Palermo (province)

The Metropolitan City of Palermo (Italian: Città metropolitana di Palermo) is an administrative division in Sicily, Italy. It replaced the former Province of Palermo on 1 January 2015.

Cities

🌍 Palermo — throbbing capital, plenty of sights
🌍 Carini
🌍 Castelbuono — a very pleasing town near Cefalù which is the self proclaimed capital of the madonie national park.
🌍 Cefalù — Sicily's main beach resort, with an attractive old town
🌍 Corleone — town, birthplace of Mafia boss Salvatore Riina and the Cosa Nostra
🌍 Monreale — Impressive Norman cathedral above Palermo, offering great mosaics
🌍 Petralia Sottana
🌍 Pollina - Well preserved hilltop village with amphitheatre and great views of the coast

Other destinations

🌍 Madonie — Madonie National Park, the national Park in the Heart of Sicily
🌍 Himera (Imera) — Greek colony, founded in 648.BC on the north coast
🌍 Solunto — Punic ruins near Santa Flavia, Palermo
🌍 Ustica — diving center near Palermo

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