Mercato del Capo e Sant'Agostino

The Capo is one of Palermo's great historic markets, together with Ballarò and the Vucciria. It grew up in the quarter founded in the Arab period outside the ancient walls and still looks like a souk: alleys packed with stalls, colourful awnings, vendors' voices. It stretches between Porta Carini, via Beati Paoli, via Sant'Agostino and via Cappuccinelle and is famous above all for meat, but also for street food, starting with sfincione. On via Sant'Agostino stands the church of the same name, built for the Chiaramonte and Sclafani families: a 14th-century façade with a Gothic portal and a large rose window, an interior decorated with stucco by Giacomo Serpotta and a 16th-century cloister.