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Palermo Walking Tour - Baroque and Aristocracy
San Cataldo
Palazzo Alliata
Palazzo Alliata
Palermo Walking Tour - Baroque and Aristocracy

Palermo Walking Tour - Baroque and Aristocracy

By JustSicily
Price is NZ$229 per adult* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple adult tickets
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Features
  • 4h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages
Overview

In this sublime walk through history and amazement, you will have the opportunity to discover the wonders of the centre of Palermo.

Please note:

  • Visits to the listed monuments may undergo changes based on availability.
  • Visits to the listed monuments may undergo changes on public holidays.
  • The visit inside Palazzo Gangi is not included in the itinerary.
  • Palazzo Alliata di Villafranca can only be visited from Tuesday to Thursday for groups of at least 10 people. Alternatively it will be replaced by Palazzo Mirto.

Activity location

  • Quattro Canti
    • Corso Vittorio Emanuelle, Via Maqueda
    • 90100, Palermo, Italy, Italy

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Quattro Canti
    • Piazza Vigliena
    • 90133, Palermo, Sicilia, Italy

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Palermo Walking Tour - Baroque and Aristocracy
  • Activity duration is 4 hours4h4h
  • English
Starting time: 2:00 pm
Price details
NZ$228.52 x 2 AdultsNZ$457.04
Total
Price is NZ$457.04

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedProfessional guide
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedEntrance tickets to the monuments

Know before you book

  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Travellers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

Activity itinerary

Quattro Canti
  • 15m
Meeting at the Quattro Canti or Teatro del Sole, an elegant Baroque building.
Palazzo Alliata di Villafranca
  • 30m
  • Admission ticket not included
From the Quattro Canti you will travel the ancient axis of the city to reach and visit the Palazzo Alliata di Villafranca, one of the richest residences of the Palermitan aristocracy which among its admirably restored halls preserves a beautiful Crucified Christ by Van Dick.
Piazza Pretoria
  • 20m
The famous Pretoria or "della Vergogna" fountain will be the backdrop for popular stories.
Piazza Bellini
  • 30m
  • Admission ticket not included
In Piazza Bellini you will admire the 12th century domes of San Cataldo. of the Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulcher.
Church and Monastery of Santa Caterina d'Alessandria
  • 30m
  • Admission ticket not included
A particularly interesting visit will follow, the Church of Santa Caterina recently returned to the city but for centuries reserved only to the young cloistered nuns, girls of the highest foreclosed aristocracy who lived among lapis lazuli altars and precious stones in contrast with the Baroque and Spanish society of Palermo.
Church of San Francesco of Assisi -Chiesa di San Francesco d'Assisi
  • 15m
  • Admission ticket not included
Step to the small square decorated by the splendid Gothic rose window of the church of San Francesco d'Assisi.
Piazza Marina
  • 15m
You will discover the richest and darkest centuries of Spanish Sicily by reaching Piazza Marina to admire a centuries-old ficus magnolioides of the Garibaldi Garden, once a place reserved for the Condemnations and Tortures of the Holy Inquisition
La Cala
  • 10m
The walk will end between traditional ice cream and cannoli in the area of the old port La Cala.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESQuattro Canti
    • Corso Vittorio Emanuelle, Via Maqueda
    • 90100, Palermo, Italy, Italy

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEQuattro Canti
    • Piazza Vigliena
    • 90133, Palermo, Sicilia, Italy

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