One of Sicily vacations greatest attractions is their regional cuisine and the best way to whet your appetite is through hands on market day cooking class. This is where guests will taste some of Palermo's signature foods, such as "pane con la milza" (a sandwich made of fried beef spleen served with a slice of fresh Sicilian lemon and some grated local caciocavallo cheese) and purchase seasonal ingredients to create an anti-pasto of five dishes back at the restaurant.

For something more palatial, leave your Sicily holiday rentals to experience a personally guided tour of Palazzo Conte Federico with its regal hosts, the Count and Countess Federico, is something not to be missed. This is one of the oldest and most important buildings in Palermo that is located in the centre of the old city. The tower on the south side of the palace is one of the few remaining parts of the old city wall that dates back to the 12th century.
In complete contrast, spending some time amongst the eerie atmosphere of the corpse-lined Catacombe dei Cappuccini proves that this is definitely not for the faint-hearted! If you are the type to enjoy this sort of interest you may want to look into the Sicily vacation rentals in the area. The catacombs is one of two known "museums" (the other is in Paris, France) based on a naturally occurring process of mummification. Around eight thousand bodies line the walls of the catacombs in one of the most macabre human "libraries" in the world. The best preserved example is of Rosalie Lombardo (also known as "Sleeping Beauty"), a baby girl who died at the age of two in 1920. She was the last individual to be interred into the Catacombs.