Ballarò is a famous historical market in Palermo, Sicily. The permanent market extends from Piazza Casa Professa to the ramparts of Corso Tukory towards Porta Sant’Agata. The market is famous for selling fruits coming in daily from the countryside around. Ballarò is the oldest market in Palermo, attended daily by hundreds of people, enlivened by the so-called abbanniate, by the cheerful calls of the sellers who, with their characteristic and colourful local accent, try to attract the interest of the passers-by.
Ballarò is also a great destination for Sicilian street food such as boiled or baked onions, panelle (pancakes made of chickpea flour), crocchè o cazzilli (potato croquettes), boiled vegetables, octopus, quarume (veal innards), and pani câ meusa (bread with spleen).
Opening hours
Monday – Saturday: 8am – 8pm
Sunday: 8am-3pm
Image by Di Alessandro Cataldo – Opera propria, CC BY-SA 3.0,
