| It is highly advisable to explore the italian city of Palermo by rental car – it is easy to find car rental companies almost everywhere in the city offering rental cars at a low price. Palermo has a good transport connection making it easy to disvover Sicily’s beautiful landscapes by rental car. The city lies in a bay on the northern coast of the Island of Sicily. A famous sight in Palermo is the cathedral, numerous other churches await visitors interested in culture and history. Palermo has many neatly designed squares inviting you to take a break. Particularly worth seeing is the guildhall on Piazza Pretoria. Palermo has several nice parks where taking a walk is a worthwhile thing to do. The Palazzo Reale castle rises above the medieval part of the city, where also the worthwhile castles of La Zisa and La Cuba can be found. | Plenty of museums tell you more about Sicilian history.
Palermo is also a paradise for gourmets where you can savour the delicious specialties of the Sicilian cuisine like Involtini alla Siciliana or Pasta con le sarde.
Wines to accompany the dishes are Passito di Pantelleria, Marsala, Nero d’Avola, and Etna or Noto wine.
Excursions with a Palermo rental car may lead you to the Cathedral of Monreale, the Phoenician settlement of Solunto, the nature reserve on Pellegrino Mountain with the sanctuary “Santuario di Santa Rosalia” dedicated to the patron saint of Palermo or to the neighbouring town of Bagheria with gorgeous villas from the baroque period. |
