The best way to appreciate Palermo, its diversity and ancient beauty, is from above. Take to the rooftops for unparalleled views of unparalleled architecture, markets, mountains and the Mediterranean.

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Can’t decide whether you want to spend your vacation visiting one of Sicily’s vibrant cities or relaxing at a seaside resort? This “urban resort” offers both. Villa Igiea is about 15 minutes from the ...

The move is being viewed as a gesture of reconciliation more than 500 years after the expulsion of Jews from Sicily. (JTA) – The Roman Catholic Church in Palermo is ceding to Jewish ownership the use ...

Just a few years ago, you might have been forgiven for thinking that Palermo’s main attraction was its collection of Mafia hot spots. Sure, the city’s tangled history with Godfather-esque organized ...

Palermo, the bustling, colorful city and province that is Sicily's capital, is also the largest city on Italy’s largest island. Its rich historic center, with layers of culture, is walkable in size ...

A Pax Mafiosa has settled over Sicily. Sicilians are defying the Mafia in a movement fueled by the generation that came of age in the 1980s, when waves of bloody public assassinations of prosecutors, ...

Every item on this page was chosen by a Town & Country editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. Tucked away from all the action of downtown Palermo, Sicily's vivacious ...

Very little is known about more than 160 children interred in Sicily’s world-famous Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo, and why their slight and often mummified bodies were placed there in the first place.