What to book before going to Palermo
The Palermo base has 16 stops. Booking ahead is required at 0 of them and advised at 1. The rest you can walk up to.
Data checked on November 2, 2026
Booking saves you the queue
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Royal Palace and Palatine Chapel
Tickets are sold online and at the ticket office. Online sales stay open until 20 minutes before the last admission of the day. Restoration work in the chapel can change opening times, so check the Foundation page the day before.
The palace opens at 08:30 every day and lists 16:30 (Monday to Saturday) and 12:30 (Sunday) as the last admission. The Palatine Chapel is closed to visitors every Sunday from 09:30 to 11:00. The palace is closed on 25 December and 1 January, and it may close in whole or in part without notice for institutional or religious reasons.
See the guided visitSource: Fondazione Federico II (Palazzo dei Normanni), checked November 2, 2026
No booking needed
Turn up when it suits the day.
- Palermo Cathedral
- Teatro Massimo
- Quattro CantiFree
- San Giovanni degli Eremiti
- La Martorana
- Ballarò marketFree
- Capuchin Catacombs
- Palazzo Abatellis
- Zisa Castle
- Monreale Cathedral and Cloister
- Piazza PretoriaFree
- Botanical Garden
- Capo marketFree
- Chiesa del Gesù (Casa Professa)
- San Cataldo