Experts' Choice Award Chiesa di San Giovanni degli Eremiti
What the experts agree on
Palermo's most romantic landmark blends Arab and Norman architecture under five distinctive red domes. Behind medieval walls, the peaceful cloister garden filled with citrus trees and jasmine offers a tranquil escape from the bustling city.
“Take time to enjoy the quiet respite of the cloister, where a garden of fragrant citrus trees surrounds an Arab cistern.”
– Afar Magazine
Fodor's "Distinguished by its five reddish-orange domes and stripped-clean interior, this 12th-century church was built by the Normans on the site of an earlier mosque." Full review
Michelin Guide 2 Stars
"Commissioned by Roger II (12C), San Giovanni degli Eremiti and its luxuriant garden is an oasis of freshness and tranquillity." Full review
Afar Magazine "It’s a narrow little church with a garden filled with jasmine and succulents— a very peaceful place." Full review
Frommer's "Palermo’s most romantic landmark is a simple affair, part Arab, part Norman, with five red domes atop a portico, a single nave, two small apses, and a squat tower." Full review
Atlas Obscura "Behind medieval walls in a corner of bustling Palermo is a breathtaking former mosque once inhabited by a wolf-taming hermit. " Full review
