"Weep Palermo, weep Sicily": the ballad of the bitter case of the Baroness of Carini, killed in the castle in 1563, is among the most famous pages of Sicilian folk poetry, and the La Grua-Talamanca castle — where the drama unfolded — can still be visited, bloodstain legend included. Below, the medieval village descends toward the citrus plain.
The Carburangeli caves reserve opens a karst world steps from the sea; the Villagrazia coast lines up the beaches and lidos of Palermo's summer scene. The airport is five minutes away: Carini is the first Sicily you meet, and deserves more than a pass-through.
Near Carini
The closest destinations covered by our editors, with straight-line distance.
