Meet Gaetano, your local guide in Sicily

We recently had a tour of Palermo with Gaetano. We have been to Palermo a few times already on previous trips as my parents live in a nearby town. We have explored Palermo and have seen some sites on our own. However, I wanted a bit of a deeper understanding of the city, how the culture developed from the Arabs to modern times, focusing in history and architecture. Gaetano planned something a little uniqie for our 4hr walking tour. It was myself, my mother who is mid 60s, amd my 16yr old daughter who has been to Sicily and Italy she is no longer impressed with anything My cousin who is in his early 30s joined us. He was born and raised in the area and was fascinated because he knew basically nothing of the old history and he lives in Palermo. Gaetano was awesome from the start, giving suggestions for parking them walking to get us where we parked. He started us at the Norman Palace which he but knew EVERYTHING about it. We walked to many sites as he pointed out architecture and told stories about small things along the way. We asked a lot of questions as we already knew quite a bit about the history of the city from reading many books on Sicily over the years, but he always had the answers to our questions. He kept a good pace, stopped when we need a gelato break (it was 95 degrees that day), then a pastry beak, even when I ran into a store for a quick souvenir. He took us to some gorgeous hidden gems. We were all mesmerized and impressed. Even my 16yr old said it was fun and that is high praise!! When we got home I kept saying how I was impressed how Gaetano knew everything about everything! My parents have guests often and usually lands in them to be the tourist guides, but they don't always want to see Quatra Canti for the 19th time. Gaetano will be recommended to all! When in come back next, he will also be seeing me again! Manny from Go Ask A Local was very helpful at coordinating everything. Great service. Great tour and guide. I only wish I had done several tours with Gaetano while there.