Your day, step by step
08:15
Walk from the terminal along Via Crispi to Porta Felice and up the Cassaro.
08:40
Quattro Canti and Piazza Pretoria.
09:00
Palermo Cathedral, continuing up Corso Vittorio Emanuele. Shoulders and knees covered.
09:45
Palazzo dei Normanni and the Cappella Palatina, about 5 minutes further on. Allow 1.5 hours.
11:30
Walk down to Ballarò market while the stalls are still busy.
12:30
Street food lunch: pane ca meusa at Antica Focacceria San Francesco, Via Paternostro.
13:45
Via Maqueda and the Vucciria quarter, then towards Piazza Marina.
15:00
Panelle at Franco U' Vastiddaru near Piazza Marina, then start back towards Porta Felice.
15:45
Walk back along Via Crispi to the terminal.
- Latest you can leave Palermo Cathedral16:15
16:30
On board, 60 minutes before all-aboard.
Where to leave from, and when
on foot bus, train, boat taxiPins show when to leave each place. Lines: route back to your ship.
Going further? Leave by these times
- Palermo CathedralWalk 25–30 min16:15
- MonrealeAMAT bus 389, slow in traffic15:00
- Quattro CantiWalk about 20 min16:10
- Palazzo dei NormanniWalk 25–30 min16:00
Where people get Palermo wrong
Assuming bus 389 always reaches Monreale, when its service was interrupted at short notice in 2026.
Built from our Palermo guide, checked against 15 official sources (October 2026). Nothing here is guessed. Read the full guide or see the sources.
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