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Hotel Orientale€
( 091 616 57 27;
www.albergoorientale.191.it
; Via Maqueda 26; s €30, d €40-50, tr €50-60; )
This
palazzo'
s grand marble stairway and arcaded courtyard, complete with rusty bicycles,
stray cats and strung-up washing, is an evocative introduction to one of Palermo's most at-
mospherically faded budget hotels. Breakfast is served under the lovely frescoed ceiling in
the library. Room 8 overlooks the tail end of the Ballaró market, close enough to hear
vendors singing in the morning.
HOTEL
B&B Novecento€
( 091 976 11 94;
www.bed-breakfast-palermo.com
; Via Roma 62; s €45-65, d €50-100; )
Convenient
to the train station, this welcoming B&B on the 5th floor of a Via Roma
palazzo
wins
guests over with the warm hospitality of owners Elisa and Dario and a breakfast emphas-
izing homemade bread and organic ingredients. Each room has its own private exterior
bathroom just across the hall.
B&B
A Casa di Amici€
HOSTEL
(
091 58 48 84;
www.acasadiamici.com
; Via Volturno 6; dm €19-23, d €65, without bathroom d €40;
)
In a renovated 19th-century
palazzo
, this artsy, hostel-type place behind Teatro Massimo
has four colourful rooms sleeping two to four, with shared bathrooms and a guest kitchen.
Two annexes, including one on Via Dante (opened in 2013), offer additional rooms, in-
cluding one family-friendly unit with private bathroom and terrace. Multilingual owner
Claudia provides helpful maps, information displays and advice.
Ai Cartari€
( 091 611 63 72;
www.aicartari.com
; Via Alessandro Paternostro 62; d €80-120; )
Live like a Paler-
mitan in one of these two nicely decorated suites (each of which sleeps up to five people).
Your front door opens on to the cute Piazza San Francesco d'Assisi, and Palermo's most
famous
focacceria
, Antica Focacceria di San Francesco, is just on your doorstep. Minim-
um two-night stay.
B&B
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