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Extract from the Palermo Travel Guides:
In its own wide bay underneath the limestone bulk of Monte Pellegrino, and fronting the broad, fertile Conca d'Oro (Golden Shell) Valley,
PALERMO
is stupendously sited. Originally a Phoenician, then a Carthaginian colony, this remarkable city was long considered a prize worth capturing. Named Panormus (All Harbour), its mercantile attractions were obvious, and under Saracen and Norman rule in the ninth to twelfth centuries Palermo became the greatest city in Europe - famed for the wealth of its court, and peerless as a centre of learning. There are plenty of relics from this era, but it's the rebuilding of the sixteenth and seventeenth...
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| General : Sicilian Cannolli |
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| When in Sicily you cannot leave without tasting Cannolli di Sicilia their most famous, and delicious Sicilian dessert. You will want to fill your suitcase with them. |
 Posted by florence on 13/05/2004 14:43:59 |
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Travelslang Palermo Travel Guides Opinions Tips & Advice
| Getting Around : Rush hour |
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| Avoid Palermo during the rush hour times - if you need to get to the airport about that time (Punta Raisa) then plan for two hours to get through Palermo. |
| Posted by florence on 10/05/2004 08:46:36 |
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Travelslang Palermo Travel Guides Opinions Tips & Advice
| Dangers : Keep off the roads in Sicily |
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| If you decide to hire a car and drive in Sicily you do so at your own risk. They are useless drivers often coming round corners on the wrong side of the road, using the hard shoulder on motorways and swerving in and out of lanes like drunks! They have to be seen to be believed. In Palermo they drive like its a third world country. |
| Posted by florence on 10/05/2004 08:45:17 |
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Travelslang Palermo Travel Guides Opinions Tips & Advice
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