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The area around the harbour basin is somewhat run down - okay for a walk if you are in the area but don't make a special effort to visit. Some restaurants but nothing special and you'll just be breathing in fumes from the heavy traffic queues - better to go a street or two further back. We did find a nice raised walk though that runs from Via Vittorio Emanuele to Via Alloro behind Via Buttera - climb some steps and you get a lovely view of old palazzos on one side and the harbour on the other - very quiet and pleasant.…
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Date of experience: September 2019
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The main basin of the port, with many nice restaurants around, is full of yachts etc. However, they really have let the surrounding parts of the port go to seed. There's an opportunity here to make this a really nice area.
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Date of experience: October 2018
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This area is near a lot of great "street" food restaurants and Palazzo Chiaramonte and Piazza Spirito Sancto. It is lovely to walk around and feels miles from Palermo center although being literally only a few steps.
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Date of experience: June 2018
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We expect something more.....this old port is beautiful but, I have seen much better......Good to take a walk
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Date of experience: March 2018
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Good Morning 😄😄😄 The secret is to wake up in the morning, decide that the day will be happy and fight to make it happen and enjoy the mature gives us. Good morning! 😜 The Cove is what remains of the old port, Arabs and Normans; Is one of the world's oldest, dating back to the 8th century b.c. The Cove is a sheltered Cove in U-shape in the center of the city, between the Foro Italico and Via Crispi. Is used today as a Marina for small pleasure craft of Palermo…
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Date of experience: January 2018
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