Palermo Walking Tour and Street Food
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Palermo, Italy
3 hours (approx.)
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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
What's Included
- Visit of the Palermo Cathedral
- Suggestions about more attractions to visit in Palermo or about more food to eat.
- Food tasting
- Drink (water, beer or coca cola)
- Pick up at 10:00 am to the port for cruise passengers. (Please send a message to the tour guide).
- Local guide
- Souvenir photos (available to purchase)
- Drop off to the port
Meeting Location
Meeting point
End point
Via Maqueda
90133 Palermo PA, Italy
What To Expect
Teatro dell'Opera dei Pupi
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.
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
Teatro Massimo
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.
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Capo Street Market
The best street food market in Palermo
30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
Dainotti's Cibo di Strada
The best street food shop (friggitoria) in the old center of Palermo.
45 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
Via Beati Paoli
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.
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Cattedrale di Palermo
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.
20 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
Cassaro Alto
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.
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Quattro Canti
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.
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Additional Info
- Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
- Wheelchair accessible
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- 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
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 14 travelers
Frequently Asked Questions
(6)Q: What is the cancellation policy for the Palermo Walking Tour and Street Food?
Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the tour for a full refund.
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Activity code: C-16037P1
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Frequently Asked Questions (6)
The answers provided below were previously given in response to questions from City Boat Tours customers.
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What is the cancellation policy for the Palermo Walking Tour and Street Food?
A:Apr 2025
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the tour for a full refund.
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the tour start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the tour start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the tour start time will not be accepted.
- Cut-off times are based on the tour local time (CEST).
- This tour requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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What's included in the price?
A:
Apr 2025
The following is included:
- Visit of the Palermo Cathedral.
- Suggestions about more attractions to visit in Palermo or about more food to eat.
- Food tasting.
- Drink (water, beer or coca cola).
- Pick up at 10:00 am to the port for cruise passengers. (Please send a message to the tour guide).
- Local guide.
The following is NOT included:
- Souvenir photos (available to purchase).
- Drop off to the port.
Q:
What is the minimum age for this tour?
A:
There is no minimum age for this tour, so bring your wee one along for an adventure. This tour requires at least one adult to accompany children..
Apr 2025
Q:
My date is not available in the calendar, I am just checking to see if it is available?
A:
If a date or time is not listed on the calendar, it’s sold out or unavailable for another reason. Support cannot assist further if a date or time is not on the calendar.
If you find a date and time that works for you, book it NOW because things always sell out at this time of year.
Apr 2025
Q:
Is this an accessible tour?
A:Apr 2025
Accessibility information for the Palermo Walking Tour and Street Food is as follows:
- Wheelchair accessible
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Q:
Where is the meeting point for this activity?
A:
Detailed check-in instructions – including meeting point address, Google map, and parking information – for Palermo Walking Tour and Street Food will be included in your confirmation email from City Boat Tours. Please be sure to double and triple check your email address is correct at checkout so this important email makes its way to you!
Mar 2024What's Included
- Visit of the Palermo Cathedral
- Suggestions about more attractions to visit in Palermo or about more food to eat.
- Food tasting
- Drink (water, beer or coca cola)
- Pick up at 10:00 am to the port for cruise passengers. (Please send a message to the tour guide).
- Local guide
- Souvenir photos (available to purchase)
- Drop off to the port
Additional Info
- Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
- Wheelchair accessible
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- 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
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 14 travelers
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