Monreale Tour and Chiesa Monastero Santa Caterina

Monreale Tour and Chiesa Monastero Santa Caterina

the tour was organized to admire the beauties of the Cathedral of Monreale and the Cloister of the Benedictines, a UNESCO heritage site, and there will also be time to also visit the Church of Santa Caterina d'Alessandria, a jewel of the Palermitan Baroque with an adjoining monastery, also inside the ancient secret pastry shop of the nuns The Secrets of the Cloister
 or the ancient recipes of the cloistered nuns confectionery wisdom taken up and proposed at the Monastery of Santa Caterina in Palermo

Itinerary
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Stop At: Duomo di Monreale, Piazza Guglielmo II 1, 90046, Monreale, Sicily Italy

visit the wonderful Monreale cathedral with its marvelous UNESCO heritage mosaics

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Chiostro dei Benedettini, Piazza Guglielmo Il Buono, 90046, Monreale, Sicily Italy

Alongside the Cathedral of Monreale stands the wonderful Cloister. Built in the 12th century, a wonderful example of Byzantine architecture

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Church and Monastery of Santa Caterina d'Alessandria, Piazza Bellini 2, 90133, Palermo, Sicily Italy

Visit to the Church and Monastery of Santa Caterina d'Alessandria, a jewel of the Palermitan Baroque, with the annexed ancient nuns' secret pastry shop right inside the former monastery
The spezieria or dolceria di Santa Caterina was the place of the monastery in charge of making biscuits, filled pasticciotti, pancakes, preserves and so on. The sale of sweets represented an important source of income for the survival of the monastery.


Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes