🗺️ What to see in Palermo in 2/3 days

We divided the map of the centre into two halves, delimited by the two ancient city gates: at the top Porta Nuova, towards Monreale, and at the bottom Porta Felice, towards the sea.

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Porta Nuova side (upper part)

Piazza dei Quattro Canti (the main square)
San Giuseppe dei Teatini Church
Piazza Pretoria with the Pretoria Fountain and Palazzo delle Aquile
Santa Caterina Church and its cloister (great place for typical sweets)
Santa Maria dell'Ammiraglio Church (aka La Martorana) and San Cataldo Church (the red domes)
Ballarò Market and Chiesa del Gesù (Casa Professa complex)
San Salvatore Dome (panoramic rooftop)
Palermo Cathedral (you can go up on the roofs) and Porta Nuova
Palazzo dei Normanni (Royal Palace) with the Cappella Palatina
San Giovanni degli Eremiti Church
Mercato delle Pulci (antiques market)
Via Maqueda with all its boutiques
Teatro Massimo (the opera house)
Mercato del Capo and the Church of the Immaculate Conception
Salinas Archaeological Museum
Teatro Politeama
Via Libertà, luxury shopping street

Porta Felice side (lower part)

Piazza Marina and Giardino Garibaldi (one of the largest and oldest ficus macrophylla in Europe)
Palazzo Chiaramonte Steri
Palazzo Abatellis
Palazzo Butera, the Mura delle Cattive and Porta Felice (nearby, if you have time, we also recommend the Antonio Pasqualino Marionette Museum)
La Vucciria and the Marina / La Cala tourist harbour
Mural of Falcone and Borsellino
Botanical Garden (single ticket with the Salinas Archaeological Museum)
Oratorio dei Bianchi, in the Kalsa neighbourhood
Piazza Magione and Chiesa dello Spasimo (native area of Falcone and Borsellino; nearby, one of the oldest coppola-cap workshops, in Via Garibaldi)
Piazza San Domenico with the church of the same name (where you can find Falcone's tomb); if you like, go up to the Rinascente Terraces for a panoramic stop