PALERMO

One of my absolute favorite parks in Palermo is Villa Giulia — the city’s first public park. In fact, I’m writing this right here, tucked away in the cool shade of the cypress trees. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe once called it “the most beautiful corner of the earth.” They[…]

They say Palermo is home to the largest exotic tree in Europe. I say “they say” because our city has so many places that claim to be the biggest, the oldest, or the most beautiful that I usually end up fact-checking everything twice before believing it. After Garibaldi’s victory,[…]