Maurizio is a Fabulous tour guide. A walking tour of the city is a fantastic way to start to understand the history and culture, as well as a source of information for your visit
About Activity
What's Included
Includes
- Cathedral entrance
- Licensed professional guide
- Short stop for free street food tasting
- Crossing the Cape Market
Excludes
- Food and beverages.
- Any tickets for entrances to palaces, churches, museums
Departure & Return
Departure Point
- in front of the Feltrinelli bookshop. I will have a red card that says Tourist Guide
Return
- Conclusion of the tour at the end of the visit to the Cathedral, on via Vittorio Emanuele
Itinerary
The largest opera house in Italy
Teatro dell'Opera dei Pupi by Mimmo Cuticchio, a typical show from Palermo dating back to 1800. Unesco Heritage
Beautiful square characterized by the presence of a monumental Renaissance fountain in front of the Palazzo delle Aquile, the historic seat of the civic administration.
In Piazza Olivella are the Regional Archaeological Museum and the church of Sant'Ignazio, one of the most sumptuous Baroque temples in the city. Not far away is the birthplace of Santa Rosalia, proclaimed patroness of the city by popular acclaim for having freed it from the plague.
The ancient Cassaro, the oldest street in Palermo with its Palaces, Churches, Convents
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Reviews
Maurizio truly loved his job, and you can feel. The tour lasted 3 hours and it was impossible not to pay attention. He told us a lot of amazing details as about the city’s history and present. He is not a dry tour guide type - he shared his opinion about the city’s politics and taught me how to haggle with local merchants properly.
Very prepared, very nice and transmits passion for what he tells. The ride deserves and he manages to tell you all the curiosities.
The guide (Fabrizio) is really prepared and made the tour engaging for everyone, alternating anecdotes with historical explanations about the most iconic places in the city, especially focusing on the oldest neighborhoods of Palermo. In general a nice experience, which I would recommend to those who want to discover more about this fascinating city.
Fabrizio, the guide, is very good, very prepared and also very nice. It makes the experience pleasant through interesting explanations and a friendly and fun tone.
The guide was very knowledgeable, even on topics not strictly related to the visit, as well as being helpful.
Very engaging and appreciated the anecdotes about the city! The guide is very prepared and also gave us many useful indications for the following days.
We were accompanied to discover the main monuments of the city by a professional guide, prepared, helpful and extremely empathetic. Many references to ancient and recent history.
Enchanted by this city visited for the first time. Thank you thank you and again thanks to our Guide, who made us know accompanying us between markets and monuments with his wisdom and sympathy.
In our travels, we have known very good guides, but Maurizio is really engaging. He told us about Palermo, not exaggerating with useless information or, as he says: “that you can read yourself”, but transferring all his knowledge (so much) to make us live the sites visited with details and links that only a person as prepared as he can transmit. We were lucky enough to participate in two tours on different days so we could better appreciate his tireless telling. Thank you!
Good organization. Maurizio really knows his territory well and knows how to convey with sympathy the history and culture of the place.
Walking around the city with Maurizio was very nice because, apart from the more tourist attractions, he made us notice Little details that enrich the memory of Palermo. I also really liked the fact that he shared WhatsApp and so there was an immediate and continuous link. Her sympathy meant that my daughter also enjoyed learning interesting things. Thank you.
Maurizio is a fantastic guide. I'm happy to have booked this tour because the first day we arrived in Palermo we were disoriented. But on the second day he put our ideas in order and made us see Palermo from a clearer point of view. Palermo was exciting and the tour was beautiful. Alexandra
Maurizio is a perfect guide, knowledgeable, friendly and helpful, he was able to keep our attention high by suggesting very interesting places and anecdotes, and giving us advice for our stay in Palermo. A guided tour that truly enriched us.
Splendid experience in Palermo visiting the Royal Palace and the Palatine Chapel. Well done Maurizio, the tour guide who told us the story with such skill and kindness and entertained us in a pleasant way. Richard
Maurizio is very competent, he gave us valuable information about the city. The tour lasted 3 hours, passing through the main points of the city.
Beautiful tour of Palermo, with Maurizio, tireless, competent, prepared and very nice. You can't get bored with him.
Very beautiful and interesting visit to the city with an excellent guide, Maurizio. Strongly recommended for those arriving in Palermo for the first time and not knowing where to start
This city is truly beautiful, with a thousand surprises and a unique atmosphere. It is important to be accompanied by a trained, friendly and very helpful guide
Maurizio confirms himself as a prepared, kind and witty guide. Tours are absolutely a must do with him! We will rebook it
Maurizio is a very knowledgeable guide who explains clearly, is engaging and conveys the love he has for his land and the passion for his work. We had a wonderful morning
Very knowledgeable, empathetic, friendly guide. Visit the city at the right time. Quick and incisive explanations HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Beautiful tour. Palermo guide who loves Palermo and manages to convey all the emotions of the place. My wife and I took home a wonderful experience. We recommend it for anyone passing through Palermo.
Full day spent with Maurizio in the morning walking tour of Palermo and in the afternoon at the Palatine Chapel and the Royal Palace. Maurizio is very well prepared but what makes the difference is the passion that shines through and involves you in the telling of the story
Maurizio excellent person and professional. She made every minute with him worth it. I learned many beautiful things. I will point them out to my friends in Brazil
The tour was very interesting, Maurizio has done it incredible, a fan of history who knew how to share it with us
Maurizio was an excellent and highly trained guide, you can see that he loves his job. I recommend it to anyone who wants to get to know Palermo from multiple points of view: artistic, historical-cultural, or for anyone who wants to know some simple curiosities.
A fantastic guide. He made us learn many interesting things about Palermo, its history, its monuments and gave us valuable advice to continue visiting it and get to know it better.
Maurizio, our guide, is in love with his work, this clearly shines through in the descriptions of the monuments and in the historical notes of his Palermo, always full of advice on the sites to visit and the architectural details to observe. The tour with Maurizio is absolutely recommended.
Maurizio knows how to involve you in telling the peculiarities of his city. The three hours with him flew by, we would have stayed listening to him for much longer. Super prepared and ready to answer our every curiosity, he immerses you in the history of Palermo. Highly recommended!
Unique experience thanks to our guide Maurizio. Maurizio managed with his professionalism, simplicity and friendliness to describe his unique, fantastic city to us. Palermo is wonderful. I recommend this visit to everyone
It was a fantastic experience . A guided tour of the fantastic Palermo made even more fascinating and wonderful thanks to our guide Maurizio. Super professional and very knowledgeable person. Thank you so much and I recommend this experience to everyone.
Recommended experience! Maurizio was able to narrate the beauties of his city with lightness, friendliness and professionalism. Furthermore, he recommended us not only places where we could eat well (forwarding the information to us on watt) but also readings and films to deepen our knowledge of the city.
Visit to the city that covers the fundamental places of the city with a small culinary interlude that is much appreciated. Maurizio, a superlative guide, combines the story with a series of anecdotes and curiosities that enrich the tour and make it unique and interesting. What can I say….super recommended!
The guided tour was fantastic, Maurizio is truly an expert, knowing all the stories and legends of Palermo. He was very kind, explained things well, and told the events of the city with a bit of humor and irony.
Great tour! Super recommended! Maurizio took us on a tour of the center of Palermo, immersing us in the history of the city and also giving us culinary ideas :)
Maurizio, knowledgeable, friendly, available with lots of useful information even outside the tour (over two and a half hours); I recommend it (even if you have more days to visit the city) to get a historical and evolutionary overview of the city of Palermo.
The guide allowed us to get to know the city of Palermo in a pleasant and captivating way. Maurizio was interesting and knew how to involve us in his passion for driving
First time in Palermo to see the wonders it has. Tour with the friendly guide Maurizio, friendly and punctual. He doesn't bore you, rather you listen to him with a desire to know.
Maurizio is a genius, it is clear that he really likes his work and that is appreciated. The best guide we have had in a whole month of traveling through Italy. Thank you mille!!
Beautiful visit! Maurizio made the history of Palermo interesting, engaging, easy to follow, accompanied by photographic material and many ideas. Highly recommended!
It was the first time in Palermo. Beautiful tour of the city, done with great professionalism and passion
Really interesting tour full of historical and current information but never banal or boring. Maurizio is an engaging guide and passionate about history and culture. His love for his land emerges in his stories.
We had the pleasure of getting to know some of the most beautiful monuments, squares, churches and markets of the magnificent city of Palermo thanks to the unquestionable professionalism of Mr. Maurizio….the best guide you could ever wish to meet: kindness, involvement and preparation guaranteed!
Thanks to Maurizio, an exceptional guide, our stay in Palermo was even more pleasant! If we love Palermo today, the credit is all his! Highly recommended tour!
Our guide took us through Palermo in time and space, telling us about art and history for 3 hours that passed in a flash!!! Truly congratulations for the competence and passion you put into your work. Thank you
Excellent for those getting off the cruise ship, Maurizio immediately welcomed us warmly and showed us an authentic side of Palermo.
An excellent experience to learn about the history of this city and to gather ideas and suggestions to use in the following days. Maurizio engaging, prepared and careful to be followed by everyone.
The visit with Maurizio was truly in-depth and exciting. Maurizio was able to convey to us his love for the history of Palermo and his city, also giving us many ideas and advice to learn more independently during our weekend in this splendid city. It is a tour that we highly recommend to everyone, thanks Maurizio!
Professionalism of the guide, very kind and full of details in explaining the history of the city through the visit of the city center.
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