Metropolitan City of Palermo

The Metropolitan City of Palermo (Italian: Città metropolitana di Palermo) is an administrative division in Sicily, Italy. It replaced the former Province of Palermo on 1 January 2015.

Cities

• 1 Palermo — throbbing capital, plenty of sights
• 2 Carini
• 3 Castelbuono — a very pleasing town near Cefalù which is the self proclaimed capital of the madonie national park.
• 4 Cefalù — Sicily's main beach resort, with an attractive old town
• 5 Corleone — town, birthplace of Mafia boss Salvatore Riina and the Cosa Nostra
• 6 Monreale — Impressive Norman cathedral above Palermo, offering great mosaics
• 7 Petralia Sottana
• 8 Pollina - Well preserved hilltop village with amphitheatre and great views of the coast

Other destinations

• 1 Madonie Regional Natural Park — it some of the highest mountains in Sicily
• 2 Himera (Imera) — Greek colony, founded in 648.BC on the north coast
• 3 Solunto — Punic ruins near Santa Flavia, Palermo
• 4 Ustica — diving center near Palermo