Perhaps the most fascinating sight is about two kilometres from the centre, in a crypt below ... reminder of your mortality. Palermo became a major city after the ninth-century arrival of the ...

In the early 1990s crusading anti-mafia prosecutors were murdered as they tried to hit back. Then in 1993 the so-called boss ...

In Sicily, Palermo, Syracuse and Catania ... the symbol of the city. The elegant Via Etnea runs through the centre, offering a spectacular view of the still active volcano. History buffs should ...