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Palermo in 3 Hours (Sicily, Italy)

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Distance
5.14 mi
Elevation gain
230 ft
Technical difficulty
Moderate
Elevation loss
230 ft
Max elevation
355 ft
TrailRank 
70
Min elevation
-62 ft
Trail type
Loop
Moving time
2 hours 25 minutes
Time
3 hours 50 minutes
Coordinates
1537
Uploaded
February 13, 2020
Recorded
February 2020
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near Politeama, Sicilia (Italia)

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10 02 2020

Palermo, Sicily, Italy

This is walk 4 of a seven day Mediterranean cruise. There was some planning involved, and some places were left out. Also the walks were kept short due to a time limit for embarkation.

This is a small tour of Palermo from the harbour. It takes in several famous land marks including the Gate to the city, the Cathedral, the Quattro Canti (a baroque square with four beautiful corner fountains, the market Capo (beware of pick pockets in all the markets!), and the Teatro Massimo Vittorio (theatre) to name a few.

The Cathedral was built by the Normans in 1184.
This simple tour takes in quite a few churches and squares and other interesting buildings.
To be honest Palermo has a lot of rundown buildings. It could be a beautiful city if cash was injected into it, but at the moment some parts are rundown.

Waypoints

PictographWaypoint Altitude 75 ft
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Start of 3

PictographMonument Altitude 194 ft
Photo ofOld residential building Photo ofOld residential building

Old residential building

PictographReligious site Altitude 134 ft
Photo ofChiesa Evangelica Valdese Photo ofChiesa Evangelica Valdese

Chiesa Evangelica Valdese

PictographMonument Altitude 238 ft
Photo ofPoliteama Garibaldi Photo ofPoliteama Garibaldi Photo ofPoliteama Garibaldi

Politeama Garibaldi

Photo ofPiazza Politeama Photo ofPiazza Politeama

Piazza Politeama

PictographMonument Altitude 88 ft
Photo ofBanco di Sicilia

Banco di Sicilia

PictographMonument Altitude 278 ft
Photo ofTeatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele Photo ofTeatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele Photo ofTeatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele

Teatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele

PictographPhoto Altitude 267 ft
Photo ofPiazza Guisepi Verdi Photo ofPiazza Guisepi Verdi

Piazza Guisepi Verdi

PictographIntersection Altitude 242 ft
Photo ofStraight ahead Photo ofStraight ahead Photo ofStraight ahead

Straight ahead

Photo ofCapo street market Photo ofCapo street market Photo ofCapo street market

Capo street market

PictographReligious site Altitude 256 ft
Photo ofChiesa della Mecedes

Chiesa della Mecedes

PictographReligious site Altitude 285 ft
Photo ofPalermo Cathedral Photo ofPalermo Cathedral Photo ofPalermo Cathedral

Palermo Cathedral

PictographPhoto Altitude 328 ft
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Photo

PictographPhoto Altitude 295 ft
Photo ofPhoto Photo ofPhoto Photo ofPhoto

Photo

PictographMonument Altitude 328 ft
Photo ofNorman Palace Photo ofNorman Palace

Norman Palace

PictographMonument Altitude 292 ft
Photo ofArch Porta Nuova Photo ofArch Porta Nuova Photo ofArch Porta Nuova

Arch Porta Nuova

PictographIntersection Altitude 267 ft
Photo ofIntersection

Intersection

PictographProvisioning Altitude 239 ft
Photo ofCappello, famous Sicilian Canoli patisserie Photo ofCappello, famous Sicilian Canoli patisserie Photo ofCappello, famous Sicilian Canoli patisserie

Cappello, famous Sicilian Canoli patisserie

Photo ofChiesa del SS SALVATORE Photo ofChiesa del SS SALVATORE

Chiesa del SS SALVATORE

PictographMonument Altitude 41 ft
Photo ofDrago Palace Photo ofDrago Palace

Drago Palace

PictographPhoto Altitude 61 ft
Photo ofPiazza  Bologni Photo ofPiazza  Bologni Photo ofPiazza  Bologni

Piazza Bologni

PictographMonument Altitude 81 ft
Photo ofQuatro Canti Photo ofQuatro Canti Photo ofQuatro Canti

Quatro Canti

PictographPhoto Altitude 226 ft
Photo ofFountain Pretoria Photo ofFountain Pretoria Photo ofFountain Pretoria

Fountain Pretoria

PictographReligious site Altitude 212 ft
Photo ofMaria Iosep Photo ofMaria Iosep Photo ofMaria Iosep

Maria Iosep

PictographReligious site Altitude 141 ft
Photo ofChiesa di san Matteo

Chiesa di san Matteo

PictographIntersection Altitude 109 ft
Photo ofVia Roma and  vittorio Emmanuel Photo ofVia Roma and  vittorio Emmanuel

Via Roma and vittorio Emmanuel

PictographMonument Altitude -62 ft
Photo ofOld palace Photo ofOld palace Photo ofOld palace

Old palace

PictographMonument Altitude -45 ft
Photo ofBuilding of interest Photo ofBuilding of interest

Building of interest

PictographMonument Altitude 9 ft
Photo ofGate to the city Photo ofGate to the city Photo ofGate to the city

Gate to the city

PictographPanorama Altitude 173 ft
Photo ofViews Photo ofViews

Views

Photo ofPorto harbour la Cala Photo ofPorto harbour la Cala

Porto harbour la Cala

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