Palermo has a thousand-year-old history, often captured in its libraries. If you decide to spend a period of study or complete an academic thesis there, you can take advantage of its many cultural centres where you will come in co…

Throughout the Mediterranean, the heat and relaxed lifestyle make for dining later in the evening. However, between the afternoon snack and dinner, there's a tradition of having cocktails, sometimes "rinforzato" ones which are sig…

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…