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Markets and monuments: walking tour and street food in Palermo
Sicily, Italy, Europe
$53.95
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
Overview
We will take a comfortable walk through the wonders of the historic center of Palermo and the Mercato del Capo to capture the scents and colors of the old city. You will be able to observe extraordinary places and characters and admire some of the most important monuments of the city, such as the Teatro Massimo, the Duomo (we will visit the interior), the great Fontana Pretoria, the grandiose square called "i Quattro You sing" and much more.
In the famous Mercato del Capo (of Arab origin) we will stop for about half an hour (at Dainotti's) where you can taste, some of the best local Palermo specialties. Then, taste some local specialties from Palermo. Tuck into some sfincione (dough topped with onion, bread crumbs, tomato, and oregano), panelle (fried chickpea flour), crocché (potato croquettes), arancine (rice croquettes stuffed with meat or butter), and cannolo (crunchy shell with sweet -cheese).
Refresh yourself with a drink, to close off your tour in style.
In the famous Mercato del Capo (of Arab origin) we will stop for about half an hour (at Dainotti's) where you can taste, some of the best local Palermo specialties. Then, taste some local specialties from Palermo. Tuck into some sfincione (dough topped with onion, bread crumbs, tomato, and oregano), panelle (fried chickpea flour), crocché (potato croquettes), arancine (rice croquettes stuffed with meat or butter), and cannolo (crunchy shell with sweet -cheese).
Refresh yourself with a drink, to close off your tour in style.
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Markets and monuments(ENGLISH)
Capo Market, Cathedral
Capo Market, Cathedral
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
Duration: 3 hours
Availability depends on seasonality and number of participants. Bookings can not be made for the same day. Please read our TnC’s.
When giving as a gift, your recipient can choose a date at their convenience during a booking process. Otherwise, you can choose one after checkout and voucher redemption.
When giving as a gift, your recipient can choose a date at their convenience during a booking process. Otherwise, you can choose one after checkout and voucher redemption.
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- Pick-up at the port (at 10:00 AM) for cruise passengers (on request)
- Visit to the Cathedral of Palermo (admission free)
- 5 street food tastings, 1 drink (a beer, a glass of wine, water or cola), Dessert tasting of cannoli
- Visit of the Quattro Canti
- Visit to Capo market.
- Suggestions about food to eat during your tour
- Professional tour guides
- Hotel pick up and drop off
- Museum admission fees (admission to the cathedral is included free of charge)
Meeting point
In front of the "A. Salinas" Archaeological Museum at 10:30
Return details
Bar Dainotti, where we can taste the best Cannolo in the city
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Capo Street MarketWe will visit Il Capo, one of the three historical markets of Palermo, (the others are Ballarò and Vucciria). We will immerse ourselves in a mix of smells, flavors, scents, sounds. All the senses will be strongly stimulated along this journey into the true soul of the city. Sale of everything that exists fresh from vegetables and fruit at will to fish in infinite abundance, meats, aromas and spices.
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Friggitoria Dainotti, the best fryer in Palermo, recently winner of the competition among the best street food in Palermo organized by the television program "Quattrorestaurants"
- The square is home to the largest opera house in Italy, an extraordinary neoclassical building inside which hovers a mysterious ghost ..... of the opera. (pass by)
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Mura, Bastione e Porta CariniAncient walls from the first half of the 16th century and Porta Carini through which you enter the Capo market
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Cattedrale di PalermoMasterpiece of Arab-Norman art built in 1185. It contains the royal tombs, the chapel of Santa Rosalia, an extraordinary Sundial.
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Piazza OlivellaThe scenic square with the baroque church of Sant'Ignazio and the archaeological museum among the most important in Italy
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Fontana della VergognaIt is one of the symbols of the Sicilian capital, considered one of the most beautiful Italian fountains. It is made up of 48 statues of white Carrara marble, sculpted in full Renaissance by Tuscan sculptors. Purchased in 1573 by the Palermitan Senate it will be nicknamed by the Palermitans, since then, the Fountain of Shame, for a series of numerous reasons that will be told during the tour.
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Quattro CantiI Quattro Canti, piazza Villena, (also called Ottagono del Sole, or Teatro del Sole) is the name of an extraordinary and scenic octagonal square built in the early 1600s at the intersection of the two main roads of Palermo: via Maqueda and the Cassaro, (today Via Vittorio Emanuele) at about half of their length. It is the center of the ancient city.
- The ancient Cassaro, the oldest street in Palermo with its Palaces, Churches, Convents (pass by)
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Teatro dell'Opera dei PupiTeatro dell'Opera dei Pupi by Mimmo Cuticchio, a typical show from Palermo dating back to 1800. Unesco Heritage
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Markets and monuments: walking tour and street food in Palermo
Sicily, Italy, Europe
$53.95
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
How it works?
01
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You choose from 10,000+ experience gifts
02
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We deliver the eVoucher or the Physical box to the recipient
03
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Recipient books the experience and creates unforgettable memories!