Palma di Montechiaro

The old town centre of Palma, full of atmosphere, reflects the Sicilian culture of the 17th century and transmits a deep feeling of religiousness.

Palma is recorded as the Town of The Gattopardo (The Leopard), the novel written by Tomasi di Lampedusa, set in the Bourbon Sicily.

We will visit the places mentioned in the novel, through an evocative reading of some passages, the Benedictine Monastery lived in by enclosed nuns, where it is possible to buy almond sweets hand-made by them, the Palazzo degli Avi (Ancestors’ Palace), the ancient seventeenth-century oil mill, the Castle.