Palermo Street Markets, Food Tastings and Wine Tasting Private Tour - Full-Day Trip from Palermo

Visit three colorful street markets and enjoy local street food! You will experience, with me, a day like a Palermo citizen! I have been running this tour for 10 years and, being an economist, you will get some fundamental insights to understand the evolution of the city, its culture and its people. Ballarò is the largest and most ancient in Palermo, of Arab origins: where colors and smells and the vendors' screams fill in the air. Founded by the Arab-Muslims when they ruled over Sicily, it looks like a suk, the typical Arab market. Capo lies behind the largest opera house in Italy, Teatro Massimo. Carini Gate, which opens along the ancient city walls, salutes everybody entering this lively market. We will enjoy a street food tasting in Palermo, a special pizza at a trattoria in the mountains, and the best Sicilian cannoli in Piana degli Albanesi, a town also in the mountains. We will conclude the day with a non-structured wine tasting at the best wine bar in Palermo.

11:30 Pick-up in Palermo city center if the hotel is far from the old city, otherwise I will meet you at the hotel and walk from there - you need to be able to walk for a couple of hours as the street markets are accessible on foot only 13:00 Street food tasting with panelle (chickpea flour fritters), crocchè (mashed potatoes croquettes), arancine (deep-fried rice balls with cheese or meat filling) and one non-alcoholic drink per person 14:30 By car or minivan we go to a special home restaurant in the mountains surrounding Palermo to have an extraordinary pizza called Faccia di Vecchia (Old-lady face) and a glass of local wine 17:30 Piana degli Albanesi, a town in the mountains, for the best cannoli in Sicily 19:00 Wine tasting at the best wine bar in Palermo - not included 21:00 Drop-off in Palermo city center This tour as a whole or partially, can be customized to fit your preferences, also from other Sicilian cities - please inquire.