EURO CITY BREAK

Palermo is not a city that you simply visit. It is a city that you collide with. It is a place of visceral intensity, where the scent of jasmine battles with the smell of frying chickpea fritters and where Baroque facades crumble elegantly next to Arab-Norman fortresses. As the capital of Sicily, it has been conquered by Phoenicians, Romans, Arabs, Normans and Spaniards, all of whom left their architectural DNA stamped onto the streets. The result is a city that feels less li