About Palermo

Palermo (Sicilian: Palermu) is on the northern coast of the Italian island of Sicily. It is a city with a thousand years of history, beautiful Arab-Norman architecture, amazing food, and lively neighbourhoods. It is a bit scruffy around the edges, but a visit of a few days will make you want to stay for weeks.

Source: Wikipedia

Essential Information

Currency

Euro (EUR)

Symbol: €

Language

Italian

Also: Catalan

Phone Code

+39

International dialing code for Italy

Driving

Drive on the right

Standard for Italy

Region

Europe

Southern Europe

Connectivity

As of Sept 2021, Palermo has 4G from Iliad, TIM and Wind Tre, and 5G from Vodafone.

How to Get to Palermo

Transportation options and arrival information

Ferries steam between the port of Palermo and the following several Italian ports on a regular basis:Genoa,Civitavecchia,NaplesandCagliari(Sardinia). International routes are available fromValletta(Malta) andTunis(Tunisia). You can view and compare schedules and prices for ferries to Palermo onFerryhopper.

Getting Around Palermo

Local transportation and navigation tips

Although Palermo is a fair-sized city, most of the interesting sites around the centre can easily be reached on foot.

Safety in Palermo

High Safety (Global Peace Index: 1.643)

About the Global Peace Index: Global Peace Index measures peacefulness on a scale of 1 (most peaceful) to 5 (least peaceful)

Palermo is a quite safe city during the day but it can be an intimidating city at night, especially on week days in the winter, when there are not many students, visitors and locals around. Even if crimes against visitors are quite rare, just remember that:

Source: Institute for Economics & Peace (2022)