The Mediterranean Maquis is a well known natural area. Within it, Palermo is a city with a warm and wet climate, mild wet winters, hot summers and low rainfall. It has many different places where you can go to appreciate the surro…

Sicilians can spend hours discussing food, debating the sweetness of a tomato or the best way to fillet a sardine. So head to Palermo’s Vucciria market, the concentration of this most important ingredient of local life. Among the…

Palermo is best known for the wonderful sunny days tourists almost always find there. Still, it's not unusual to have as much as a whole week of rain in Palermo during the winter or spring. What can you do in Palermo when it rains…