Taste the city’s sweet soul
Sicily has a rich and varied confectionary tradition, the result – as in gastronomy – of the many dominations that have succeeded one another over the past centuries. Palermo is the place where you can taste so many delicacies. Some truly exquisite and creative sweets are made in the city’s convents: from the cannoli, born out of a carnival prank, to the ravazzate, filled with ricotta cream, and nucatoli, made with walnuts.
But you cannot leave these places without tasting the frutta martorana, traditional marzipan sweets usually given to children during the celebration of the departed, and the cassata, made with sponge cake, ricotta cream and covered with sugar icing. Below we recommend the best pastry shops in Palermo!