Palermo Food Guides

In-depth, regularly updated guides to eating well in Palermo — what to try, where the markets are, and how to choose the right tour for your trip.

What to eat

Arancine to pani ca meusa: the essential Palermo street food, what each one is, and where to find the real thing.

Markets

Capo, Ballaro and Vucciria compared — what to buy, when to go, and how to navigate each of the three.

History

How a thousand years of Arab, Norman and Spanish rule turned Palermo into a street-food capital.

Trip planning

Season by season and morning versus evening: when the markets are liveliest and the tours are best.

Which tour

What a guided tour gets you that a self-guided crawl doesn't — and when to just save your money.