Palermo, the vibrant capital of Sicily, is a city full of secrets waiting to be unveiled. Shaped by a multitude of colonizations throughout its long and storied history, the city was originally founded by the Phoenicians in the 8th century BC and was later occupied by the Greeks, Carthaginians, Romans, Byzantines, Arabs, Normans, and Spanish.

Each of these civilizations left its mark on the city, leaving indelible traces on the cityscape and a dazzling heritage of cathedrals, red earth-colored domes, mosaics, muqarnas ceilings, ogival arches, and majolica. It makes sense that a few secret gems got buried underneath these layers of history and lost in the bustle of the city.