BEACH PALERMO :
The sun is also an important part of Sicily and one will want to go to the beach.
The white sandy beach and port town of Mondello, with its lapis lazuli water to have the Gods of the Caribbean turn green with envy, is 25 minutes away. One can rent two beach chairs and umbrella at 20 €. The beach ‘clubs’ are called LIDO’s and you should go to La Sirenetta which is a few hundred yards from the first bus stop in Mondello. TIP: If you go after 1 pm the fee is ½ price!
There is a very good restaurant, Sympaty, at the end of the pier, past the main piazza – -see the restaurant section. There is also Bar Albarestaurant (eat in/take out & easier with kids), one of Palermo’s most outstanding patisseries, is also one of Sicily’s undisputed best. They serve an informal lunch under pleasant, shady, trees. It is three minutes from the beach. In the summer, don’t miss the sublime gelo di melone (watermelon gel). Extensive wine list.
It takes 25 minutes via bus n. 806 (public transportation, cost circa €1.75 per person) leaves from Piazza Sturzo behind Piazza Politeama – -or you can catch the bus at the stop that is right near the Hotel Politeama, in Piazza Politeama. One alights right in front of the Beach Club in Mondello and a couple of hundred of yards for Bar Alba.
BEACH MONDELLO :
The sun is also an important part of Sicily and one will want to go to the beach.
The white sandy beach and port town of Mondello, with its lapis lazuli water to have the Gods of the Caribbean turn green with envy, is 25 minutes away. One can rent two beach chairs and umbrella at 20 €. The beach ‘clubs’ are called LIDO’s and you should go to La Sirenetta which is a few hundred yards from the first bus stop in Mondello. TIP: If you go after 1 pm the fee is ½ price!
There is a very good restaurant, Sympaty, at the end of the pier, past the main piazza – -see the restaurant section. There is also Bar Albarestaurant (eat in/take out & easier with kids), one of Palermo’s most outstanding patisseries, is also one of Sicily’s undisputed best. They serve an informal lunch under pleasant, shady, trees. It is three minutes from the beach. In the summer, don’t miss the sublime gelo di melone (watermelon gel). Extensive wine list.
It takes 25 minutes via bus n. 806 (public transportation, cost circa €1.75 per person) leaves from Piazza Sturzo behind Piazza Politeama – -or you can catch the bus at the stop that is right near the Hotel Politeama, in Piazza Politeama. One alights right in front of the Beach Club in Mondello and a couple of hundred of yards for Bar Alba.
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