The oldest market of Palermo and its street food
Ballarò, in the Albergheria quarter, is the oldest of Palermo's historic markets, with roots in the Arab period. Every morning its lanes fill with stalls of fish, meat, vegetables, spices and fruit piled in colourful pyramids, while the vendors attract customers with the abbanniate, loud, sing-song cries in Palermitan dialect.
It is also the best place to taste the city's famous street food: pane e panelle, chickpea fritters in a sesame roll, crocchè (potato croquettes), arancine, sfincione, a soft, thick pizza with tomato, onion and breadcrumbs, and, for the bold, pani câ meusa, a roll filled with veal spleen and lung. Palermo's other historic markets, the Vucciria and the Capo, are a short walk away.
Tip: go in the morning, when the market is busiest; keep an eye on your belongings in the crowd, and pay cash for street food.
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