Cancellation Policy
Cancellations made 15 or more days in advance of your tour date are fully refundable, minus our 3% credit card processing fee. See our complete Cancellation Policy for more information.
Full-day Palermo Walking Tour
5 hours
Private Tour
About
Join me on this full-day tour of Palermo, Sicily's capital city, and let's master together her sights and history and discover her secrets.
During the tour, we’ll explore 2,000 years of art, history, culture, food, and social life as we wander the city. We’ll discover what people ate in the middle ages and will compare that to the foods they buy today at the fresh market, which is one way of seeing how the past of this incredible city is embroidered with its present.
We’ll talk of a Christian king who lived like a sultan, of the lives of Muslims and Jews during Spanish rule, and of the extravagant pleasures of the local aristocracy in the 1700s.
We’ll continue on by visiting the half destroyed city walls, still bearing evidence of the second world war, and will delve deeper to uncover more of what make this thriving city so intoxicating in the present day.
Palermo has changed tremendously over the last 1,000 years and has seen countless civilizations and empires come and go. From today’s modern Palermo to that of its mafia heyday, the 1900’s and Mussolini era, a Baroque city of elegant theaters, and the one of the Spanish Inquisition…
This is a city of layers, each stacked on top of another and often co-existing side by side. There’s a lot to cover here so we'll have a busy, fascinating day!
Overview
Highlights
- Comprehensive city tour with a local
- Teatro Massimo
- Capo market
- Royal Palace with visit to the Palatine Chapel
- Palace of the Inquisition (from outside)
- Visit to the Old Harbor
- Four Corners (Quattro Canti)
- Fountain "of shame"
- Private tour - only you and your guide
Duration
Approximately 5 hours
Start Time
This tour can start at any of the following times: 8:00 AM, 9:00 AM, or 10:00 AM
Included
- Your guide Gaetano
- Entrance tickets to the museums and palaces
Not Included
- Lunch
Languages
This tour can be delivered in English, French, or Italian
Max Participants
This private tour can accommodate parties of up to 6 people
Price
This tour costs a base fee of $450.00 USD plus a flat participant fee of $30.00 USD regardless of age
Transportation
Tour Itinerary
Meet Gaetano at the Teatro Massimo opera house
Walk through the Fascist quarter
Learn about local produce at the Capo fresh market
Visit the Cathedral and tour the Royal Palace
See the Four Corners, the Fountain "of Shame", and the Palace of the Inquisition
Finish the tour in a central location of Palermo
Cancellation Policy
Cancellations made 15 or more days in advance of your tour date are fully refundable, minus our 3% credit card processing fee. See our complete Cancellation Policy for more information.
