Palermo Walking Tour and Street Food

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Palermo, Italy
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Overview

Enjoy and taste the street food in the old markets of Palermo observing people, products, colors and characters from another time. The smells and the flavors will accompany you during three unforgettable hours during which you will see also the Cathedral of Palermo

Meeting and Pickup

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Quattro Canti, Via Maqueda, 90133 Palermo PA, Italy

Description

Stop At: Teatro dell'Opera dei Pupi, Via Bara All'Olivella 95, Palermo 90133

Puppet opera is a particular type of puppet theatre, which emerged in southern Italy and particularly in Sicily in the early 1800s, is Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Teatro Massimo, Piazza Giuseppe Verdi, Palermo 90138

It is the largest Opera House in Italy, the third one in Europe. It was built in 1875 and its history is full of legends.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Capo Street Market, Via Cappuccinelle, Palermo 90138

The best street food market in Palermo

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Dainotti's Cibo di Strada, Via Mura di Porta Carini, 51, 90134 Palermo PA, Italy

The best street food shop (friggitoria) in the old center of Palermo.

Duration: 45 minutes

Stop At: Via Beati Paoli, Via Beati Paoli, 90134 Palermo PA, Italy

Beati Paoli is the name of a secretive sect thought to have existed in medieval Sicily. The sect, as described by the author Luigi Natoli in his historic novel I Beati Paoli. Whereas the novel is fictitious, Sicily's history bears some evidence that the Beati Paoli actually existed.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Cattedrale di Palermo, Corso Vittorio Emanuele, Palermo 90040

The Cathedral of Palermo is the most important monument of the “Arab-Norman Palermo and the Cathedrals of Cefalù and Monreale” site inscribed on the World Heritage List of UNESCO on 2015.

The Cathedral of Palermo was founded by Gualtiero Offamilio, archbishop of the town from 1169 to 1190. It was a mosque in Islamic times and converted into a cathedral church by Roberto the Guiscardo after the conquest of Palermo. Its exclusive elements are the inlays and the architectural and sculptural plastic that reflects the penetration of Romanic art and the first Gothic decorative taste in Sicily.

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Cassaro Alto, Via Vittorio Emanuele, 481, Palermo 90134

It is the most ancient street of Palermo. From the 16th century the street also named Via Toledo. After the unification of Italy, it was renamed Via Vittorio Emanuele II, but the old name is still in use.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Quattro Canti, Corso Vittorio Emanuelle, Via Maqueda, Palermo 90100

Quattro Canti, or Vigliena square, is the name of the octagonal square in the intersection between the two most important streets in Palermo: via Maqueda and Cassaro (corso Vittorio Emanuele). Ancients sources refers about it as “Octagon” or “Sun’s Theatre”, because during the daylight almost one of the façades is lighten by the sun. The “Four Corners” were realized from 1609 until 1620. The shape of the square is an octagon and it’s placed in the middle of the ancient city as a perfect point of connection between the four most important districts of that period which are: Kalsa, La Loggia, Capo e Albergheria. The four façades of the buildings have four different levels. In the lowest one it is possible to see the fountains as the symbols of the four old Palermo’s main rivers: Oreto, Kemonia, Pannaria, Papireto; in the next level are shown the allegories of the four seasons represented by Eolo, Venus, Cerere and Bacchus; the middle part is decorated by the statues of Carlo V, Filippo II, Filippo III, Filippo IV; and in the last order there are the illustration of the four saints of Palermo before the arrival of Saint Rosalia (1624): Agata, Ninfa, Oliva e Cristina.

Duration: 10 minutes

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What To Expect

  • Reservations are REQUIRED for all bookings
  • Book Your Package On-Line and Receive Your Confirmation
  • Departure point: Detailed check-in instructions - including the address and parking information if applicable - will be included in your final confirmation email.
  • Duration: 3 hours (Approx.)
  • Return Details:

    Quattro Canti, Via Maqueda, 90133 Palermo PA, Italy

What's Included

  • Visit of the Palermo Cathedral
  • Local guide
  • Pick up at 10:00 am to the port for cruise passengers. (Please send a message to the tour guide).
  • Gratuities
  • Hotel pickup not offered
  • Souvenir photos (available to purchase)
  • Drop off to the port
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What To Bring

  • Confirmation Voucher (printed or mobile)
  • Any required or suggested items listed on your confirmation email.
  • A Smile!

Additional Info

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Wheelchair accessible: please, when you book the tour communicate there is a partecipant with wheelchair
  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
  • Free Child applies only when sharing with 2 paying adults (2 adults with 2 free child maximum).
  • If you are solo traveller contact us to know if there is a tour already organized.
  • If you want gluten free food, please ask us 24 hour before.
  • If you want vegetarian Street food, please us us when you reserve the tour

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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Activity code: C-16037P1

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