Sites and Museum of Palermo Province

Palazzo dei Normanni and Palatine Chapel - Palermo

Piazza Indipendenza

Visiting hours: From Monday to Saturday: 8.15-17.40, Sunday and public holidays: 8.15-13.00. (The visit at the Palatine Chapel is not allowed on Sunday and religious holidays from 9.45 to 11.15)

Entrance: Tuesday and Thursday: full fare € 7.00; cheap fare € 5.00; from Friday to Monday and public holidays: full fare €8.50 and cheap fare € 6.50.

Main attractions: The rooms of the Palazzo (visits not allowed during the assemblies of the local Regional Parliament) and the mosaics of the Palatine Chapel.

The Cloister of St. Giovanni degli Eremiti - Palermo

Via dei Benedettini, 20. Phone: 0917071425, 0916515019

Visiting hours: From Monday to Saturday: 9.00-19.00, Sunday and public holidays: 9.00-13.30.

Entrance: Full fare € 6.00; cheap fare € 3.00

Main attractions: The church, the cloister, remains of the ancient monastery.

Sicilian Regional Gallery “Palazzo Abatellis” - Palermo

Via Alloro, 4. Phone: 0916230011

Visiting hours: From Tuesday to Friday: 9.00-18.30, Saturday and Sunday: 9.00-13.00. Closed on Monday.

Entrance: Full fare € 8.00; cheap fare € 4.00

Main attractions: The Virgin of Annunciation by Antonello da Messina, the Death’s Triumph by Anonymous of XV century); Eleanor of Aragon’s bust by Francesco Laurana.

Regional Archeological Museum”Antonio Salinas” - Palermo

Piazza Olivella. Phone: 0916116805 0916110740

Visiting hours: Every day: 8.30-13.30, Tuesday and Friday: 15.00-18.30..

Entrance: Full fare € 8.00; cheap fare € 4.00

Main attractions: Metopes from Temples in Selinunte (10,394 findings exposed)

Castello della Zisa - Palermo

Piazza Zisa. Phone: 0916520269

Visiting hours: Monday-Saturday: 9.00-19.00, Sunday and public holidays: 9.00-13-30

Entrance: Full fare € 6.00; cheap fare € 3.00

Main attractions: Architectures and crafts of the Arabic-Norman age.

Capuchins Monastery and Cript - Palermo

Piazza Cappuccini,1. Phone: 0916524156

Visiting hours: Every day: 9.00-13.00, 15.00-18.00. From November to March: closed every Sunday afternoon. Entrance: fare € 3.00;

Main attractions: Rosalia Lombardo, “the sleeping beauty” of Palermo.

Mandralisca Museum - Cefalù

Via Mandralisca, 13. Phone: 0921421547

Visiting hours: From November to February: 9.00-19.00 (closed on Monday); from March to October: 9.00-19.00. (every day); at Christmas, New Year’s day, Easter and Easter Monday: 9.00-12.30 and 15.30-19.00

Entrance: Full fare € 6.00; cheap fare € 4.00

Main attractions: Portrait of Unknown Man by Antonello da Messina; a Greek vase with red shapes against black background, known as the Tuna Salesman

Cloister Santa Maria La Nuova - Monreale

Piazza Guglielmo il Buono. Phone: 0916404403

Visiting hours: From Monday to Saturday: 9.00-18.30; Sunday and public holidays: 9.00-12.30.

Entrance: Full fare € 6.00; cheap fare 3.00

Main attractions: Cloister in Arabic-Norman style; Norman Cathedral.