It was an early start today, we left the hotel at 8:00 for our visit to Palermo.
We drove for about 60 mins. and stopped for loos and/or coffee, and then arrived in Palermo about 9:30. We went to the cathedral first and looked around inside and out. It is very big, typical with lots of gold and silver, and lots of visitors too. We then did a driving tour of the city before dropping us all off for a walkabout on our own. We went for lunch first, we found a small quiet restaurant with kebabs and panini's and tables in the shade, and enjoyed a nice meal.
We then met at the bus again and went for our visit to Monreale to see the Benedictine Abbey. It is noted for it's fine medieval mosaics and cloister. We had to climb 100 steps to get up to it, not an easy task with the heat and humidity, but we made it. We had a sit down in the abbey while our enthusiastic local guide told us all about it.
We got back to the hotel about 7, dinner at 7:45 and organize ourselves as it's our last night at this location.
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