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About Palermo
Palermo rewards travellers who look past the postcard: this is a city where Norman palaces, Arab-Norman churches and rowdy street markets sit side by side, and where storytelling is part of the experience. You can walk the historic centre with a local guide on Palermo: monuments, stories and markets with a local guide, or step into a Sicilian kitchen for a private cooking session with a renowned chef on Palermo Sicilian Cooking Class with Renowned Chef: Authentic Private Home Experience — both are rated 5.0 by past guests.
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Palermo layers Phoenician, Arab, Norman and Spanish rule into a single cityscape, so its cultural experiences tend to be hands-on and personal rather than museum-style. You might trace monuments and markets with a local guide, watch the traditional puppet theatre of the Opera dei Pupi, or cook a full Sicilian menu in a chef's own home — formats.
