Private City Kickstart Tour: Palermo - Get Acquainted with the City with Local Guides

Start your visit to Palermo on the right foot with a private city kickstart tour. Discover hidden gems, avoid tourist traps, and get insider tips from local guides.

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Chiesa di San Giovanni degli Eremiti - Explore one of Palermo’s iconic landmarks, stroll through a beautiful garden, and try to determine the age of the ancient bastion walls.
  • Norman Palace - Tour one of Palermo’s oldest buildings and examine its influences from various historical periods.
  • Porta Nuova - Appreciate the historic gateway…
What's Included
  • Local Tips and Tricks
  • City Orientation
  • Private Tour
  • Local Guide
What's Not Included
  • Hotel pick-up and drop off
Additional Information

Welcome to Palermo! Start your stay right with a personalized tour that provides the perfect introduction to the city in just 90 minutes. Let a local guide familiarize you with the best that Palermo has to offer, and maximize your experience.
Discover the hidden gems like the Palazzo Reale and Quattro Canti, and learn how to visit these prominent…

Location
Via Vittorio Emanuele, 475
Via Vittorio Emanuele
At Porta Nuova
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Marco_b
Feb 2, 2026
Friendly guide and... - Friendly and prepared guide, passionate and able to convey their enthusiasm for the beauties of the city
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Patricia_l
Oct 30, 2025
Palermo happiness - Learned so much history which was amazing. Wish the tour was longer. Salvatore was exceptional. He was so enthusiastic about his Sicilian life and history. Gave us some great advice for the rest of our stay.
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Lisa_s
Sep 28, 2025
Awesome Tour of Palermo - Salvatore was an extremely knowledgeable Tour Guide, who will cater the tour to your interest. He spent a lot of time with us and answered all of our questions without rushing. It is obvious that he loves his hometown.
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Josephine_b
Apr 23, 2025
Great tour. I highly recommend it. - Excellent tour! Salvatore is very knowledgeable and welcoming. I recommend it for everyone as the first thing to do in Palermo.
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Timf1958
Mar 17, 2025
Wonderful local perspective! - We loved our walk with Luca. He showed us Palermo, but even more importantly, he gave us a local’s perspective about the city and what it’s like to live there. He showed us Palermo ancient and modern. His intelligence, perception and sensitivity brought Palermo alive.
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Gazellal2024
Nov 14, 2024
Great tour - Salvatore is a great guide. Salvatore worked with us when we needed to reschedule. He brought us to some of the most interesting highlights of city. He is very knowledgeable and answered our questions. I would recommend Salvatore to everyone.
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Lynnhowes2000
Oct 13, 2024
Great overview of Palermo with Michelangelo - Michelangelo was a fantastic guide and provided a nice overview of Palermo. Being a private tour, we were able to concentrate on an area outside of where we were staying to help us get a broader overview of the city. I really appreciated the way Michelangelo described the history of Palermo, it helped us understand the blending of cultures and how it came to be. I highly recommend Michelangelo as your guide to exploring Palermo.
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Kellybh820np
Oct 1, 2024
Awesome Kickstart tour with Salvatore !! - On our 1st day in Palermo we picked this tour to give us a quick way to become oriented with the city . This was the perfect way of to begin our time in Palermo!! Salvatore was very friendly & knowledgeable with a perfect command of the English language. We would definitely recommend Salvatore for anyone looking to book a walking tour in Palermo .
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Ged
Sep 15, 2024
Palermo experience - Great tour around Palermo, Sicily with Karolina, great local and historical knowledge, a lovely person too, very friendly. Thanks again Karolina.
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Fearless20012040395
Jul 8, 2024
Wonderful insights into Palermo, in great company!! - Let me start by saying that our only regret is that we didn't discover the opportunity to do this 'introductory' guided walking tour earlier in our stay! By the time we approached Michelangelo online to enquire about this walking tour we had already been staying in Palermo for several days. However, unlike most other cities we've experienced, we still felt as though we were missing certain important understandings which could help us to form connections with Palermo. Yet in the relatively short time of our excursion together, Michelangelo revealed the wonderful fusion of cultures and many-layered histories which form the complex city of contrasts that Palermo is today. This was no template tour. Michelangelo absolutely tailored the tour to our needs, even responding to our interests by revising his initial itinerary as we walked. Seeing features of this amazing city through Michelangelo's eyes really brought Palermo alive for us! We covered some new ground as well as some streets and features that had become somewhat familiar to us. It was fascinating how revisiting some of the places we'd been - (and places we'd walked past without seeing) - caused us to look more closely and with new eyes when Michelangelo explained their histories and significance. We thoroughly enjoyed our evening tour. We found Michelangelo to be genuine, knowledgeable, kind, and good company. He speaks English to a high standard, which enhanced our experiences and understandings. It was an added pleasure meeting Michelangelo's lovely girlfriend and discovering her perspectives on the city as well. After the tour had ended we finished our evening at a restaurant in an area shown to us along the way. We had the best meal out we'd had since arriving in Palermo. Thank you so much, Michelangelo. To anyone considering booking an experience with this local guide; don't hesitate. We thoroughly recommend it!
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From $16
up to 8 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).