Italy Guide
Sicily
Vucciria market
Opening time: daily 8am to around 8pm
The Vucciria market was once the most famous market in Palermo, but now a shadow of its former self, though it still has several basic bars and fish trattorias.
The northern limit of the market is marked by the distinctive church of San Domenico (Tues– Sun 9am–11.30pm, Sat & Sun also 5–7pm; free), with a fine eighteenth-century facade and tombs inside containing a host of famous Sicilians. The oratory behind the church (Oratorio del Rosario; Mon– Fri 9am–1pm & 2–5.30pm, Sat 9am–1pm; free but tipping is usual) contains fine stuccowork by Serpotta and a masterful van Dyck altarpiece, painted in 1628 before the artist fled Palermo for Genoa to escape the plague.