Palermo Walking Tour and Street Food

Inclusions / Exclusions

Mobile ticket
Offered in: English, Italian
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).
Suggestions about more attractions to visit in Palermo or about more food to eat.
Food tasting
Drink (water, beer or coca cola)

Souvenir photos (available to purchase)
Drop off to the port

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

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The tour ends at 1.30 pm at the Bar Ruvolo in via Maqueda, 50 meters far from the Quattro Canti and 20 minutes far from the port.

Itinerary

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
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
Capo Street Market

The best street food market in Palermo

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

45 minutes
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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
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
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
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

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

Free Cancellation

February 05100% refund

February 06No refund

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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.

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Great intro to the old town

Published on Jan, 2025

The street food was fantastic. Our guide did a great job showing us the historic center of Palermo and explaining the history

History, Culture and FOOD

Published on Jan, 2025

Fabrizio is a wonderful guide. His knowledge and humor really brought Palermo to life for us. The food samples were fabulous. Highly recommend this tour.

Palermo street food

Published on Jan, 2025

Amazing food and fun tour guide! He was very engaging with the group and learned a lot about Palermo and Sicilian culture

Spending the day with an expert!

Published on Jan, 2025

We had a great tour with Fabrizio! Seeing some incredible unexpected sites and tried some amazing food! Fabrizio is very knowledgeable about the city he loves!!

Magic day and great food with local perspective.

Published on Jan, 2025

Wow. What a great tour. Fabrizio was amazing sharing so much knowledge. Being a local I got different perspectives and learned so much. The food we tasted was delicious. You find out so much from tasting food about the culture and traditions of the locals. Highly recommend this tour. It exceeded my expectations. Superb.