Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
091 666 11 11;
www.ospedalecivicopa.org
;
Via Carmelo Lazzaro)
Emergency fa-
Ospedale Civico
(
cilities.
TOURIST INFORMATION
Central tourist office
( 091 58 51 72; informazionituristiche@provincia.palermo.it; Via Principe di
Belmonte 42; 8.30am-2pm & 2.30-6pm Mon-Fri)
Palermo's provincial tourist office offers
maps and brochures as well as the helpful booklet
Un Ospite a Palermo
(
www.unospiteapalermo.it
)
, published bi-monthly and containing listings for museums,
cultural centres, tour guides and transport companies.
City information booth
(Piazza Bellini; 8.30am-1pm & 3-7pm Mon-Sat)
The most dependable of
Palermo's city-run information booths, next to the churches of San Cataldo and La Mar-
torana. Other booths around the city - at the port, the train station, Piazza Castelnuovo
and Piazza Marina - are only intermittently staffed and have unpredictable hours.
Falcone-Borsellino airport information office
(
091 59 16 98; in downstairs hall;
8.30am-7.30pm
Mon-Fri, 8.30am-2.30pm Sat)
Getting There & Away
AIR
Falcone-Borsellino airport
(PMO;
091 702 01 11;
www.gesap.it
)
is at Punta Raisi, 31km west of
Palermo.
Alitalia, easyJet, Ryanair and several other airlines operate between major European
cities and Palermo. Falcone-Borsellino is also the hub airport for regular domestic flights
to the islands of Pantelleria and Lampedusa.
BOAT
The ferry terminal is located just east of the corner of Via Francesco Crispi and Via
Emerico Amari.
Grandi Navi Veloci
( 010 209 45 91, 091 58 74 04;
www.gnv.it
;
Calata Marinai d'Italia)
Runs ferries
from Palermo to Civitavecchia (from €73), Genoa (from €90), Naples (from €44) and
Tunis (from €72).
Grimaldi Lines
( 081 49 64 44, 091 611 36 91;
www.grimaldi-lines.com
; Via del Mare)
Ferries from
Palermo to Salerno (from €65).
Siremar
( 091 749 31 11;
www.siremar.it
;
Via Francesco Crispi 118)
Ferries (€18.35, 2¼ hours)
and summer-only hydrofoils (€23.55, 1½ hours) from Palermo to Ustica.
