Port Overview

Palermo is a port city located on the northwestern coast of Sicily Island (Italy). This is Sicily’s biggest city (population around 0,68 million, metro over 1,3 million) and the island’s principal/main seaport, together with Messina.

Port Palermo (officially Porto di Palermo) is one of the major Mediterranean cruise ports serving the passenger shipping traffic mainly between Italy and France (Western Mediterranean itineraries) and Greece (Eastern Mediterranean itineraries). The port is located near the ancient port Cala. Statistics show that the port handles annually around 7 million tons of cargo and ~2,3 million passengers (ferry and cruise).

Port Palermo cruise terminal serves both ferry and cruise ship passengers. The facility is located at around 5-min walking distance from the downtown.

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