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0:00so you chose palmo as a base to explore
0:02Sicily and wonder which places to visit
0:04in the area then this guide with the
0:06best day trips from palmo is perfect for
0:09you whether you're a history buff a
0:11nature lover or you just adore exploring
0:14cute towns palmo is the perfect gateway
0:17to some of Sicily's most beautiful spots
0:21so here are my favorite 10 best day
0:23trips from palmo within 2 hours
0:26driving only 30 minutes from palmo lies
0:29monre
0:30this small town is best known for its
0:32marvelous cathedral which blends Norman
0:34Byzantine Italian and sarzen styles from
0:38ground to ceiling everything is
0:40glistening gold and colored with ornate
0:42mosaics from the 12th and 13th century
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1:10there are several Tunes within the
1:12cathedral including the cathedral's
1:14founder King William II nicknames the
1:17good of Sicily and many members of his
1:27family you can climb its roof and have
1:29have a first glimpse of the kostro de
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1:49benedi it also offers a nice view of the
1:52pza Victorio
1:56emmanu once back down you can visit the
1:58kostro de bened
2:01the square Courtyard is surrounded by
2:03216 identical twin columns and no two
2:07sets are alike some are elaborate
2:10flowery sceneries While others show men
2:12doing things like fishing or whipping
2:14one another the result is distinctly
2:17Arabic with multicolor tiles adorning
2:20each other pair of columns this was my
2:23favorite part of monreale
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2:38also make sure to explore the two pzas
2:40besides the cathedral pza Victorio
2:42emmanueli with the Triton Fountain and
2:45the pza gulan of the second
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3:0035 minutes driving from palmo you'll end
3:02up in bageria it is best known for its
3:05impressive Villas I visited the most
3:07famous and weirdest one Villa palagonia
3:11also known as The Villa of
3:13monsters it was built in 1715 on behalf
3:17of the fifth Prince of palagonia but it
3:19was his grandson that turned it into the
3:21Villa of monsters in
3:231749 insult grotesque and caricatured
3:26sculptures of animals ladies Knights
3:29musicians hunchbacked gnomes and other
3:32strange creatures on the wall
3:33surrounding the garden According to some
3:36critics the statues are the product of
3:38his own obsessions and Nightmares
3:41another explanation is that the prince
3:43had a special interest in alchemy and
3:45that the bizarre creatures are related
3:47to all kinds of alchemical customs and
3:50rituals even the ground plan of the
3:52villa and garden looks like a key also a
3:54reference to Alchemy as a key giving
3:57access to knowledge
4:00a passage for horses and carriages runs
4:02under the stairs in the Villa you can
4:04enter the Villa by climbing An Elegant
4:06double staircase in tough
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4:30you reach an oval entrance hall with
4:32large frescos they depict four of the 12
4:35works of Hercules the Hall of Mirrors
4:38has a mirrored ceiling and a colorful
4:41marble floor with geometric motifs the
4:43walls are aligned with polychrome marble
4:46and decorated with medallions in which
4:48you can see the busts of the ancestors
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5:08Boro Parini can be reached after 50
5:11minutes driving it is Sicily's most
5:13colorful Tiny Town with painted houses
5:16in cobblestone streets the architecture
5:19here will remind you of the modernist
5:21style of gudi as soon as you enter the
5:24village you will meet an explosion of
5:25colors which reminded me of paragel in
5:28Barcelona
5:29the building's facades are decorated
5:31with maolas and paintings characterized
5:34by the typical white and blue mediteran
5:36colors take your time to stroll around
5:39and enjoy the street art in coats
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7:00more travel tips after a 1 hour and 10
7:03minutes drive from palmo you'll arrive
7:05at chalu one of the borgi Pew belly one
7:08of the most beautiful towns of Italy it
7:11is situated at the seaside and has a
7:13nice Beach to
7:16enjoy but also the town itself is fun to
7:19explore it has a lot of cute shops
7:22narrow streets and some historical
7:24monuments to discover like the Lao medal
7:28fumal
7:29a restored laundry house dating to 1514
7:33with original ston wash basins and 22
7:36cost iron spouts some of which are in
7:39the shape of a lion's
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7:54head at Panza Del dwo you'll encounter
7:57the beautiful Norman Cathedral and
7:59Palazzi like The Palazo Maria and the
8:02dialo
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8:44but also a nice troll among the beach is
8:46a nice way to spend the day
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9:17the Temple of sesta can be reached after
9:201 hour and 10 minutes driving it is one
9:23of the few monuments that have been
9:24preserved perfectly intact since
9:26Antiquity being completed in the late 50
9:29century and rises in Majestic Solitude
9:32on the plateau that overhangs the valon
9:34de la fza sesta was one of the major
9:37cities of the alians one of the three
9:40indigenous people of Sicily when I was
9:43there it was super hot so I only visited
9:45the temple but you can also find the
9:48theater here if you are more into nature
9:50and want to go for a hike I suggest to
9:52visit a Reserva dearo and scell it's
9:55only 1 hour and 20 minutes driving from
9:58palmo the Reserva is one of Sicily's
10:01most admired natural pearls there are no
10:04roads or cars only the sound of the Sea
10:06and the winds the connection with the SE
10:09in this Nature Reserve is the same today
10:11as it was Millennia ago while I was
10:13hiking I even spotted
10:17Dolphins it is quite a demanding hike on
10:19a hot humid day but you can refresh at
10:22one of the beaches if you want to make
10:23the effort to walk down and back up
10:25afterwards
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10:49oh I loved kalad deaa and it was not
10:53crowded at all
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11:16oh
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11:37don't forget to stop at the beautiful
11:38view of the tonara the ancient tuna
11:46fishery you can also visit scopello
11:49which is one of the tiniest towns I ever
11:51visited but really Charming in the
11:53evening as well to have dinner
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12:091 hour and 45 minutes from palmo another
12:12Borgo puello can be found IE can be
12:15reached after a serious climb via
12:17winding road with a lot of hairpin bends
12:19and fabulous views you can park for free
12:22at the p aspara and then head to the
12:24jardini and Castello Del Balo with views
12:27of the toretta pipoli on the way
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12:39oh
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13:18explore the garden and the views and
13:20then it's time to head into
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13:25town ite is a small Charming village
13:28with narrow cobblestone streets and
13:30small squares flanged by churches and
13:32Noble palaces behind every corner is
13:36something new to disc discover the
13:38churches stand out so much that eret
13:40used to be known as a city of 100
13:43churches there aren't that much in
13:45reality but all worth a visit I bought
13:47the AR card which costs €1 15 and gave
13:51me access to basically every church and
13:53Museum there and it came with a map so
13:55you can follow a specific route
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14:06my absolute favorite was eres dwo which
14:09was constructed with stones from the
14:11Ancient Temple of
14:17Venus the interior is a golden illusion
14:20of Gada marble and carved buttermilk
14:22Stone it took my breath away
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14:45if you love shopping a is also your
14:48place to be with cute little ceramic
14:50shops jewelry souvenirs and Delicacies
14:52to choose from
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15:19a little more than 2 hours from palmo
15:21you can visit the Scala turkey it used
15:24to be closed for a long time due to
15:25vandalism but now you can visit this
15:27White Cliff Rising Shear from the sea
15:30along the coast of real Monte its rock
15:32is formed of Marl soft cyrious clay and
15:36is a dazzling white which hurts your
15:38eyes with the sun reflecting on it
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16:23buy tickets online in advance and be
16:25prepared to walk about 30 m through the
16:27sea before reaching
16:31it I recommend visiting the famous
16:33archaeological site Val templ agento
16:36after which is only 10 minutes from the
16:39Scala turkey it is one of the most
16:41phenomenal examples of Ancient Greek art
16:43and architecture of Magna Gracia spread
16:46over 1,300 hears you will find nine
16:49temples of which six can be visited and
16:52more ruins of City Gates an old
16:54gymnasium and more
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17:25got
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17:56on the ground is also a restaurant
17:58called Gaza theodoros which offers a
18:00degustation menu with local ingredients
18:03never did I eat such good ricotta the
18:05food was divine these were my favorite
18:09best day trips from palmo within 2 hours
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