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Anti-Mafia Heroes Evening Walking Tour with Aperitivo
Anti-Mafia Heroes "Beat the Heat" Evening Walking Tour
Anti-Mafia Heroes "Beat the Heat" Evening Walking Tour
Anti-Mafia Heroes "Beat the Heat" Evening Walking Tour
Anti-Mafia Heroes Evening Walking Tour with Aperitivo

Anti-Mafia Heroes "Beat the Heat" Evening Walking Tour

By Gobo Tours Italy
10 out of 10
Free cancellation available
Price is €35 per adult
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Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 3h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
Overview

1.6 km or 1 mile, shaded, no need for sun protection.

Stop at a cafe midway through the tour, all refreshments optional.

Want to learn more about the moving struggle of ordinary Sicilians against Cosa Nostra? Join us for an immersive experience, taking in the sights, sounds, and smells of the real locations where important events took place.

While focusing on the lives of Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino, Sicily's most famous anti-mafia heroes, this tour around the ancient Kalsa district visits the actual sites of major mafia crimes: extortion, theft, destruction, and murder. But the value of this tour is in its powerful and inspiring storytelling, offering a deep dive into the lives of extraordinary individuals and organisations that fought and continue to fight against the mafia.

Join us for this fascinating tour and immerse yourself in the courageous history and present of Palermo’s anti-mafia movement.

Activity location

  • Ruderi Casa Natale Giovanni Falcone
    • Via Castrofilippo 4
    • 90133, Palermo, Italy

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Ruderi della casa natale del giudice Falcone
    • 4 Via Castrofilippo
    • 90133, Palermo, Sicilia, Italy

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Anti-Mafia Heroes "Beat the Heat" Evening Walking Tour
  • Activity duration is 3 hours3h3h
  • English
Language options: English
Starting time: 16:30
Price details
€35.00 x 1 Adult€35.00
Total
Price is €35.00
Until Mon, 25 Nov

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedAnti-Mafia Book and Film recommendation list
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedAperitivo and gelato not included. Diners order all food and drinks independently. 20-30 euros

Know before you book

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.

Activity itinerary

Ruderi Casa Natale Giovanni Falcone
  • 20m
Meet in front of the restaurant "Ciccio Passami l'Olio." Across from this restaurant is a plaque marking the birthplace of the famous anti-mafia lawyer Giovanni Falcone, one of the subjects of our tour. Your tour guide will be waiting for you by that plaque. On this tour we will visit three major crime sites and pass by many other sites of importance to the ongoing anti-mafia struggle in Palermo.
Oratorio di San Lorenzo
  • 10m
  • Admission ticket not included
The first of three major crime scenes that we will visit. The theft of Caravaggio’s Nativity with San Lorenzo and San Francesco is still listed as one of the FBI's Top Ten Art Crimes. I will tell you what Falcone discovered during his anti-mafia interrogations.
Piazza Marina
  • 15m
We will learn about the famous Italian American police officer Joe Petrosino and visit the site where he was murdered in Piazza Marina.
Casa di Paolo
  • 10m
We will visit what was the Borsellino family pharmacy and today is a community centre dedicated to supporting local families and preventing mafia recruitment in the Kalsa area.
Chiesa di Santa Teresa alla Kalsa
  • 15m
We will end our tour in Piazza Kalsa

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESRuderi Casa Natale Giovanni Falcone
    • Via Castrofilippo 4
    • 90133, Palermo, Italy

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLERuderi della casa natale del giudice Falcone
    • 4 Via Castrofilippo
    • 90133, Palermo, Sicilia, Italy

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