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Palermo
City in Sicily, Italy

Palermo

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.

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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.

Get in

Getting to Palermo

  1. 01
    Palermo Airport
See

Worth seeing

Because of its variety of monuments, attesting to its long and rich history, and the number of other cultural and naturalistic attractions, Palermo can offer a very interesting experience to the visitor interested in exploring it.

  1. 01
    Palermo Cathedral

    Frederick II, Barbarossa's grandson, died in 1250 and is buried here, far from his ancestral home above Hohenstaufen, Germany.

  2. 02
    Palatine Chapel
  3. 03
    Palazzo dei Normanni
  4. 04
    San Giovanni degli Eremiti

    Church notable for its brilliant red domes, which show the persistence of the Arab influences in the 12th century, with its typical Arab-Norman style.

  5. 05
    Museo Archeologico
  6. 06
    Catacombe dei Cappuccini

    Piazza Cappuccini (just west of the city centre).

Do

Things to do

Football: Palermo FC play soccer in Serie B, the second tier. Their home ground Stadio Renzo Barbera (capacity 36,300) is 5 km north of city centre.

Eat

Where to eat

Try specialties of Palermo like panino con la milza or panelle, in one of the many sandwich stands in the old city centre. = =

  1. 01
    Stuzzicandoci

    Best place to eat a delicious arancina in Palermo downtown.

  2. 02
    Timilia

    For those intolerant to gluten and lactose, the pizzas are gluten-free and the mozzarella is lactose-free.

  3. 03
    Maqueda Bistrot

    Great place, very delicious pasta and the bruschetta with the mozarella is tasty.

  4. 04
    Vecchia Trattoria da Totò

    Informal trattoria with tables also outdoors.

  5. 05
    Bisso Bistrot

    Bistro in the centre of Palermo with a wide choice of vegetarian and vegan dishes.

How locals move

Getting around Palermo the local way

  • Get in}} Ferries steam between the port of Palermo and the following several Italian ports on a regular basis: Genoa, Civitavecchia, Naples and Cagliari (Sardinia).
  • Get inYou can view and compare schedules and prices for ferries to Palermo on Ferryhopper.
  • Get inThere are overnight through trains from Rome, Naples and even Milan via the train ferry across the Strait of Messina.

From Wikivoyage: Palermo, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Phyrexian (Public domain), Wikimedia Commons.