Palermo UNESCO Heritage and Historic Monuments Self Guided Walking Tour

Walk a UNESCO city, where Arab and Norman worlds collide.

Cross the Norman bridge that witnessed Italy's rebirth

Walk under five rust-red domes of San Giovanni degli Eremiti

See Christ gaze across nine centuries in Palatine Chapel

Read a Qur'an verse carved into Palermo Cathedral's porch

Stand where Pacino's silent scream echoed down the steps

Twirl beneath the four facades of Quattro Canti's embrace

See the Fountain of Shame that turned beauty into scandal

See Roger II receive his crown under Christ's golden gaze

Step under San Cataldo's red domes, untouched by time

Touch the walls of Ziz that stood before Palermo had its name

Hear the story of the little girl who outlived a century

Finish at Porta Felice where Palermo opens its arms to the sea