Came to here after driving past and was 6 euros each..you can't take any backpacks around. There are a lot of amazing paintings and a lot of urns/pots over at least 3 levels. This was worth an hour visit but was dissapointing to not be able to walk around the inner courtyard or thought there may have been the ch Ave to see the upper outdoor levels of Castle.. there was one turret with a few chairs outside The castle is in great condition inside and out

Decent enough museum but the €6 entrance is honestly too steep. That said I enjoyed the meander around and the collection of artifacts on the ground floor. The second (first floor in the U.K.) is mostly paintings. It’s no Louvre but some are striking, such as Love and Death and the Sicilian Vespers. All captions are translated into English. Nice views of the city from the roof terrace. Have to agree that unfortunately bathrooms were gross 😷

View from the top of the tower gives a good view of Etna. It's not cheap to enter but there is a great collection of ancient pots, stonework and items over the years. I would have liked to have seen a recreation of how the rooms looked but this is laid out in a museum structure.

First off I will admit I made a mistake. Entering the ztl from Palermo I was fed up with the garbage,filth,grime and graffiti getting into this area and gaffed off this castle. Upon reflection we steeled ourselves to go look at it. It is amazing and well worth the time. As the sun goes down and the undesirable things are less visible this is then an interesting location for dinner. However,I would not linger long. What a shame Catania cannot sort out the undesirable tourist issues if they really want non Sicilian heritage visitors. It appears the Sicilians are robustly anti any comments about their garbage,graffiti and filth and they think all that is copacetic.