Best places: Tourist attractions in Palermo, Italy

Prominent baroque-style church completed in the 1630s with frescoes & many bas-relief sculptures.

👍👍 Unique experience, being able to visit a historically important palazzo that has been in the Federico family for 400 years. An intimate guided tour by a member of the family. Not to be missed!

This lavish auditorium was built in 1897 & remains Italy's largest with a seated capacity of 1,387.

4 bell towers top this architecturally diverse church dating from the 1100s & housing royal tombs.

Landmark 1500s fountain known for its ornate, tiered design & nude statues of mythological figures.

Iconic 17th-century church carved into a rocky mountainside & dedicated to a medieval saint.

Soaring, 17th-century Sicilian Baroque Catholic church with marble, frescoes & a notable crucifix.

Domed Norman-era church with ornate baroque remodelling known for its landmark Byzantine mosaics.

👍👍 Great "project" worth supporting. There are plenty of pictures. Some explanation in English. A film with English subtitle. Since it's a memorial and not a museum, I find it sufficient. It gives some insights and impulses to read more. It doesn't cost entrance but it is possible to buy books or leave...

👍👍 Rosk e Loste (Maurizio Giulio ‘Rosk’ Gebbia and Mirko ‘Loste’ Cavalletto) executed this striking mural of Sicilian anti-mafia prosecutors Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino, murdered by the Sicilian mafia in separate bombings in 1992. The image itself is based on a famous photograph of the two fr...

Grand Catholic church in the city center with ornate decor & a collection of precious artworks.

👍👍 Definitely worth a visit, well curated mixed groupings of mostly contemporary art with a British bias, reflecting the origins of the collection. We ended up taking our time exploring the succession of gallery spaces and spent about 5 hours there. There are no wall captions, as you are invited to exp...

👍👍 Utterly beautiful, almost no one there. Nearly unknown to tourists. In my view, a supreme masterpiece: beyond worth the price of admission - worth the plane ticket! Serpotta's decorative scheme really isn't decoration at all. The visual program, kind of a rococo Sistine Chapel in stucco with marble...

Baroque, octagonal public plaza featuring 4 fountains topped by ornate statues in niches.

Rugged coastal nature reserve with steep cliffs & caves & a habitat for falcons, buzzards & owls.

An elegant rose window & bold Gothic portal mark out this 1200s church, dedicated to St Francis.

Church built in 1506 but never completed, now used for open-air theatre, music & cultural events.

👍👍 This has to be the most underrated church in the world. Breathtaking interior, probably most PERFECT. Every piece is a work of art. Mostly made of stone, it's no surprise it took 140 years to complete. Please pay a visit to this church when you visit Palermo, I promise you will never forget it. For...

Landmark triumphal arch & gateway built in 1570 & standing at 43 meters high, with Moorish statues.

Flemish tapestries, Chinese enameled elephants & Sicilian paintings in a lavish 19th-century villa.