Palermo (province)

Metropolitan City of Palermo

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 Regional Natural Park — it some of the highest mountains in 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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