Foro Italico, Palermo

Foro Italico, Palermo

Foro Italico is a large park on the seaside of Palermo. The garden stretches 40,000 square feet, offers pedestrian trails, tree lined streets, benches, ceramic sculptures, a bike path, as well as a large scenic, and finely illuminated area by night.

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Foro Italico on Map

Sight Name: Foro Italico
Sight Location: Palermo, Italy (See walking tours in Palermo)
Sight Type: Attraction/Landmark

Walking Tours in Palermo, Italy

Create Your Own Walk in Palermo

Create Your Own Walk in Palermo

Creating your own self-guided walk in Palermo is easy and fun. Choose the city attractions that you want to see and a walk route map will be created just for you. You can even set your hotel as the start point of the walk.
Palaces of Palermo

Palaces of Palermo

For centuries, Sicilian capital Palermo has been a focal point for the construction of noble dwellings and palaces. The latter were and still are a fine manifestation of the historical life in the region. They are a few hundred of them still in place, ranging chronologically from the medieval period to the first decades of the 20th century, and comprising an impressive collection of architectural...  view more

Tour Duration: 1 Hour(s)
Travel Distance: 2.6 Km or 1.6 Miles
Palermo Introduction Walking Tour

Palermo Introduction Walking Tour

Around 8,000 BC, people called Sicani drew pictures in a cave outside Palermo. The scene shows a ritual sacrifice in the theatre. Was it a paleolithic foreshadowing of the temples, churches, and cathedrals to come?

The Sicani were succeeded by the Phoenicians. They made a settlement called Ziz which eventually became Palermo. But first, the Greeks, followed by the Carthaginians, followed by the...  view more

Tour Duration: 2 Hour(s)
Travel Distance: 3.1 Km or 1.9 Miles
Historical Religious Buildings

Historical Religious Buildings

Religion has always played an important role in the lives of the Italians – and the Sicilians are no exception. Thus, it is little wonder that the main city of the island, Palermo, boasts a plethora of religious buildings. The collection of historical churches found here ranges from the Arab-Norman-Byzantine to the Medieval, Gothic, Baroque and the Renaissance.

In the course of history, many...  view more

Tour Duration: 2 Hour(s)
Travel Distance: 3.2 Km or 2 Miles