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Discover Messina Sicily - Exploring Mt Etna

Discover Messina Sicily

4.7(3 reviews)
0.2 km

Our cruising shipmates booked this small group tour and we are glad they did. Sabrina was an…read moreexcellent tour guide and Jacko was an excellent driver. We saw the highlights in both Taormina and Castelmola. I enjoyed seeing Mt. Etna and the village of Castelmola. I fell in love with the people and chocolates at Nino's & Friends in Taormina, and appreciated learning so much about the historic sites we saw here. Since we did not book the tour, we did not know that we would miss the noon show at the Messina clock at Piazza Duomo. We left the port at 7:30 and returned at 2:30. If this is something you want to see, double check to see if your tour is in Messina at noon for the astronomical clock show with Ava Maria playing. It was our fault for not checking. In Castelmola, we did not need a lot of time on our own, so we sat and waited for the rest of our group to finish shopping and exploring. Taormina has many beautiful sights - church, clock tower, fountains, Greek Theatre and more. BUT it is a commercial area with many shops and restaurants. When you book your tour, check to see if this is what you want for 3 hours of your excursion. I DID want to see the Greek Theatre, but the 3 others in my group were exhausted from walking & they were hungry. I did not know we paid for it, so I went with them to find food and a place to rest before the ride back to the ship. Again, my fault for not checking. Looking back over the last 7 hours, I was VERY impressed with our guide - her knowledge and enthusiasm. Our driver was also amazing at navigating streets and making our ride as smooth and as comfortable as possible. The air conditioning was appreciated on this warm day & I was glad to have a charging cable for the charging port next to my seat for my phone!! All in all, this was a very good tour.

We absolutely loved our excursion through Discover Messina! They truly blew us out of the water…read more Our tour guide was super intelligent, knowledgeable, and even had Sicilian snacks for us! She was full of recommendations of things to try and places to go. LOVED her. Our boat ride was so fun and the driver even showed us a secret cave we could swim to. We will definitely be back in Sicily- they gave us such a good experience!

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Discover Messina Sicily - Exploring Mt Etna

Exploring Mt Etna

Discover Messina Sicily - Savoca - medieval town filmed in the Godfather movie

Savoca - medieval town filmed in the Godfather movie

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Winery visit on Mt Etna

Etna People - on top of mt etna in one of the larger craters

Etna People

5.0(3 reviews)
44.4 km

It was great Claudia at Etna People was able to accommodate my last minute request to take a trip…read moreto Mt Etna, they sent two SMS messages with details about my guide Emanuele and that he would pick me up from the entrance of Isola Bella at 9:05am. It was great they were just 1 minute late as they were stuck behind a truck unloading for one of the nearby cafes. Once aboard Emanuele introduced me to everyone and made sure we were all ready for an amazing day out exploring Mt Etna. This wasn't the cheapest tour option but it was all inclusive so you can't really go wrong as all the additional costs add up quickly on other tours. Our guide was really great on the way to Mt Etna as he made everyone feel part of the group and had some fun true/false questions about Volcanoes and the history of Mt Etna. He was also talking about the age of the different lava flows and how you can tell the age of a lava flow by the colour of the rock and if there is vegetation growing there. The shots below were from a lava flow about 200+ years ago apparently after 200 years it's very hard to easily notice the difference in age. After a fun drive upto the chair lifts at the base of Mt Etna we arrived and Emanuele got out the provided hiking equipment. I would listen to the guides advice and take the hiking shoes they offer as your own shoes will get rather dusty and certainly take a jacket and gloves for sure if you are here in early spring (April-May) as it does get very cold on top of Mt Etna. It's best not to wear shorts if you are travelling in Spring as two people did on our tour. It was really great being part of an organise tour as Emanuele was able to organise all the tickets for the chair lift ride and we were able to skip the massive line as we already had our tickets and were in an organised group. It was the first benefit of getting an all inclusive tour that we didn't waste anytime waiting in line. Once we arrived at the top of the chair lifts 2000m up Mt Etna we walked down a bit to some massive 4WD buses to take us up to the 2900m point to the base of the main crater. Passing a lot of people in the chair lift and in the 4x4 bus I was glad I opted for the transport option as a number of people we passed were really struggling to climb in mountain ash and loose rocks as you can see from the chairlift view below. We had a good amount of time at the top of Mt Etna and our guide stopped every 40-50 minutes as we walked around the crater to explain a bit more about what we were seeing and about the geography of the craters and geology of the area. This gave us plenty of time to take some amazing photos and the only thing that was missing was a great photo of the tour group while on the mountain. I'd make sure you pick a day that doesn't have too much cloud cover as you won't be able to enjoy as much of the mountain. After the exploration of the crater finished we headed back down via 4x4 buses to the chairlift and stopped at a lava tube, again all the equipment was provided including hard hats and led lamps to explore the tube. One of the ladies was claustrophobic so she stayed outside while we explored inside the lava tube. The tube was small but that was because the other 1.5 kilometers was closed off to tourists, but our guide was able to tell us the history of how the tube was created and how the locals used the tubes to create ice in winter. For lunch we stopped at Cantine Don Saro, a lovely little winery where had a lovely lunch package included in our trip. We were seated and soon greeted by The Don who talked about his wine, food and enjoying life. The table had several wines during lunch a white, a red and a rose but I didn't have any but most people seemed to enjoy them all. Entree was a plate of local salami, soft cheese, potato bake, garlic bread and Parmesan cheese. The food was good and certainly appreciated by everyone at the table, some of the ladies on our table received some free gifts of jewelry as a thank you for visiting the winery. They also have a number of great wines for sale in their store so I would suggest you pick up a bottle or two if you can. Our last stop was Alcantara Gorge which was an amazing lava flow that has been reclaimed by the river for form an awesome natural attraction, it's a paid attraction but yet again it was paid of the all-inclusive tour. The water was quite cold but it was so refreshing to walk through and some people on our tours were even brave enough to let their friends push them into the stream, but this was not me this day. Our guide talked a bit more about the rock formations that we were seeing and how they were created and how they were similar to the Giant's Causeway in Ireland. Probably one of the more expensive tours I've been on but certainly one of the best I have been on, can't recommend it enough, you must do a tour with Etna People for sure! They also have several other tours such as an all-day hiking trip, maybe next time

Best volcano tour ever! I've taken tours to see volcanos in Hawaii before but Mt Etna still blew me…read moreaway. The views were magnificent and was glad to spend the day with an amazing guide and great people. Ezio was our guide for the Etna Day Trip in November and was super knowledgable. We took all the backtrails and avoided the tourist crowd (so glad!,) and had the most amazing views of Etna and the Gorge Alcantara. Itinerary: Hiking to Etna craters, Lava cave exploration, Lunch & wine tasting at an Etna winery, Gorge Alcantara. They provided helmets, flashlights for the lava cave part of the tour, and hiking shoes for people who don't have proper footwear. All you need is atheletic-ish clothing and a warm jacket. Highlight of my Italy trip. Highly recommended.

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Etna People - Alcantara Gorge

Alcantara Gorge

Etna People - On top of mt etna in one of the larger craters

On top of mt etna in one of the larger craters

Etna People - On top of mt etna in one of the larger craters

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On top of mt etna in one of the larger craters

City Sightseeing Messina - tours - Updated October 2026

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