Cefalù sightseeing

What to see and do in Cefalù—Strolling the town; climbing the mountain

Corso Ruggiero is the pedestrianized main drag of Cefalù, awash with the passeggiata and lined with shops and modest palazzi.

★ Duomo - The first of Sicily's great Norman cathedrals, a monumental twin-towered facade magnificently set against the foot of the towering rocca cliffs, its apse covered in Greco-Byzantine mosaics from the 12th century... » more

★ A passeggiata stroll to fishing town photo ops - From a courtyard of medieval stone washing basins to the boathouses where fishermen mend nets to the tiny harbor bobbing with boats by a pebble beach... » more

Museo Mandralisca - A small museum whose treasures are a 4th-century BC vase showing a tuna vendor and customer haggling, and ★ Antonella da Messina's smirking Portrait of a Man (1460s)... » more

A hike to the Rocca - If you've got about three hours to spare, take a bracing hike 917 feet to the top of the headland that shelters Cefalù to see the remains of a Byzantine Rocca fortress and of a 5th century BC Temple to Diana... » more

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