A town on the hills above Palermo, built around one of the supreme achievements of Norman Sicily.
Its cathedral is sheathed in some 6,400 square meters of gold mosaic, dominated by a vast Christ Pantocrator, with a serene Benedictine cloister alongside.
When to visit Monreale
Average highs and lows across the year.
What to see first
Monreale Cathedral
William II's golden mosaic cathedral above Palermo, its cloister ringed by two hundred carved twin columns.
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