Palermo Noir: Discovering Palermo by Night
Sicily
Activity
Official tickets via GetYourGuide
Enter Palermo when the shadows fall and follow Palermo Teatro Noir: walk where the city shows its most secret and restless face. Start at Palazzo Steri, where power, becomes the theater of fear.
Highlights
- Visit an unseen and seemingly hidden nocturnal Palermo
- Listen to the forgotten voices of women and men, through illustrious writers
- Be fascinated by the places of history such as Palazzo Steri or Piazza Marina
Description
Enter Palermo when the shadows fall and follow Palermo Teatro Noir: walk where the city shows its most secret and restless face. Start at Palazzo Steri, where power, as Sciascia would write, becomes the theater of fear and the stone still holds the echo of trials and guilt. Cross Piazza Marina, listen to the dark breath of the ficus trees and let memory, dear to Maraini, bring to the surface the forgotten bodies and stifled voices of women and the last. Continue to the Quattro Canti, baroque crossroads and eternal stage: here Palermo is mirrored, as in Natoli's novels, between wealth and poverty, between faith and superstition, showing its double soul. Finish at the Municipal Archives, where yellowed papers become living flesh: follow Consolo and read between the lines of chronicles and condemnations, discovering a wounded but lucid city, tragic and beautiful. Let the words guide you, look beyond the facades, even into the night.Includes
Tour accompanied by a cultural mediator.Excludes
Anything not specified in 'includes'. The entrance fee to Steri Palace is not included.Important Information
- In case of adverse weather conditions, the tour may be changed or fully refunded in case of cancellation. The entrance fee to Steri Palace is not included.
