˈzu]), known also as the Saint Mary of Jesus (Santa Maria di Gesù) or the Casa Professa, is a Baroque-style, Roman Catholic church established under the patronage of the Jesuit order, and located at Piazza Casa Professa 21 in Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)
San Giovanni dei Lebbrosi
San Giovanni dei Lebbrosi is an ancient church in Palermo, Sicily. (Wikipedia)
San Giuseppe dei Teatini
San Giuseppe dei Teatini is a Roman Catholic church on Via Vittorio Emanuele, at the southwest corner of the Quattro Canti, in the historic center of the city of Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Santa Caterina, Palermo
Santa Caterina d'Alessandria or Saint Catherine of Alexandria is a Roman Catholic church with a main facade on Piazza Bellini, and a lateral Western facade facing the elaborate Fontana Pretoria, in the historic quarter of Kalsa in the city of Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Santa Maria della Pietà, Palermo
The Church of Saint Mary of Pity (Italian: Chiesa di Santa Maria della Pietà) is a Baroque church of Palermo. (Wikipedia)
La Magione, Palermo
La Magione is a 12th-century Norman-Gothic architecture, Roman Catholic Basilica church, located on Via Magione #44, the entrance to the facade, which faces southeast, is through a garden path midway between via Castrofilippo (the southern edge of Piazza Maggione) and Via Giuseppe Garibaldi, in the ancient quarter of Kalsa of Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)
San Domenico, Palermo
San Domenico (Saint Dominic) is a Baroque-style Roman Catholic church, located on Piazza San Domenico, and located in the ancient quarter of La Loggia, in central Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Oratory of San Lorenzo
The Oratory of Saint Lawrence (Italian: Oratorio di San Lorenzo) is a Baroque oratory of Palermo. (Wikipedia)
San Francesco Saverio, Palermo
The Church of Saint Francis Xavier (Italian: Chiesa di San Francesco Saverio or simply San Francesco Saverio) is a Baroque church of Palermo. (Wikipedia)
Santa Ninfa dei Crociferi
The Church of Saint Nympha (Italian: Chiesa di Santa Ninfa or Santa Ninfa dei Crociferi) is a Baroque-Mannerist church of Palermo. (Wikipedia)
Santa Teresa alla Kalsa
The Church of Saint Teresa (Italian: Chiesa di Santa Teresa or Santa Teresa alla Kalsa) is a Baroque Roman Catholic church, located on Piazza della Kalsa, facing the Porta de Greci (now Palazzo Forcella de Seta) in the ancient quarter of the Kalsa of the city of Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Sant'Anna la Misericordia
The Church of Saint Anne the Mercy (Italian: Chiesa di Sant'Anna la Misericordia or simply Sant'Anna) is a Baroque church of Palermo. (Wikipedia)
Santa Maria della Catena
Santa Maria della Catena is a Roman Catholic church located in the Piazza Dogana, now sandwiched between Strada Statale 113 and Via Vittorio Emanuele, located in the harbor-hugging quarter of Castellammare in Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Church of Saint George of the Genoese
Saint George of the Genoese (Italian: San Giorgio dei Genovesi) is a Renaissance-style, Roman Catholic church located near the port of La Cala, on Via Buon Pastore in the ancient quarter of the Loggia, in Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)
San Francesco d'Assisi
The Church of Saint Francis of Assisi (Italian: Chiesa di San Francesco d'Assisi or simply San Francesco d'Assisi) is a Gothic-style, Roman Catholic church of Palermo. (Wikipedia)
Santa Maria della Gancia
Santa Maria della Gancia, also known as Santa Maria degli Angeli, is a 15th-century Roman Catholic church, adjacent to a convent, located on Via Alloro #27 in central Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Sant'Agostino, Palermo
The Church of Saint Augustine (Italian: Chiesa di Sant'Agostino) is a Gothic church of Palermo. (Wikipedia)
Sant'Ignazio all'Olivella
The Church of Saint Ignatius (Italian: Chiesa di Sant'Ignazio or Sant'Ignazio all'Olivella) is a Baroque church of Palermo. (Wikipedia)
Sant'Orsola, Palermo
The Church of Saint Ursula of the Blacks (Italian: Chiesa di Sant'Orsola dei Negri) is a Baroque-style, Roman Catholic church located in the central Via Maqueda #110, adjacent to the Palazzo Comitini, in the quarter of the Albergaria, within the historic centre of Palermo, Region of Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Immacolata Concezione al Capo
The Church of the Immaculate Conception (Italian: Chiesa dell'Immacolata Concezione or Immacolata Concezione al Capo) is a Baroque church of Palermo. (Wikipedia)
San Matteo al Cassaro
The Church of San Matteo al Cassaro (Italian: Chiesa di San Matteo al Cassaro; English: Church of Saint Matthew at Cassaro) is a Baroque-style, Roman Catholic church of Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Santissimo Salvatore, Palermo
The Church of Most Holy Saviour (Italian: Chiesa del Santissimo Salvatore) is a Baroque-style, Roman Catholic church in Palermo, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Abbey of San Martino delle Scale
The Abbey of San Martino delle Scale is a Benedictine monastery and church located in the hills a few kilometers northwest of Monreale, region of Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Sant'Eulalia dei Catalani
Sant'Eulalia dei Catalani is a deconsecrated church, whose Renaissance facade can still be seen on Via Argenteria #19, at the edge of the lively Vucciria market in ancient quarter of Castellammare in central Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Sant'Antonio Abate
Sant'Antonio Abate (Saint Anthony the Abbot) is a Gothic-style Roman Catholic parish church located on Via Roma #203A in the ancient quarter of Castellammare, in central Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)

🎭 Theatres in Palermo

Teatro Politeama
The Politeama Theatre (Italian: Teatro Politeama), complete name Teatro Politeama Garibaldi is a theatre of Palermo. (Wikipedia)
Teatro Biondo
The Biondo Theatre (Italian: Teatro Biondo, complete name Teatro Biondo Stabile) is a neoclassical and Art Nouveau-style theater building located on Via Roma #258, corner with Via Venezia, in the ancient quarter of Castellamare of central Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Teatro Bellini
Theatre in Palermo, Italy
Teatro Garibaldi
Theatre in Palermo, Italy
Teatro di Santa Cecilia
The Teatro Santa Cecilia or Real Teatro di Santa Cecilia is a neoclassical-style theater building located on Piazza Teatro Santa Cecilia at the intersections with Via Cantavespri and Vicolo Guarnernara, in the ancient quarter of Kalsa of central Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)

🧺 Markets in Palermo

Vucciria Market
La or a Vuccirìa is an ancient, large market or bazaar area and neighborhood, with shops and tables selling products, produce, and foodstuffs located in the ancient quarter of Castellammare of central Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)

🌳 Parks and gardens in Palermo

Orto botanico di Palermo
The Orto Botanico di Palermo (Palermo Botanical Garden) is both a botanical garden and a research and educational institution of the Department of Botany of the University of Palermo. (Wikipedia)
Parco della Favorita
La Favorita Park (Italian: Parco della Favorita or Real Tenuta della Favorita) is a large city park in Palermo, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Giardino Inglese
The Piersanti Mattarella Park (Italian: Parco Piersanti Mattarella), formerly the English Garden (Giardino Inglese), is a public park in Palermo designed in 1851 by the architect Giovan Battista Filippo Basile. (Wikipedia)
Parco della Favara
Foro Italico
The Foro Italico (Italian Forum) is a pedestrian path and park along the seafront of Palermo, Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Villa Giulia
The Villa Giulia, also known as Villa del Popolo, and as Villa Flor is an urban public park, lying to the east of the Botanical Garden of Palermo, in the region of Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Villa Bonanno
City park in Palermo
Giardino Garibaldi
Park in Palermo, Italy
Parco d'Orléans

⛲ Squares in Palermo

Quattro Canti
Quattro Canti, officially known as Piazza Vigliena, is a Baroque square in Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy; it is considered the center of the historic quarters of the city. (Wikipedia)
Piazza Pretoria
Piazza Pretoria is at the limits of the district of Kalsa, near the corner of Cassaro with Via Maqueda, just a few meters from the Quattro Canti, the intersection where all the four ancient quarters intersect, in the city of Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Piazza della Vittoria
Victory Square (Italian: Piazza della Vittoria) is a square of Palermo. (Wikipedia)
Piazza Marina
Piazza Marina is a square of Palermo. (Wikipedia)
Piazza San Domenico, Palermo
Piazza San Domenico is a square of Palermo, Sicily, southern Italy. (Wikipedia)
Piazza Verdi, Palermo
Piazza Verdi, commonly known as Piazza Massimo, is a square of Palermo. (Wikipedia)
Piazza Bellini, Palermo
Piazza Bellini is a square of Palermo. (Wikipedia)
Piazza Ruggero Settimo
Piazza Ruggero Settimo is a square of Palermo. (Wikipedia)
Piazza Castelnuovo
Piazza Castelnuovo is a square of Palermo. (Wikipedia)
Piazza Giulio Cesare
Piazza Magione (Palermo)
Urban square in Palermo, Italy

🌉 Bridges, towers and architecture in Palermo

Arab-Norman Palermo and the Cathedral Churches of Cefalú and Monreale
The Arab-Norman Palermo and the Cathedral Churches of Cefalù and Monreale are a series of nine religious and civic structures located on the northern coast of Sicily dating from the era of the Norman Kingdom of Sicily (1130-1194): two palaces, three churches, a cathedral, and a bridge in Palermo, as well as the cathedrals of Cefalù and Monreale. (Wikipedia)
Admiral's bridge
The Admiral's Bridge (Italian: Ponte dell'Ammiraglio) is a medieval bridge of Palermo, located in Piazza Scaffa. (Wikipedia)
Palermo Conservatory
The Conservatorio di Musica Alessandro Scarlatti (English: Conservatory of Music Alessandro Scarlatti), better known in English as the Palermo Conservatory, is a music conservatory in Palermo, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Villa Trabia alle Terre Rosse
Building in Palermo, Italy
Villa Niscemi
Villa Niscemi is a villa in Palermo. (Wikipedia)

🗿 Monuments and fountains in Palermo

Fontana Pretoria
The Praetorian Fountain (Italian: Fontana Pretoria) is a monumental fountain located in Piazza Pretoria in the historic center of Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Fontana del Garraffo
The Garraffo Fountain (Italian: Fontana del Garraffo) is a Baroque fountain of Palermo. (Wikipedia)
Colonna dell'Immacolata (Palermo)
The Colonna dell'Immacolata Concezione is a monumental sculpture, whose centerpiece is a bronze statue of the Virgin of the Immaculate Conception atop a column, erected in 1631 on Piazza San Domenico in Palermo, Sicily. (Wikipedia)
Charles V Monument (Palermo)
The Charles V Monument is a monumental sculpture erected in 1631 on Piazza Bologni in Palermo, Sicily. (Wikipedia)
Sea-horse fountain (Palermo)
Fontana del Garraffello

🏔️ Nature around Palermo

Mount Pellegrino
Mount Pellegrino (Italian: Monte Pellegrino; Sicilian: Munti Piddirinu) is an isolated carbonate rock promontory on the northern coast of Palermo, Sicily, Southern Italy. (Wikipedia)
Rocca Busambra
📍 29 km from Palermo
Rocca Busambra is the highest peak in the Monti Sicani, in western Sicily, southern Italy. (Wikipedia)
Monte Cuccio
Mountain in Italy
Monte Grifone
Mountain in Italy
Riserva naturale orientata Monte Pellegrino
Protected area in Italy (EUAP0839)
Lago di Piana degli Albanesi
📍 16 km from Palermo
The Lago di Piana degli Albanesi (Arbëreshë Albanian: Laghu të Honit) is the oldest artificial lake in Sicily. (Wikipedia)
Monte Inici
📍 45 km from Palermo
Monte Inici is a mountain in the comune of Castellammare del Golfo, province of Trapani, Sicily. (Wikipedia)
Mount Bonifato
📍 39 km from Palermo
Mount Bonifato (825 metres high) is a mountain in north western Sicilly in the province of Trapani. (Wikipedia)
Riserva naturale orientata Bosco della Ficuzza, Rocca Busambra, Bosco del Cappelliere e Gorgo del Drago
📍 26 km from Palermo
Protected area in Italy (EUAP1103)
Monte San Calogero
📍 38 km from Palermo
Mountain in Italy
Monte Pizzuta
📍 15 km from Palermo
Mountain in Italy
Lago Prizzi
📍 43 km from Palermo
Lago Prizzi is a lake in the Province of Palermo, Sicily, Italy, close to Prizzi. (Wikipedia)
Riserva naturale orientata Capo Gallo
📍 12 km from Palermo
Protected area in Italy (EUAP1159)
Mount Longa
📍 18 km from Palermo
Mount Longa (Italian: Mountagna Longa, lit. (Wikipedia)
Femmine Island
📍 15 km from Palermo
Lago Garcia
📍 40 km from Palermo
Lago Garcia is a lake in the Province of Palermo, Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Riserva naturale orientata Capo Rama
📍 26 km from Palermo
Protected area in Italy (EUAP1101)
Nature Reserve Bosco di Alcamo
📍 38 km from Palermo
The Nature Reserve Bosco di Alcamo is a natural protected area of Regione Siciliana established in 1984, and located on the top of monte Bonifato, which dominates the town of Alcamo. (Wikipedia)
Monte Barraù
📍 40 km from Palermo
Monte Barraù (also known as Monte Barracù) is a mountain in the Monti Sicani, in Sicily, southern Italy. (Wikipedia)

🥾 Hiking trails near Palermo

Carini - Montelepre - Partinico
Easy · 19 km · ↑ 485 m · ~5 h 30 min
Hiking trail from Carini to Partinico
Partinico - Masseria Signora S.I.
Easy · 11 km · ↑ 565 m · ~3 h 45 min
Hiking trail from Partinico to Masseria Signora S.I.
Balestrate Santuario Madonna del Ponte
Easy · 4.6 km · ↑ 135 m · ~1 h 30 min
Hiking trail from Chiesa Madre Balestrate to Santuario Madonna del Ponte
Sentiero Vetta San Calogero - Giuseppe Geraci
Moderate · 6.9 km · ↑ 705 m · ~3 h 15 min
Hiking trail from Sentiero 402 to Vetta Monte San Calogero
Sentiero Caracoli – Funtaneddi
Moderate · 6.9 km · ↑ 775 m · ~3 h 30 min
Hiking trail
Alcamo Baglio Florio
Easy · 7.2 km · ↑ 75 m · ~2 h
Hiking trail from Alcamo to Bagno Florio
Cammino del Beato Arcangelo
Easy · 16 km · ↑ 380 m · ~4 h 45 min
Hiking trail from Alcamo to Calatafimi
Castellammare del Golfo Ponte Bagni
Easy · 7.1 km · ↑ 200 m · ~2 h
Hiking trail from Castellammare del Golfo to Ponte Bagni
Masseria Dammusi – Piana degli Albanesi
Moderate · 13.5 km · ↑ 790 m · ~4 h 45 min
Hiking trail from Masseria Dammusi to Piana degli Albanesi
Piana degli Albanesi – Masseria Rossella
Moderate · 12 km · ↑ 355 m · ~3 h 30 min
Hiking trail from Piana degli Albanesi to Masseria Rossella
Segesta – Alcamo
Moderate · 14.9 km · ↑ 315 m · ~4 h 15 min
Hiking trail from Segesta to Alcamo
Itinerarium Rosaliae - Tappa 11
Moderate · 16 km · ↑ 430 m · ~4 h 45 min
Hiking trail from Monreale to Santuario Monte Pellegrino
Il Cammino dei Mille - Tappa 2
Hard · 13 km · ↑ 380 m · ~4 h
Hiking trail from San Martino delle Scale to Pioppi
Il Cammino dei Mille - Tappa 4
Hard · 14 km · ↑ 705 m · ~4 h 45 min
Hiking trail from Poggio San Francesco to Piana degli Albanesi
Il Cammino dei Mille - Tappa 3
Hard · 13 km · ↑ 635 m · ~4 h 15 min
Hiking trail from Pioppi to Poggio San Francesco

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Things to do in Palermo

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Palermo is the capital and largest city of the autonomous island region of Sicily in southern Italy, located on the eponymous gulf facing the Tyrrhenian Sea. A 2,700-year-old city, it is noted for its history, culture, architecture and gastronomy, playing an important role throughout much of its existence.

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1. ⛪ place of worship
Palermo Cathedral
Palermo Cathedral is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Palermo, located in Palermo, Sicily, southern Italy. It is dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. As an architectural complex, it is characterized by the presence of different styles, due to a long history of additions, alterations and restorations, the last of which occurred in the 18th century. (Wikipedia)
2. ⛪ place of worship
Cattedrale di Monreale
Monreale Cathedral (Italian: Cattedrale di Santa Maria Nuova di Monreale; Duomo di Monreale) is a Catholic church in Monreale, a municipality in the Metropolitan City of Palermo, Sicily. One of the greatest extant examples of Norman architecture, it was begun in 1174 by William II of Sicily and is dedicated to the Nativity of the Virgin Mary. The church was elevated by a bull of Pope Lucius III to the rank of a metropolitan cathedral in 1182 as the seat of the diocese of Monreale, which was elevated to the Archdiocese of Monreale in 1183. (Wikipedia)
3. 🎭 theatre
Teatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele
The Teatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele is an opera house and opera company located on the Piazza Verdi in Palermo, Sicily. It was dedicated to King Victor Emanuel II. It is the biggest in Italy, and one of the largest of Europe (at the time of its inauguration, it was - with its area of 7,730 square metres (83,200 sq ft) - the third largest opera house in Europe after the Palais Garnier in Paris, and the K. (Wikipedia)
4. ⛪ place of worship
Cappella Palatina
The Palatine Chapel /ˈpælətaɪn ˈtʃæpəl/ (Italian: Cappella Palatina) is the royal chapel of the Norman Palace in Palermo, Sicily. This building is a mixture of Byzantine, Norman, and Fatimid architectural styles, showing the tricultural state of Sicily during the 12th century after Roger I and Robert Guiscard conquered the island. Also referred to as a Palace church or Palace chapel, it was commissioned by Roger II of Sicily in 1132 to be built upon an older chapel (now the crypt) constructed around 1080. (Wikipedia)
5. ⛪ place of worship
Martorana
The Church of St. Mary of the Admiral (Italian: Santa Maria dell'Ammiraglio), also called Martorana, is the seat of the Parish of San Nicolò dei Greci (Albanian: Klisha e Shën Kollit së Arbëreshëvet), overlooking the Piazza Bellini, next to the Norman church of San Cataldo and facing the Baroque church of Santa Caterina, in Palermo, Italy. The church is a co-cathedral to the Eparchy of Piana degli Albanesi of the Italo-Albanian Catholic Church, a diocese which includes the Italo-Albanian (Arbëreshë) communities in Sicily who officiate the liturgy according to the Byzantine Rite in the Koine Greek language and Albanian language. (Wikipedia)
6. 🏛️ museum
Palazzo dei Normanni
The Palazzo dei Normanni (transl. 'Palace of the Normans'; Sicilian: Palazzu dî Nurmanni), also called Royal Palace of Palermo (Italian: Palazzo Reale di Palermo; Sicilian: Palazzu Riali), is a palace in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. It was the seat of the Kings of Sicily with the Hauteville dynasty and served afterwards as the main seat of power for the subsequent rulers of Sicily. (Wikipedia)

🏛️ Museums in Palermo

Chiesa di San Cataldo
The Church of San Cataldo (or Saint Cathal's Church) is a Catholic church located at Piazza Bellini, in central Palermo, Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Zisa Palace
The Zisa (Italian: [ˈdziːza], Sicilian: [ˈtsiːsa]) is a grand 12th-century Norman hunting lodge and summer palace in the western area of Palermo, in the region of Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Cuba Palace
The Cuba (Sicilian: La Cuba) is a recreational palace in the Sicilian city of Palermo, originally part of the Sollazzi Regi group of Norman palaces. (Wikipedia)
Regional Archaeological Museum Antonino Salinas
The Antonino Salinas Regional Archeological Museum (Italian: Museo Archeologico Regionale Antonino Salinas) is a museum in Palermo, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Palazzo Abatellis
Palazzo Abatellis (also known as Palazzo Patella) is a palazzo in Palermo, Sicily, southern Italy, located in the Kalsa quarter. (Wikipedia)
Palazzina Cinese
The Chinese Palace (Italian: Palazzina Cinese), also known as Real Casina alla Cinese, is a former royal residence of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies designed in the style of Chinoiserie. (Wikipedia)
Museum of Engines and Mechanisms
The Museum of Engines and Mechanisms is an Italian academic museum located in Palermo, Italy, and is part of the Museum System of the University of Palermo. (Wikipedia)
Sicilian Ethnographic Museum Giuseppe Pitrè
The Sicilian Ethnographic Museum Giuseppe Pitrè (Italian: Museo Etnografico Siciliano Giuseppe Pitrè) is a museum in Palermo, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Santa Maria dello Spasimo
Santa Maria dello Spasimo, or Lo Spasimo, is an unfinished Catholic church in the Kalsa neighborhood in Palermo, Sicily, on Via dello Spasimo. (Wikipedia)
Modern Art Gallery Sant'Anna
The Modern Art Gallery of Palermo (Italian: Galleria d'Arte Moderna Palermo) is a civic art gallery of Palermo, displaying works from the 19th until the early 20th century, located on Via Sant'Anna #21, adjacent to the church of Sant'Anna la Misericordia in the ancient quarter of the Kalsa of the city of Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Museo internazionale delle marionette Antonio Pasqualino
The Antonio Pasqualino International Puppet Museum of Palermo operates in the field of national and international, traditional and contemporary puppetry. (Wikipedia)
Palazzo Riso
The Palazzo Riso, officially RISO, Museo d'Arte Contemporanea della Sicilia ("RISO, Contemporary Art Museum of Sicily") and also known as Palazzo Belmonte Riso, is a regional contemporary art museum located in the ancient Corso Vittorio Emanuele, Palermo, Italy. (Wikipedia)
museo dell'Islam
Museum in Italy
Palazzo Ajutamicristo
Palazzo Ajutamicristo is a Late-Gothic and Renaissance-style aristocratic palace located on VIa Garibaldi #23 of the ancient Kalsa quarter of Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Villa Malfitano Whitaker
Villa Malfitano Whitaker is a 19th-century villa in Via Dante, in the quarter of Politeama of Palermo, Sicily. (Wikipedia)
Villino Florio
Villino Florio is a private residence designed in an eclectic Art Nouveau (Liberty) style by Ernesto Basile, and located on Viale Regina Margherita #38 in the city of Palermo, Siciy, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Castello di Maredolce
The Maredolce Castle (Italian: Castello di Maredolce), also called Favara Palace (Italian: Palazzo della Favara), is a medieval building of Palermo. (Wikipedia)
Oratorio dei Bianchi
The Oratorio dei Bianchi is a Baroque prayer room or oratory located on the Piazzeta dei Bianchi, about equidistant between the churches of Santa Maria dello Spasimo and Santa Teresa alla Kalsa in the quarter of the Kalsa, within the historic centre of Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Museo Diocesano of Palermo
The Diocesan Museum of Palermo (Italian - MUDIPA or Museo diocesano di Palermo) is a museum of religious art in Palermo on Sicily, housed in a number of rooms in the Palazzo Arcivescovile opposite Palermo Cathedral. (Wikipedia)
Museum of palenteology and geology Gaetano Giorgio Gemmellaro
Museum in Italy
Cantieri Culturali alla Zisa
Museum in Palermo, Italy
Palazzo Ziino
Museum in Italy

🏺 Archaeological sites in Palermo

Catacombe dei Cappuccini
The Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo (also Catacombe dei Cappuccini or Catacombs of the Capuchins) are burial catacombs in Palermo, Sicily, southern Italy. (Wikipedia)
Grotta dell'Addaura
The Addaura cave (Italian: Grotta dell'Addaura) is a complex of three natural grottoes located on the northeast side of Mount Pellegrino in Palermo, Sicily, Southern Italy. (Wikipedia)

🏰 Castles and fortresses in Palermo

Porta Felice
Porta Felice is a monumental city gate of Palermo, Sicily; the gate is located in the zone of the Foro Italico and the Castellammare quarter. (Wikipedia)
Porta Nuova
Porta Nuova is a monumental city gate of Palermo. (Wikipedia)
Castello dell'Uscibene
Building in Palermo, Italy
Castello Utveggio
The Castello Utveggio is a monumental palace built between 1928 and 1933 on a promontory of Mount Pellegrino overlooking Palermo, Sicily. (Wikipedia)
Porta Carini
Building in Palermo, Italy
Porta dei Greci
The Palazzo Forcella de Seta is an eclectic-style aristocratic palace located along the Mediterranean seafront in the historic Kalsa quarter of central Palermo, Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Porta dei Leoni
Building in Palermo, Italy

👑 Palaces in Palermo

Natoli Palace
Palazzo Natoli is a Baroque palace in Palermo, in the Mediterranean island of Sicily. (Wikipedia)
Palazzo Pretorio
The Praetorian Palace (Italian: Palazzo Pretorio), also known as Palace of the Eagles (Italian: Palazzo delle Aquile), is a palace of Palermo. (Wikipedia)
Palazzo Chiaramonte
The Palazzo Chiaramonte-Steri is a 14th-century palace in Palermo, Sicily. (Wikipedia)
Palazzo Comitini
Palazzo Comitini, complete name Palazzo Gravina di Comitini, is a Baroque palace located on Via Maqueda #100, adjacent to the church of San'Orsola in the quarter of Albergheria, in the historic center of Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Palazzo Sclafani
Palazzo Sclafani is a medieval former aristocratic palace located on Piazza della Vittoria #14, in Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Palazzo Valguarnera-Gangi
Palazzo Valguarnera-Gangi is an urban palace, first of the Princes Valguarnera and then of the Princes Gangi, situated in the Piazza Croce dei Vespri, in the ancient quarter of the Kalsa in the city of Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Palazzo Branciforte
The Palazzo Branciforte is Renaissance-style aristocratic palace located on Via Bara dell'Olivella, in the historic center of Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Palazzo d'Orleans
Building in Palermo, Italy
Palazzo Isnello
Palazzo Isnello (also known as Palazzo Termine d'Isnello or Palazzo Sant'Antimo al Cassaro) is an historic palazzo situated between the ancient via del Cassaro and Piazza Borsa, in the Kalsa quarter of Palermo, Sicily. (Wikipedia)
Palazzo Alliata di Villafranca
The Palazzo Alliata di Villafranca is former aristocratic palace, now converted into a museum, located just off Via Vittorio Emanuele (ancient Via Cassaro) facing the Piazza Bologni which opens two blocks west of the Quattro Canti intersection, in the ancient quarter of the Albergaria of the city of Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Palazzo Asmundo
The Palazzo Asmundo is a late-Baroque aristocratic residence located on via Vittorio Emanuele, corner Via Pietro Novelli #3, in central Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Archbishop's Palace
Building in Palermo, Italy
Bonocore Palace
The Palazzo Bonocore is a Neoclassical palace located on the north side of Piazza Pretoria in central Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Palazzo Butera
The Palazzo Butera is a Baroque-style aristocratic palace located facing the Mediterranean in the ancient quarter of Kalsa of central Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Palazzo Jung, Palermo
The Palazzo Jung is a Neoclassical-style palace located on Via Lincoln, in front of the Orto Botanico of Palermo, in the city of Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Palazzo Sant'Elia
The Palazzo Celestri di Santacroce, also known as the Palazzo Sant'Elia, is a Baroque-style aristocratic palace located on via Maqueda 90 in the ancient quarter of Kalsa of central Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)

⛪ Churches and places of worship in Palermo

San Giovanni degli Eremiti
San Giovanni degli Eremiti (St John of the Hermits) is an ancient former monastic church located on Via Benedettini #19 in the ancient quarter of Albergaria of the city of Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Church of the Gesù
The Church of the Gesù (Italian: Chiesa del Gesù, pronounced [ˈkjɛːza del dʒeˈzu]), known also as the Saint Mary of Jesus (Santa Maria di Gesù) or the Casa Professa, is a Baroque-style, Roman Catholic church established under the patronage of the Jesuit order, and located at Piazza Casa Professa 21 in Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)
San Giovanni dei Lebbrosi
San Giovanni dei Lebbrosi is an ancient church in Palermo, Sicily. (Wikipedia)
San Giuseppe dei Teatini
San Giuseppe dei Teatini is a Roman Catholic church on Via Vittorio Emanuele, at the southwest corner of the Quattro Canti, in the historic center of the city of Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Santa Caterina, Palermo
Santa Caterina d'Alessandria or Saint Catherine of Alexandria is a Roman Catholic church with a main facade on Piazza Bellini, and a lateral Western facade facing the elaborate Fontana Pretoria, in the historic quarter of Kalsa in the city of Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Santa Maria della Pietà, Palermo
The Church of Saint Mary of Pity (Italian: Chiesa di Santa Maria della Pietà) is a Baroque church of Palermo. (Wikipedia)
La Magione, Palermo
La Magione is a 12th-century Norman-Gothic architecture, Roman Catholic Basilica church, located on Via Magione #44, the entrance to the facade, which faces southeast, is through a garden path midway between via Castrofilippo (the southern edge of Piazza Maggione) and Via Giuseppe Garibaldi, in the ancient quarter of Kalsa of Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)
San Domenico, Palermo
San Domenico (Saint Dominic) is a Baroque-style Roman Catholic church, located on Piazza San Domenico, and located in the ancient quarter of La Loggia, in central Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Oratory of San Lorenzo
The Oratory of Saint Lawrence (Italian: Oratorio di San Lorenzo) is a Baroque oratory of Palermo. (Wikipedia)
San Francesco Saverio, Palermo
The Church of Saint Francis Xavier (Italian: Chiesa di San Francesco Saverio or simply San Francesco Saverio) is a Baroque church of Palermo. (Wikipedia)
Santa Ninfa dei Crociferi
The Church of Saint Nympha (Italian: Chiesa di Santa Ninfa or Santa Ninfa dei Crociferi) is a Baroque-Mannerist church of Palermo. (Wikipedia)
Santa Teresa alla Kalsa
The Church of Saint Teresa (Italian: Chiesa di Santa Teresa or Santa Teresa alla Kalsa) is a Baroque Roman Catholic church, located on Piazza della Kalsa, facing the Porta de Greci (now Palazzo Forcella de Seta) in the ancient quarter of the Kalsa of the city of Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Sant'Anna la Misericordia
The Church of Saint Anne the Mercy (Italian: Chiesa di Sant'Anna la Misericordia or simply Sant'Anna) is a Baroque church of Palermo. (Wikipedia)
Santa Maria della Catena
Santa Maria della Catena is a Roman Catholic church located in the Piazza Dogana, now sandwiched between Strada Statale 113 and Via Vittorio Emanuele, located in the harbor-hugging quarter of Castellammare in Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Church of Saint George of the Genoese
Saint George of the Genoese (Italian: San Giorgio dei Genovesi) is a Renaissance-style, Roman Catholic church located near the port of La Cala, on Via Buon Pastore in the ancient quarter of the Loggia, in Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)
San Francesco d'Assisi
The Church of Saint Francis of Assisi (Italian: Chiesa di San Francesco d'Assisi or simply San Francesco d'Assisi) is a Gothic-style, Roman Catholic church of Palermo. (Wikipedia)
Santa Maria della Gancia
Santa Maria della Gancia, also known as Santa Maria degli Angeli, is a 15th-century Roman Catholic church, adjacent to a convent, located on Via Alloro #27 in central Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Sant'Agostino, Palermo
The Church of Saint Augustine (Italian: Chiesa di Sant'Agostino) is a Gothic church of Palermo. (Wikipedia)
Sant'Ignazio all'Olivella
The Church of Saint Ignatius (Italian: Chiesa di Sant'Ignazio or Sant'Ignazio all'Olivella) is a Baroque church of Palermo. (Wikipedia)
Sant'Orsola, Palermo
The Church of Saint Ursula of the Blacks (Italian: Chiesa di Sant'Orsola dei Negri) is a Baroque-style, Roman Catholic church located in the central Via Maqueda #110, adjacent to the Palazzo Comitini, in the quarter of the Albergaria, within the historic centre of Palermo, Region of Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Immacolata Concezione al Capo
The Church of the Immaculate Conception (Italian: Chiesa dell'Immacolata Concezione or Immacolata Concezione al Capo) is a Baroque church of Palermo. (Wikipedia)
San Matteo al Cassaro
The Church of San Matteo al Cassaro (Italian: Chiesa di San Matteo al Cassaro; English: Church of Saint Matthew at Cassaro) is a Baroque-style, Roman Catholic church of Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Santissimo Salvatore, Palermo
The Church of Most Holy Saviour (Italian: Chiesa del Santissimo Salvatore) is a Baroque-style, Roman Catholic church in Palermo, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Abbey of San Martino delle Scale
The Abbey of San Martino delle Scale is a Benedictine monastery and church located in the hills a few kilometers northwest of Monreale, region of Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Sant'Eulalia dei Catalani
Sant'Eulalia dei Catalani is a deconsecrated church, whose Renaissance facade can still be seen on Via Argenteria #19, at the edge of the lively Vucciria market in ancient quarter of Castellammare in central Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Sant'Antonio Abate
Sant'Antonio Abate (Saint Anthony the Abbot) is a Gothic-style Roman Catholic parish church located on Via Roma #203A in the ancient quarter of Castellammare, in central Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)

🎭 Theatres in Palermo

Teatro Politeama
The Politeama Theatre (Italian: Teatro Politeama), complete name Teatro Politeama Garibaldi is a theatre of Palermo. (Wikipedia)
Teatro Biondo
The Biondo Theatre (Italian: Teatro Biondo, complete name Teatro Biondo Stabile) is a neoclassical and Art Nouveau-style theater building located on Via Roma #258, corner with Via Venezia, in the ancient quarter of Castellamare of central Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Teatro Bellini
Theatre in Palermo, Italy
Teatro Garibaldi
Theatre in Palermo, Italy
Teatro di Santa Cecilia
The Teatro Santa Cecilia or Real Teatro di Santa Cecilia is a neoclassical-style theater building located on Piazza Teatro Santa Cecilia at the intersections with Via Cantavespri and Vicolo Guarnernara, in the ancient quarter of Kalsa of central Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)

🧺 Markets in Palermo

Vucciria Market
La or a Vuccirìa is an ancient, large market or bazaar area and neighborhood, with shops and tables selling products, produce, and foodstuffs located in the ancient quarter of Castellammare of central Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)

🌳 Parks and gardens in Palermo

Orto botanico di Palermo
The Orto Botanico di Palermo (Palermo Botanical Garden) is both a botanical garden and a research and educational institution of the Department of Botany of the University of Palermo. (Wikipedia)
Parco della Favorita
La Favorita Park (Italian: Parco della Favorita or Real Tenuta della Favorita) is a large city park in Palermo, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Giardino Inglese
The Piersanti Mattarella Park (Italian: Parco Piersanti Mattarella), formerly the English Garden (Giardino Inglese), is a public park in Palermo designed in 1851 by the architect Giovan Battista Filippo Basile. (Wikipedia)
Parco della Favara
Foro Italico
The Foro Italico (Italian Forum) is a pedestrian path and park along the seafront of Palermo, Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Villa Giulia
The Villa Giulia, also known as Villa del Popolo, and as Villa Flor is an urban public park, lying to the east of the Botanical Garden of Palermo, in the region of Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Villa Bonanno
City park in Palermo
Giardino Garibaldi
Park in Palermo, Italy
Parco d'Orléans

⛲ Squares in Palermo

Quattro Canti
Quattro Canti, officially known as Piazza Vigliena, is a Baroque square in Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy; it is considered the center of the historic quarters of the city. (Wikipedia)
Piazza Pretoria
Piazza Pretoria is at the limits of the district of Kalsa, near the corner of Cassaro with Via Maqueda, just a few meters from the Quattro Canti, the intersection where all the four ancient quarters intersect, in the city of Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Piazza della Vittoria
Victory Square (Italian: Piazza della Vittoria) is a square of Palermo. (Wikipedia)
Piazza Marina
Piazza Marina is a square of Palermo. (Wikipedia)
Piazza San Domenico, Palermo
Piazza San Domenico is a square of Palermo, Sicily, southern Italy. (Wikipedia)
Piazza Verdi, Palermo
Piazza Verdi, commonly known as Piazza Massimo, is a square of Palermo. (Wikipedia)
Piazza Bellini, Palermo
Piazza Bellini is a square of Palermo. (Wikipedia)
Piazza Ruggero Settimo
Piazza Ruggero Settimo is a square of Palermo. (Wikipedia)
Piazza Castelnuovo
Piazza Castelnuovo is a square of Palermo. (Wikipedia)
Piazza Giulio Cesare
Piazza Magione (Palermo)
Urban square in Palermo, Italy

🌉 Bridges, towers and architecture in Palermo

Arab-Norman Palermo and the Cathedral Churches of Cefalú and Monreale
The Arab-Norman Palermo and the Cathedral Churches of Cefalù and Monreale are a series of nine religious and civic structures located on the northern coast of Sicily dating from the era of the Norman Kingdom of Sicily (1130-1194): two palaces, three churches, a cathedral, and a bridge in Palermo, as well as the cathedrals of Cefalù and Monreale. (Wikipedia)
Admiral's bridge
The Admiral's Bridge (Italian: Ponte dell'Ammiraglio) is a medieval bridge of Palermo, located in Piazza Scaffa. (Wikipedia)
Palermo Conservatory
The Conservatorio di Musica Alessandro Scarlatti (English: Conservatory of Music Alessandro Scarlatti), better known in English as the Palermo Conservatory, is a music conservatory in Palermo, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Villa Trabia alle Terre Rosse
Building in Palermo, Italy
Villa Niscemi
Villa Niscemi is a villa in Palermo. (Wikipedia)

🗿 Monuments and fountains in Palermo

Fontana Pretoria
The Praetorian Fountain (Italian: Fontana Pretoria) is a monumental fountain located in Piazza Pretoria in the historic center of Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Fontana del Garraffo
The Garraffo Fountain (Italian: Fontana del Garraffo) is a Baroque fountain of Palermo. (Wikipedia)
Colonna dell'Immacolata (Palermo)
The Colonna dell'Immacolata Concezione is a monumental sculpture, whose centerpiece is a bronze statue of the Virgin of the Immaculate Conception atop a column, erected in 1631 on Piazza San Domenico in Palermo, Sicily. (Wikipedia)
Charles V Monument (Palermo)
The Charles V Monument is a monumental sculpture erected in 1631 on Piazza Bologni in Palermo, Sicily. (Wikipedia)
Sea-horse fountain (Palermo)
Fontana del Garraffello

🏔️ Nature around Palermo

Mount Pellegrino
Mount Pellegrino (Italian: Monte Pellegrino; Sicilian: Munti Piddirinu) is an isolated carbonate rock promontory on the northern coast of Palermo, Sicily, Southern Italy. (Wikipedia)
Rocca Busambra
📍 29 km from Palermo
Rocca Busambra is the highest peak in the Monti Sicani, in western Sicily, southern Italy. (Wikipedia)
Monte Cuccio
Mountain in Italy
Monte Grifone
Mountain in Italy
Riserva naturale orientata Monte Pellegrino
Protected area in Italy (EUAP0839)
Lago di Piana degli Albanesi
📍 16 km from Palermo
The Lago di Piana degli Albanesi (Arbëreshë Albanian: Laghu të Honit) is the oldest artificial lake in Sicily. (Wikipedia)
Monte Inici
📍 45 km from Palermo
Monte Inici is a mountain in the comune of Castellammare del Golfo, province of Trapani, Sicily. (Wikipedia)
Mount Bonifato
📍 39 km from Palermo
Mount Bonifato (825 metres high) is a mountain in north western Sicilly in the province of Trapani. (Wikipedia)
Riserva naturale orientata Bosco della Ficuzza, Rocca Busambra, Bosco del Cappelliere e Gorgo del Drago
📍 26 km from Palermo
Protected area in Italy (EUAP1103)
Monte San Calogero
📍 38 km from Palermo
Mountain in Italy
Monte Pizzuta
📍 15 km from Palermo
Mountain in Italy
Lago Prizzi
📍 43 km from Palermo
Lago Prizzi is a lake in the Province of Palermo, Sicily, Italy, close to Prizzi. (Wikipedia)
Riserva naturale orientata Capo Gallo
📍 12 km from Palermo
Protected area in Italy (EUAP1159)
Mount Longa
📍 18 km from Palermo
Mount Longa (Italian: Mountagna Longa, lit. (Wikipedia)
Femmine Island
📍 15 km from Palermo
Lago Garcia
📍 40 km from Palermo
Lago Garcia is a lake in the Province of Palermo, Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Riserva naturale orientata Capo Rama
📍 26 km from Palermo
Protected area in Italy (EUAP1101)
Nature Reserve Bosco di Alcamo
📍 38 km from Palermo
The Nature Reserve Bosco di Alcamo is a natural protected area of Regione Siciliana established in 1984, and located on the top of monte Bonifato, which dominates the town of Alcamo. (Wikipedia)
Monte Barraù
📍 40 km from Palermo
Monte Barraù (also known as Monte Barracù) is a mountain in the Monti Sicani, in Sicily, southern Italy. (Wikipedia)

🥾 Hiking trails near Palermo

Carini - Montelepre - Partinico
Easy · 19 km · ↑ 485 m · ~5 h 30 min
Hiking trail from Carini to Partinico
Partinico - Masseria Signora S.I.
Easy · 11 km · ↑ 565 m · ~3 h 45 min
Hiking trail from Partinico to Masseria Signora S.I.
Balestrate Santuario Madonna del Ponte
Easy · 4.6 km · ↑ 135 m · ~1 h 30 min
Hiking trail from Chiesa Madre Balestrate to Santuario Madonna del Ponte
Sentiero Vetta San Calogero - Giuseppe Geraci
Moderate · 6.9 km · ↑ 705 m · ~3 h 15 min
Hiking trail from Sentiero 402 to Vetta Monte San Calogero
Sentiero Caracoli – Funtaneddi
Moderate · 6.9 km · ↑ 775 m · ~3 h 30 min
Hiking trail
Alcamo Baglio Florio
Easy · 7.2 km · ↑ 75 m · ~2 h
Hiking trail from Alcamo to Bagno Florio
Cammino del Beato Arcangelo
Easy · 16 km · ↑ 380 m · ~4 h 45 min
Hiking trail from Alcamo to Calatafimi
Castellammare del Golfo Ponte Bagni
Easy · 7.1 km · ↑ 200 m · ~2 h
Hiking trail from Castellammare del Golfo to Ponte Bagni
Masseria Dammusi – Piana degli Albanesi
Moderate · 13.5 km · ↑ 790 m · ~4 h 45 min
Hiking trail from Masseria Dammusi to Piana degli Albanesi
Piana degli Albanesi – Masseria Rossella
Moderate · 12 km · ↑ 355 m · ~3 h 30 min
Hiking trail from Piana degli Albanesi to Masseria Rossella
Segesta – Alcamo
Moderate · 14.9 km · ↑ 315 m · ~4 h 15 min
Hiking trail from Segesta to Alcamo
Itinerarium Rosaliae - Tappa 11
Moderate · 16 km · ↑ 430 m · ~4 h 45 min
Hiking trail from Monreale to Santuario Monte Pellegrino
Il Cammino dei Mille - Tappa 2
Hard · 13 km · ↑ 380 m · ~4 h
Hiking trail from San Martino delle Scale to Pioppi
Il Cammino dei Mille - Tappa 4
Hard · 14 km · ↑ 705 m · ~4 h 45 min
Hiking trail from Poggio San Francesco to Piana degli Albanesi
Il Cammino dei Mille - Tappa 3
Hard · 13 km · ↑ 635 m · ~4 h 15 min
Hiking trail from Pioppi to Poggio San Francesco

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Photo credits

Palermo Cathedral — Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 4.0
Cattedrale di Monreale — Photo: Ludvig14, CC BY-SA 4.0
Teatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele — Photo: Vitoparisi92, CC BY-SA 4.0
Cappella Palatina — Photo: Holger Uwe Schmitt, CC BY-SA 4.0
Martorana — Photo: Bjs, CC0
Palazzo dei Normanni — Photo: Jules Vaulont, CC BY-SA 4.0
Chiesa di San Cataldo — Photo: Bjs, CC0
Arab-Norman Palermo and the Cathedral Churches of Cefalú and Monreale — Photo: Pro Regnum Siciliæ, CC BY-SA 4.0
Catacombe dei Cappuccini — Photo: Sibeaster, Public domain
San Giovanni degli Eremiti — Photo: Matthias Süßen, CC BY-SA 2.5
Zisa Palace — Photo: Matthias Süßen, CC BY-SA 4.0
Quattro Canti — Photo: Bengt Nyman, CC BY 2.0
Mount Pellegrino — Photo: Dedda71, CC BY 3.0
Admiral's bridge — Photo: Bjs, CC0
Grotta dell'Addaura — Photo: Bjs, CC0
Church of the Gesù — Photo: Julian Lupyan, CC0
Teatro Politeama — Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0
Natoli Palace — Photo: Stendhal55, CC BY-SA 4.0
Cuba Palace — Photo: Sebastian Fischer, CC BY-SA 3.0
San Giovanni dei Lebbrosi — Photo: Ludvig14, CC BY-SA 4.0
Piazza Pretoria — Photo: Tango7174, CC BY-SA 4.0
Regional Archaeological Museum Antonino Salinas — Photo: HowRapid, Public domain
Palazzo Pretorio — Photo: Bjs, CC0
San Giuseppe dei Teatini — Photo: Bjs, CC0
Porta Felice — Photo: Harvey Barrison, CC BY-SA 2.0
Santa Caterina, Palermo — Photo: Giuseppe ME, CC BY-SA 4.0
Santa Maria della Pietà, Palermo — Photo: CarlesVA, CC BY-SA 3.0
Porta Nuova — Photo: Allie_Caulfield, CC BY 2.0
La Magione, Palermo — Photo: Sibeaster, Public domain
Palazzo Abatellis — Photo: Bjs, CC0
Fontana Pretoria — Photo: Bjs, CC0
San Domenico, Palermo — Photo: Bjs, CC0
Oratory of San Lorenzo — Photo: Original uploader was Amrita at it.wikipedia, Public domain
Palazzina Cinese — Photo: tato grasso, CC BY-SA 3.0
Palazzo Chiaramonte — Photo: Bjs, CC0
San Francesco Saverio, Palermo — Photo: Digipeter, CC BY-SA 4.0
Orto botanico di Palermo — Photo: Dedda71, CC BY 3.0
Santa Ninfa dei Crociferi — Photo: gnuckx, CC BY 2.0
Santa Teresa alla Kalsa — Photo: Dedda71, CC BY-SA 3.0
Museum of Engines and Mechanisms — Photo: Peppe.bellomo, CC BY-SA 4.0
Sant'Anna la Misericordia — Photo: Fabio P., CC BY-SA 3.0
Santa Maria della Catena — Photo: Pedrassani, CC BY 3.0
Piazza della Vittoria — Photo: Archipenzolo, CC BY-SA 3.0
Church of Saint George of the Genoese — Photo: Christein at de.wikipedia, Public domain
San Francesco d'Assisi — Photo: CarlesVA, CC BY-SA 3.0
Palermo Conservatory — Photo: Balarm, Public domain
Santa Maria della Gancia — Photo: CarlesVA, CC BY-SA 3.0
Sant'Agostino, Palermo — Photo: Bjs, CC0
Vucciria Market — Photo: trolvag, CC BY-SA 3.0
Sant'Ignazio all'Olivella — Photo: Balarm, Public domain
Sant'Orsola, Palermo — Photo: Fabio P., CC BY-SA 4.0
Piazza Marina — Photo: José Luiz, CC BY-SA 4.0
Immacolata Concezione al Capo — Photo: Fabio P., CC BY-SA 3.0
Palazzo Comitini — Photo: Balarm, Public domain
San Matteo al Cassaro — Photo: Fabio P., CC BY-SA 3.0
Santissimo Salvatore, Palermo — Photo: Pedrassani, CC BY 3.0
Teatro Biondo — Photo: Original uploader was PacoSoares at it.wikipedia, Public domain
Fontana del Garraffo — Photo: Fabio P., CC BY-SA 4.0
Piazza Verdi, Palermo — Photo: gnuckx, CC BY 2.0
Abbey of San Martino delle Scale — Photo: Ziegler175, CC BY-SA 3.0
Sant'Eulalia dei Catalani — Photo: CarlesVA, CC BY-SA 3.0
Sicilian Ethnographic Museum Giuseppe Pitrè — Photo: Enzian44, CC BY 3.0
Santa Maria dello Spasimo — Photo: Bjs, CC0
Parco della Favorita — Photo: Enzian44, CC BY 3.0
Modern Art Gallery Sant'Anna — Photo: User:Matthias Süßen, CC BY-SA 4.0
Sant'Antonio Abate — Photo: Fabio P., CC BY-SA 3.0
Piazza Bellini, Palermo — Photo: Jerzy Strzelecki, CC BY-SA 3.0
Museo internazionale delle marionette Antonio Pasqualino — Photo: Stendhal55, CC BY-SA 4.0
Palazzo Sclafani — Photo: Bjs, CC0
Palazzo Valguarnera-Gangi — Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Public domain
Palazzo Riso — Photo: PacoSoares at Italian Wikipedia, Public domain
Giardino Inglese — Photo: l0da_ralta, CC BY 2.0
museo dell'Islam — Photo: Bjs, CC0
Castello dell'Uscibene — Photo: Davide Mauro, CC BY-SA 4.0
Parco della Favara — Photo: Original uploader was Vps at it.wikipedia (foto propria), CC BY-SA 3.0
Palazzo Branciforte — Photo: Stendhal55, CC BY-SA 4.0
Palazzo d'Orleans — Photo: Civa61, CC BY-SA 4.0
Piazza Ruggero Settimo — Photo: gnuckx, CC BY 2.0
Foro Italico — Photo: Dedda71, CC BY 3.0
Palazzo Isnello — Photo: Palazzo Isnello - Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0
Villa Giulia — Photo: Bjs, CC0
Palazzo Ajutamicristo — Photo: Bjs, CC0
Villa Malfitano Whitaker — Photo: Dedda71, CC BY-SA 3.0
Villino Florio — Photo: GiuseppeT, CC BY-SA 4.0
Rocca Busambra — Photo: tato grasso, CC BY-SA 3.0
Colonna dell'Immacolata (Palermo) — Photo: Bjs, CC0
Monte Cuccio — Photo: Ferpint, CC BY-SA 4.0
Oratorio dei Bianchi — Photo: Bjs, CC0
Monte Grifone — Photo: Conca d' Oro, CC BY-SA 3.0
Palazzo Alliata di Villafranca — Photo: Antoine Pitrou, FAL
Palazzo Asmundo — Photo: Josephcent at Italian Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
Piazza Castelnuovo — Photo: l0da_ralta, CC BY 2.0
Piazza Giulio Cesare — Photo: Leandro Neumann Ciuffo, CC BY 2.0
Charles V Monument (Palermo) — Photo: G.dallorto, Attribution
Museo Diocesano of Palermo — Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Villa Trabia alle Terre Rosse — Photo: Dedda71 ( Dedda71 ), CC BY 3.0
Villa Bonanno — Photo: Magister_Ludi (Demian Germain), CC BY 2.0
Villa Niscemi — Photo: Robitabu, CC BY-SA 3.0
Giardino Garibaldi — Photo: Carlocolumba, CC BY-SA 3.0
Museum of palenteology and geology Gaetano Giorgio Gemmellaro — Photo: Kalima, CC BY-SA 3.0
Archbishop's Palace — Photo: Colsu, CC BY-SA 4.0
Parco d'Orléans — Photo: Civa61, CC BY-SA 3.0
Riserva naturale orientata Monte Pellegrino — Photo: Andreadlock420, CC BY-SA 4.0
Cantieri Culturali alla Zisa — Photo: Cristiano Drago, CC BY-SA 4.0
Castello Utveggio — Photo: Hszeee at Italian Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
Sea-horse fountain (Palermo) — Photo: Original uploader was Amrita at it.wikipedia, Public domain
Fontana del Garraffello — Photo: Stendhal55, CC BY-SA 4.0
Bonocore Palace — Photo: This Photo was taken by Wolfgang Moroder . Feel free to use my photos, but please mention me as the author and send m…, CC BY-SA 3.0
Palazzo Butera — Photo: Effems, CC BY-SA 4.0
Palazzo Ziino — Photo: Stendhal55, CC BY-SA 4.0
Palazzo Jung, Palermo — Photo: Stendhal55, CC BY-SA 4.0
Palazzo Sant'Elia — Photo: Dedda71, CC BY-SA 3.0
Piazza Magione (Palermo) — Photo: Sibeaster, Public domain
Porta Carini — Photo: Filippo Piazza, CC BY-SA 3.0
Porta dei Greci — Photo: l0da_ralta, CC BY 2.0
Teatro Bellini — Photo: Patrick Nouhailler's…, CC BY-SA 3.0
Porta dei Leoni — Photo: Stendhal55, CC BY-SA 4.0
Teatro Garibaldi — Photo: HowRapid, Public domain
Teatro di Santa Cecilia — Photo: Fabio P., CC BY-SA 4.0
Lago di Piana degli Albanesi — Photo: Giuseppe Tucci, CC BY 3.0
Monte Inici — Photo: Leop81 at Italian Wikipedia, Public domain
Mount Bonifato — Photo: Lukasgukas, CC BY-SA 4.0
Riserva naturale orientata Bosco della Ficuzza, Rocca Busambra, Bosco del Cappelliere e Gorgo del Drago — Photo: Dedda71, CC BY-SA 3.0
Monte San Calogero — Photo: Ferpint, CC BY-SA 4.0
Monte Pizzuta — Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Arbereshe assumed (based on copyright claims)., Public domain
Lago Prizzi — Photo: Jos Dielis, CC BY 2.0
Riserva naturale orientata Capo Gallo — Photo: Alberto Romeo [email protected] http://www.romeofotosub.it, CC BY 3.0
Mount Longa — Photo: Gilberto Gaudio from Rome, Italy, CC BY 2.0
Femmine Island — Photo: gigi agostino from Palermo, Italia, CC BY 2.0
Lago Garcia — Photo: Davide Mauro, CC BY-SA 4.0
Riserva naturale orientata Capo Rama — Photo: Superchilum, CC BY-SA 4.0
Nature Reserve Bosco di Alcamo — Photo: Barbaras99, CC BY-SA 4.0
Monte Barraù — Photo: Sikano, CC BY-SA 4.0
Balestrate Santuario Madonna del Ponte — Photo: Patrick1977, CC BY-SA 4.0
Sentiero Caracoli – Funtaneddi — Photo: Auregann, CC BY-SA 4.0
Alcamo Baglio Florio — Photo: http://www.tp24.it/2015/05/17/inchieste/la-chiesa-dello-stellario-ad-alcamo-uno-scempio-impunito/91789, Public domain
Cammino del Beato Arcangelo — Photo: Marinaio56, CC BY 4.0
Castellammare del Golfo Ponte Bagni — Photo: Davide Mauro, CC BY-SA 4.0
Masseria Dammusi – Piana degli Albanesi — Photo: Codas, CC BY-SA 4.0
Piana degli Albanesi – Masseria Rossella — Photo: Auregann, CC BY-SA 4.0
Segesta – Alcamo — Photo: Paul Stephenson from London, CC BY 2.0
Itinerarium Rosaliae - Tappa 11 — Photo: PacoSoares at Italian Wikipedia, Public domain

Must-see in Palermo

Palermo Cathedral

Cattedrale di Monreale

Teatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele

Cappella Palatina

Martorana

Palazzo dei Normanni

🏛️ Museums in Palermo

Chiesa di San Cataldo

Zisa Palace

Cuba Palace

Regional Archaeological Museum Antonino Salinas

Palazzo Abatellis

Palazzina Cinese

Museum of Engines and Mechanisms

Sicilian Ethnographic Museum Giuseppe Pitrè

Santa Maria dello Spasimo

Modern Art Gallery Sant'Anna

Museo internazionale delle marionette Antonio Pasqualino

Palazzo Riso

museo dell'Islam

Palazzo Ajutamicristo

Villa Malfitano Whitaker

Villino Florio

Castello di Maredolce

Oratorio dei Bianchi

Museo Diocesano of Palermo

Museum of palenteology and geology Gaetano Giorgio Gemmellaro

Cantieri Culturali alla Zisa

Palazzo Ziino

🏺 Archaeological sites in Palermo

Catacombe dei Cappuccini

Grotta dell'Addaura

🏰 Castles and fortresses in Palermo

Porta Felice

Porta Nuova

Castello dell'Uscibene

Castello Utveggio

Porta Carini

Porta dei Greci

Porta dei Leoni

👑 Palaces in Palermo

Natoli Palace

Palazzo Pretorio

Palazzo Chiaramonte

Palazzo Comitini

Palazzo Sclafani

Palazzo Valguarnera-Gangi

Palazzo Branciforte

Palazzo d'Orleans

Palazzo Isnello

Palazzo Alliata di Villafranca

Palazzo Asmundo

Archbishop's Palace

Bonocore Palace

Palazzo Butera

Palazzo Jung, Palermo

Palazzo Sant'Elia

⛪ Churches and places of worship in Palermo

San Giovanni degli Eremiti

Church of the Gesù

San Giovanni dei Lebbrosi

San Giuseppe dei Teatini

Santa Caterina, Palermo

Santa Maria della Pietà, Palermo

La Magione, Palermo

San Domenico, Palermo

Oratory of San Lorenzo

San Francesco Saverio, Palermo

Santa Ninfa dei Crociferi

Santa Teresa alla Kalsa

Sant'Anna la Misericordia

Santa Maria della Catena

Church of Saint George of the Genoese

San Francesco d'Assisi

Santa Maria della Gancia

Sant'Agostino, Palermo

Sant'Ignazio all'Olivella

Sant'Orsola, Palermo

Immacolata Concezione al Capo