The Sicilian capital is preparing to welcome, from Friday 24th to Sunday 26th May, the joyful invasion and the roar of the engines of dozens of motorcycles and historic cars for the twinning between the Vincenzo Florio club of Palermo is that of Salerno. The first meeting is scheduled, from 9.30 to 11.30, in the Carriage Hall of the Giuseppe Pitrè municipal museum, in the presence of the city authorities, the vice mayor of Palermo and councilor for culture, Giampiero Cannellathe councilor for Tourism and Sport, Alessandro Anellothe president of the Historic Cars Club of Salerno, Dino Nardiello and the president of the club Vincenzo Florio, Franca Laura Mancuso, to present the program of the three-day tourist circuit that 15 crews will carry out on an Arab-Norman city route. The initiative was managed by the event manager Laura Arcilesiof the travel and conference agency Soleventi Tour.
The three-day program
The twinning of the historic car clubs of Salerno and Palermo includes a rich program of visits and excursions. Convivial events are planned at the Officers’ Club in the Parco della Favorita and at the Unified Club in Piazza Sant’Oliva, as well as guided tours of the museums and city villas. Moving in the afternoon to Mondello, then to Monte Pellegrino with a visit to the Sanctuary of the city patron saint Santa Rosalia, in the jubilee year of the fourth centenary of the discovery of Rosalia’s mortal remains on Monte Pellegrino, and then moving to Monreale and Bagheria.
Among the most interesting models that will parade through the streets of the city, a 1968 Fiat 850 minibus, a unique example built by the Osi body shop, commissioned by Fiat and used to take guests on visits to the car manufacturer’s factories.
Ring: “Territorial promotion initiatives”
“Palermo is ready to welcome the crews of historic cars and motorbikes of the Vincenzo Florio club of Salerno – says the councilor for tourism and sport Alessandro Anello – who together with the sister club of Palermo will make a catwalk on the roads of the Arab-Norman circuit of the city. The municipal administration supports tourist-cultural initiatives of this value characterized by a spirit of aggregation in the name of motoring passion, a driving force for the promotion of our territory”.
“Palermo a destination for niche tourism”
“I am pleased to have had the opportunity – underlines the event manager Laura Arcilesi – to organize an event for the Salerno historic cars club in our magnificent city, so rich in history and uniqueness and to have been able to coordinate the prestigious events in reserved for them over the three days. The city – he concludes – is increasingly chosen as a destination for niche tourism, elegant and full of sets and scenarios that attract visitors. We hope to create many of them in the future too.”
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