Popular Tour Itineraries Featuring Palermo

In the center, a quick lunch with a drink costs around 15-20 euros. Museums and landmarks generally cost 5-20 euros. For a full dinner, budget at least 25-30 euros. 

Palermo has a system of orange buses known as AMAT (the blue buses you'll see are part of a separate intercity system). AMAT can get you anywhere in Palermo. You can pick up bus tickets and maps from AMAT kiosks at Piazza Ruggero Séttimo and Stazione Centrale, as well as tobacco stores. Drivers will not check your tickets, but tickets must be validated either on the bus, or just before boarding with orange validation machines. Buses are occasionally boarded by inspectors, who will slap you with a hefty fine if your tickets haven't been validated. A ticket costs 1.40 EUR and is valid for 90 minutes. A day pass is 3.5 EUR.

Palermo is a safe city, but being a big city, petty crimes like pickpocketing are a possibility, especially in the suburbs.

Palermo has a diverse collection of restaurants, so we're sure you can find something good, despite your restrictions or intolerances, such as the excellent vegan restaurants Bioesserì and Verdechiaro. Sicily's cuisine is likewise diverse, which many meat/gluten/dairy-free options.

We recommend at least two nights in Palermo, so you can fully enjoy the city and have some time on your own. Add more if you're planning on day tripping to the Ancient Greek temples at Segesta, or to Monreale to admire the duomo there.