Iron Donkey's Palermo bike tours take advantage of the mobility and ease of biking while allowing you to fully enjoy the incredible sites of the city. You'll visit sites built during Palermo's golden age under Arab rule (9th to 11th century), churches built during the Norman reign, medieval churches, Renaissance palaces, outdoor markets, and the list goes on and on. Iron Donkey offers all levels of bike tours, from casual rider to hard-core racing fanatics. Because of Iron Donkey's in-depth knowledge of Palermo, it can help you choose the right itinerary for your ability.
Iron Donkey Bicycle Touring
15 Ballyknockan Road
Saintfield
Co Down
Northern Ireland
BT24 7HQ
011 +44-2890-813200
[email protected]
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Select Italy, one of Italy's most acclaimed travel groups, offers a wide variety of Palermo walking tours. An example is their "Introduction to Palermo: The Norman Period" walking tour. On this walking tour, you'll visit the main Palermo Cathedral, with its Norman exterior and 18th-century interior; Palazzo Reale, also known as Palazzo dei Normanni with the famous Cappella Palatina; San Giovanni degli Eremiti (St John of the Hermits), a 12th-century Norman church with five Arab-inspired red domes; the old Albergheria quarter with its colorful Ballarò market; the Chiesa della Martorana with its beautiful Norman campanile and spectacular mosaics; and the Piazza Bellini.
Select Italy
303 W. Erie St.
Suite 410
Chicago, IL 60654
800-877-1755 Toll free when dialed in the US
312-664-4200
[email protected]
selectitaly.com/guided_services.php?city_id=13
Sicily Travel Net offers a variety of traditional bus tours, as well as private tours. An excellent example of a Sicily Travel Net tour would feature visits to the Piazza Pretoria and its stunning Renaissance fountain, which was originally commissioned by a wealthy Florentine--a piece of 16th-century Tuscany in the center of an Arab-Norman city; Chiesa della Martorana, with its beautiful Normand campanile and spectacular mosaics; the Capuchin Catacombs, with 8,000 mummified bodies dressed in their best Sunday clothes and propped up against the walls; Zisa Castle, the residence of Norman King William I that was built by his Muslim architects; a trip to Bagheria to see its famous Baroque villas and visit one of the most unusual, built by the Prince of Palagonia, who was fascinated with monsters and mirrors.
Sicily Travel Net
Via Dante, 49
Agrigento
Italy
92100
011 +39-0922-402257
011 +39-360-397930
[email protected]
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