Lori Burwash

This is an off-the-radar gem that needs more attention! We had a couple of hours this morning in Palermo before we had to leave and chose this because it was close and looked interesting. (I'm a book lover and word nerd.) It totally exceeded our expectations. We didn't realize it was by guided tour only and so just showed up. They had to call the guy who could give the tour in English. Turns out, he'd worked there since 1998! So we waited around for him to show up, not sure what to expect. It was *amazing*. We got a personal tour that lasted about an hour, visiting the church and other spaces that all house books and manuscripts. Our guide (never got his name) was pulling books from the 1500s off the shelves and thumbing through them to show us. It was amazing. He was lovely and very informative and I would highly recommend this tour to anyone who loves books, words, knowledge.