Audio tours in Palermo
Suggested plan for Palermo
Doing every Trevurs tour in Palermo takes about 4 h in total. A relaxed way to split it:
No fixed schedule: start whenever you want, skip stops, or spread a tour over several days.
Palermo on a budget
The Trevurs app is free and has 1 audio tour in Palermo: 24 min of narration across 12 stops and 13.6 km of walking routes. Download them over wifi and listen offline, with no mobile data. Entry tickets to museums, churches or monuments along the way are not included. Premium, from USD 1.99, adds unlimited offline downloads, every tour and no ads.
Palermo at your own pace
Each tour starts at stop 1 and you go stop by stop at your own pace: pause, rewind or skip any stop. No booking and no fixed start time, and it works offline once downloaded. One route is longer than 12 km: split it over several days or use public transport between some stops.
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Palermo: the Norman Capital That Ruled Arabs, Greeks and Latins at Once
Starts at stop 1, “The Palace on the Emirs' Fortress” (map) · 24 min of audio · 13.6 km (~3 h 25 min on foot) · ~4 h in total
In one day you can do Palermo: the Norman Capital That Ruled Arabs, Greeks and Latins at Once (~4 h): about 4 h of touring with audio and walking. That covers every Trevurs tour in Palermo.
Why an audio tour
- ✓ No group to keep up with and no guide to wait for
- ✓ Start at any time of day, on your own schedule
- ✓ Go at your own pace: pause, rewind or skip any stop
- ✓ No need to commit 2 or 3 hours to a single tour: do one stop or the whole route
- ✓ Works offline once downloaded
Trevurs is a free app for iOS and Android. There is also an optional Premium version, from USD 1.99, with unlimited offline downloads, access to every tour and no ads. It also helps keep an independent app alive.