We spent a lovely few days in Yvonne's apartment in Ballarò. This area is the traditional fish market area of the city, and still functions as a working market. It's incredibly vibrant and lively, filled with glorious produce from the land and and surrounding seas of Italy. The market is busy all day, and only empties for a few hours at night before the stalls are set up again around 4am.
We visited at the start of July, and already the city is getting really hot! It was a pleasure to come home to somewhere air conditioned.
The situation is perfect for exploring the old part of the city. Please don't miss out on visiting the newly opened cathedral terraces at night. The views are breathtaking...
The apartment is spotlessly clean, with a new kitchen and (two!) bathrooms.
Each bedroom could comfortably sleep a couple, and perhaps one or two kids could bunk down in the living space.
The terrace is a great space - large enough to have dinner with the beautiful view of the duomo behind.
Palermo can be an intense city, in every sense of the word. Lovely to have a little area of calm to return to. Which I hope we will!