What to do near Palermo, PA

Umberto I Square in Palazzo Adriano

A magical place, Piazza Umberto I, in the Arbëreshe village of Palazzo Adriano ... that will remain forever immortalized in Sicilian director Giuseppe Tornatore's Oscar-winning masterpiece, Nuovo Cinema Paradiso

The Civic Museum of Castellana Sicula and the archaeological area

In the Madonie Mountains, Castellana Sicula holds a thousand surprises...nestled in exuberant vegetation, a civic museum holds mysterious Roman hypogea and archaeological and ethnoanthropological collections

Castelbuono

Bucolic, medieval and rock atmospheres mix at the foot of the castle

Borgo Parrini

If only Gaudi could see it

Abbey of San Martino delle Scale

A village with its abbey and community of Benedictine monks

The splendor of Monreale

Medieval architecture, a mosaic technique of Byzantine origin, and a Latin tradition in the layout of one of the most stunning churches in the world: the Cathedral of Monreale.

Portella della Ginestra

Memories of a tragic May Day in the heart of Sicily

Girgentan goats

On the streets of the Agrigento area you happen to come across fantastic, snow-white creatures with long, twisted horns: girgentane goats (from Girgenti, the ancient name for Agrigento), a rarity.

The Cascade of the Two Rocks in Corleone

It flows through the heart of the village, formed by the leap of the Corleone stream, and enchants those who observe it, in the shade of mulberry, walnut and ash trees, or contemplate its Canyon from the top of the superb Rocca dei Maschi!

The seaside town of Mondello in Palermo

An ancient fishing village built around the 15th-century tower to defend the tuna fishery from pirate attacks, where you can contemplate the sea while enjoying ice cream, bread and panelle, and fresh fish.

Petralia Soprana, one of the most beautiful villages in Italy

Beauty queen in the heart of the Madonie Mountains

Illuminations for the Immaculate Conception in Palermo

Every year Basilica and Piazza S. Francesco d'Assisi in Palermo are dressed in light for the Immaculate Conception: a solemn tradition of "illuminations" that has been repeated since the disappearance of the plague in 1624.