What to do in Palermo, Sicily | Italy Travel Guide by Made of Journeys
Palermo is not only a surprisingly beautiful piece of Sicilian history, it's also it's main stop for amazing food, outstanding architecture and lovely people. Watch now!
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For millennia at the crossroads of civilizations, Palermo delivers a heady, heavily spiced mix of Byzantine mosaics, Arabesque domes and frescoed cupolas. This is a city at the edge of Europe and at the centre of the ancient world, a place where souk-like markets rub against baroque churches, where date palms frame Gothic palaces and where the blue-eyed and fair have bronze-skinned cousins.
Centuries of dizzying highs and crushing lows have formed a complex metropolis. Here, crumbling staircases lead to gilded ballrooms and guarded locals harbor hearts of gold. Just don't be fooled. Despite its noisy streets, Sicily’s largest city is a shy beast, rewarding the inquisitive with citrus-filled cloisters, stucco-laced chapels and vintage stores filled with the threads of faded aristocrats. Add to this Italy’s biggest opera house and an ever-growing number of vibrant, new-school eateries and bars and you might just find yourself suddenly, unexpectedly in love.
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Sicily: Palermo with Sarah Murdoch | Rick Steves Travel Talks
In this travel talk, Rick Steves' Europe tour guide and co-author Sarah Murdoch takes you on a trip through Palermo — peeling back its layers of history (from Arab to Norman to Spanish), touring its great sights (including the Teatro Massimo, Fountain of Shame, and glorious churches including Monreale Cathedral), and sampling its famous street food.
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Recorded on March 3, 2018 • Rick Steves' Europe Travel Center
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What is Palermo really like? // Vlog
Before visiting any city, I like to quickly read a little about the safety and areas to avoid. I adopted this practice after ending up in what was apparently the worst part of Athens. I know not to believe everything I read on the internet, but you have to start somewhere. When reading about Palermo, I was nervous to read many accounts of peoples scary experiences and of course talk of the mafia. I was pleasantly surprised when we found ourselves in Palermo, how warm the people were (even though we don't speak italian), and how safe I actually felt (even though we were staying in one of the supposed areas to avoid.) Our airbnb host was wonderful and I found that most of my interactions with people were playful and light. We did get to visit the Ballaro Market, one of three famous markets in the city, which was definitely my favorite part. Enjoy and share with your friends!
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Sicily - Palermo - The Quick Tour
A visit to Sicily is not complete without a trip to Palermo. Meet this beautiful city on the northern coast of Sicily in this Quick Tour!
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The Best of Sicily
Check your local public television station for this Rick Steves’ Europe episode or watch it on This tour of Sicilian highlights starts in Palermo, where we'll sing with the merchants in the markets, join locals in their passeggiata, drop in on a contessa, and marvel at the Romanesque cathedral of Monreale. Then we'll sip wine on the slopes of Mount Etna, munch cannoli, ponder Greek temples at Agrigento, admire Roman mosaics at the Villa of Casale, and marvel at the view from the Greek theater in Taormina.
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Palermo Sicily (4K) / Italy Travel Vlog #226 / The Way We Saw It
Hello Palermo! We had not many expectations to the largest city of Sicily, the ill reputed Italian island. We were overwhelmed by it's beauty, charm and culinary specialties. We just loved to stroll in the streets of this old city, it's markets, churches, shops and squares.
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Palermo Port Italy Walking to City Center (with music)
Today, we arrive in Palermo, Italy. Day 3 of our cruise on MSC Preziosa. From the cruise port, we take a long walk to the historic city center. Took about half and hour. Follow my review here -
Palermo, Sicily l Italy
The the first port of call of our cruise we docked at Palermo the Capital of the Italian Island of Sicily. We decided to explore the city on our own and take the Hop on Hop Off Bus around the key sights of Palermo. We enjoyed going around this pretty city where the Corleone family originates based on the The GodFather (Novel) and which it became one of the greatest films in World Cinema.
Palermo Walking Tour #2 - Churches
Here is the second installment of my adventures in Palermo. This is a collection of footage from the churches in my neighborhood. In order of appearance, they are Chiesa Sant'Ippolito, Sant'Agostino, Santa Giuseppe, Santa Ninfa ai Crociferi and Gesu. Enjoy!
PALERMO TOUR
Riprese: mercato Ballarò, piazza Pretoria, Quattro Canti, Palazzo dei Normanni, Cappella Palatina, Duomo, porto la Cala, piazza San Francesco D'Assisi, Vucciria
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Palermo – Introduction – Palermo – Audio Guide – MyWoWo Travel App
Hi, my name's Rick, and I'm your personal guide. Along with MyWoWo, I'd like to welcome you to one of the Wonders of the World: Palermo.
When Palermo was founded by the Phoenicians in 735 BC, it was given the name of Ziz, meaning flower; and there are few places as deserving of such a name as this enchanting, colorful city.
Palermo spent almost two and a half centuries under Arab rule, from 831 to 1071. The Saracens made it the capital of Sicily and turned it into a major city, leaving their mark on the local culture, language and artistic tastes. When the Normans ousted the Arabs, they constructed buildings and Christian cathedrals with the involvement of Muslim artists, thus creating the wonderfully original Arab-Norman style we can see in a number of splendid monuments that have no equal in the world.
Together with the Cathedrals of Cefalù and Monreale, seven sites in Palermo form part of a UNESCO heritage site known as Arab-Norman Palermo”: the Royal Palace and Palatine Chapel, Zisa Palace, Palermo Cathedral, the Churches of San Giovanni degli Eremiti, Santa Maria dell'Ammiraglio and San Cataldo, and the ancient Admiral's Bridge...
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Sicily Travel Skills: Exploring Palermo's Core
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In this travel talk, Rick Steves' Europe co-author and tour guide Sarah Murdoch describes Sicily's top stops — from Palermo to Catania, from Trapani to Taormina, and from sandy beaches to the steamy summit of Mount Etna — and explains practical travel skills, including how to dive into Sicily's unique cuisine and fine wines. Sarah also offers tips on Sicily's top ancient sights, its easygoing hill towns, its dynamic street markets, and surviving its sometimes-intense cities.
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Produced by Cameron Hewitt
Filmed and Edited by Zen Wolfang
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Graphics by Heather Locke and Rhonda Pelikan
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Walk through the Market in Palermo, Italy
Walking through the fresh market in Palermo, Sicily, Italy.
Palermo - Italy
See the best accommodation Palermo is a city in Insular Italy, the capital of both the autonomous region of Sicily and the Province of Palermo. The city is noted for its history, culture, architecture and gastronomy, playing an important role throughout much of its existence; it is over 2,700 years old. Palermo is located in the northwest of the island of Sicily, right by the Gulf of Palermo in the Tyrrhenian Sea.
The city was founded in 734 BC by the Phoenicians as Ziz ('flower'). Palermo then became a possession of Carthage, before becoming part of the Roman Republic, the Roman Empire and eventually part of the Byzantine Empire, for over a thousand years. The Greeks named the city Panormus meaning 'complete port'. From 831 to 1072 it was under Arab rule during the Emirate of Sicily when it first became a capital. The Arabs corrupted the Greek name into Balarm, the root for its present-day name. Following the Norman reconquest, Palermo became capital of a new kingdom (from 1130 to 1816), the Kingdom of Sicily. Eventually it would be united with the Kingdom of Naples to form the Two Sicilies until the Italian unification of 1860.
The population of Palermo urban area is estimated by Eurostat to be 855,285, while its metropolitan area is the fifth most populated in Italy with around 1.2 million people. In the central area, the city has a population of around 650,000 people. The inhabitants are known as Palermitans or, poetically, panormiti. The languages spoken by its inhabitants are the Italian language and the Sicilian language, in its Palermitan variation.
Palermo is Sicily's cultural, economic and touristic capital. It is a city rich in history, culture, art, music and food. Numerous tourists are attracted to the city for its good Mediterranean weather, its renowned gastronomy and restaurants, its Romanesque, Gothic and Baroque churches, palaces and buildings, and its nightlife and music. Palermo is the main Sicilian industrial and commercial center: the main industrial sectors include tourism, services, commerce and agriculture. Palermo currently has an international airport, and a significant underground economy.[citation needed] In fact, for cultural, artistic and economic reasons, Palermo was one of the largest cities in the Mediterranean and is now among the top tourist destinations in both Italy and Europe. The city is also going through careful redevelopment, preparing to become one of the major cities of the Euro-Mediterranean area.
Roman Catholicism is highly important in Palermitan culture. The patron saint of the city is Saint Rosalia. Her feast day on July 15 is perhaps the biggest social event in the city. The area attracts significant numbers of tourists each year and is widely known for its colourful fruit, vegetable and fish market at the heart of Palermo, known as the Vucciria.
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Mafia in Palermo (4K) / Italy Travel Vlog #227 / The Way We Saw It
Today, a very different vlog from Palermo, Sicily.
We joined a tour called No Mafia learning about the history and presence of the Mafia and the civil antimafia movement whilst walking through the picturesque historic centre of Palermo to discover a city that is starting to rebel against the Mafia’s protection racket (Addiopizzo).
Follow us on this day discovering the myths, clichés and realities of organised crime in Sicily.
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Guide to Palermo, Sicily
A guide to Palermo, part of our 7 night holiday 'Highlights of Sicily including Palermo'.
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