Cruise Ports Mediterranean Europe - Palermo, Sicily, Italy (PDF Chapter)

This is the Palermo, Sicily chapter from Lonely Planet’s Cruise Ports Mediterranean Eu-rope guidebook.

For millennia at the crossroads of civilisations, Palermo delivers a heady, heavily spiced mix of Byzantine mosaics, Arabesque domes and frescoed cupolas. This is a city at the edge of Eu-rope and at the centre of the ancient world.

• begin with Palermo’s crown jewel, Palazzo dei Normanni, where the mosaics of King Rog-er’s royal bedroom are only a prelude to his magnificent Cappella Palatina
• maps
• visit the commanding Arab-Norman Cattedrale di Palermo, then head east to foun-tain-studded Piazza Pretoria
• getting to and from the port
• cap the riches of the day with dinner at Bisso Bistrot
• food & drink

Coverage includes: Sights, Activities, Shopping, Eating, Drinking & Night-life.