Airport : Palermo, Italy        District map

 

airlines

Ryanair

website

http://www.gesap.it/

walks

Mount Etna,  Etna Outliers

local connections

 

 

Express bus every 30 mins (on the hour and half-past) from outside arrivals hall to Palermo central station takes about 50 minutes and costs 5 euro (buy ticket on board).

 

For Mt Etna, you need to travel from Palermo to Catania (about 250km).  SAIS runs a motorway express bus from outside Palermo central station about every hour, taking 2hrs 40 mins for a fare of about 12 euro.  Buy ticket at the office in Via P.Balsamo, by the bus stop.

http://www.saisautolinee.it/

(select Collegamenti Regionali for timetable)

 

Alternatively, there are about 3 or 4 trains a day, taking 3 - 4 hours for about 11 euro. This is a leisurely and delightful way to see the interior of Sicily. http://www.trenitalia.it/en/index.html

 

city information

 

 

http://www.comune.palermo.it/site.htm

 

Palermo cathedral

Palermo, Terrazza a Mare and Mt Pellegrino

Palermo, Giulia gardens

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