Alcantara y Vinos del Etna: Tour Exclusivo desde Taormina

Con tantas excursiones en oferta, realmente queríamos encontrar uno que valiera la pena, así que fuimos a la oficina de información turística en Taormina y conversamos con la gente allí. Nos preguntaron qué buscábamos, qué días teníamos disponibles y nos conformamos con esta gira. Llegamos a la estación de autobuses (justo antes de las 8 am), tomamos nuestros asientos en el autobús y salimos, recogiendo a otros pasajeros en el camino. Nuestro guía fue trilingüe (italiano, inglés y alemán, ¡luego lo escuché hablar en francés también!) Fue MUY INFORMATIVO y estaba feliz de responder preguntas mientras viajábamos. La primera parada fue en las gargantas de Alcantara - ¡GUAU! ! Prepárate para el FRÍO, pero revitaliza el agua, luego recorre el parque nacional. Próxima parada: "RANDAZZO", para ver la Basílica de Santa Maria Assunta, construida con ladrillos de lava. ! Un paseo por los mercados locales (no los mejores mercados), sin embargo, ¡una visita a Deli fue fantástica! Prueba deliciosos embutidos de carne, salsas y quesos! Viviendo en Australia estamos limitados con lo que podemos traer de vuelta, así que compré unas deliciosas galletas de pistacho: -) Después de esta parada, nos fuimos a Etna! ¡GUAUU! ¡Qué experiencia fabulosa! Después de haber estado en Vesuvio, elegí no ir a la cima del Etna (extra opcional), sin embargo, mi amiga sí, y ella no estaba decepcionada. Ella dijo que la guía para esa parte de la gira fue extremadamente informativa y útil para responder preguntas.  Me quedé en el pequeño pueblo, comprando regalos y caminando por la destrucción causada por el volcán, ¡incluso viendo el hotel cubierto en su mayor parte! Debo decir que nuestro guía turístico en el autobús fue increíble al explicar tanto no solo lo que sucedió en el área como resultado de la erupción, sino también su experiencia personal. Recomiendo este SAT para un día - ¡no te decepcionará!

We enjoyed the scenery from the comfortable coach and the on-time aspect of the entire day. Since I am a walker, I loved our first stop and could have enjoyed more time there. Although the 2nd stop has a lovely cathedral, the market was full of junk or produce (nothing a tourist wants) and the cheese & sausage tasting silly since we were headed to the winery where they served exactly that. I would have much preferred a pasta with our wine but the mushrooms with the antipasta were delicious. The wine, not so much. Grounds were fantastic with the caves, the dinning room set beautifully and service quite good. Overall, a good value day tour, thank you.

From start to finish a smooth and well run tour. Thoroughly enjoyed exploring the Alcantara Gorge, Randazzo and the exceptional wine tasting. Aleksandra was a great host and provided a thorough guide to all of the places we visisted. Would highly recommend if you wish to get out and see the real Sicily behind Taotmina and Naxos. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Great trip all round ...from the gorge , Radazzo food tasting but especially the wine tasting ...very informative host,she explained all the processing and family history around the making etc.... Lovely day......(Renatta was an excellent guide).

Our tour went ahead despite the forecast of heavy rain. So it was armed with umbrellas and rain jackets that we ventured out. It rained constantly which meant we couldn’t get down into the gorge at Alacantara but took some photos from the top. At Randazzo, the markets were OK but nothing special. We were a large group of 47 and by the time I got to the food tasting, little was left. As the day went on the rain got heavier. At 1900 metres on Mt Etna, we exited the coach just long enough to take some photos from under our umbrellas and then opted for the tour guides recommendation to have lunch in the restaurant further down the mountain. Those who wanted to walk around at 1900 metres or go to the top we’re very disappointed, including us. We checked with the SAT office in Taormina that the tour was proceeding the day before and we spoke about the forecast for poor weather. They decided to still go ahead rather than cancel the tour, which had been cancelled in the previous days. We would like to mention that our tour guide, Alfredo, and our bus driver were fantastic.

My trip occurred on a day of torrential rain storms. I felt that the tour company would cancel but that did not happen. We mostly accomplished to get soaking wet and have lunch on mt ETNA since the upper areas of the volcano were also closed that day. So basically we drove around all day wet in a bus. The tour guide and bus driver were very nice and did a wonderful job considering the day. The company should have reimbursed everyone on this trip or at least given us a credit for another trip.

<p>Probably could have done with longer in Randazzo but we saw the sunday market. Etna was really good and the food in the refuge restaurant was fabulous and really cheap. Alcantra Gorges was unbelievable and breathtaking and is well worth a full day visit. Great trip all round.</p>

<p>We had a really fun day on this tour. It gives you a great chance to see what this part of Sicily has to offer, cramming quite a lot in to a relatively short space of time, without making it feel rushed. The star of the show is definitely the Etna trip - it's a fascinating place even though it was extremely cloudy at the top so there weren't many views to see!. I would urge people going on this trip to bring warm clothing, even if it feels like a hot day down below, as it's very cold at the high altitude and there were patches of snow on the ground even though we went in June and the temperature in Taormina down below was 30C..</p> <p>The Alcantara gorges provided a nice walk around, though we didn't think they were particularly spectacular. Personally I think the tour could ditch the Randazzo part completely as it's not an especially nice village and there's not much to do there although the stop-off does provide an opportunity to grab lunch.</p> <p>I feel it important to mention that a few things mentioned on the itinerary on the Viator tour didn't actually happen. For example:<br/> - the guide did not come around the gorges with us we were left to walk around on our own<br/> - there was no cable car on the trip and this was not even mentioned at any stage.<br/> - the guide did not come with us to the craters: we were basically dumped out of the 4x4 and left to wander around on our own.<br/> - disappointingly, we did not actually go to the summit. We went high up Etna, but not to the summit. The guide actually said to someone on the way back that it is not allowed for tourists to visit the summit any more - so why advertise otherwise?</p> <p>None of these issues were massively problematic and we still had a good day, but it seems odd to mention things like this on the itinerary if they're not going to be provided, or even mentioned. I would urge Viator to revise the details provided on this site, so that they match what is actually provided.</p>

<p>The trip was good but he only covered Mount Atna. This trip covers Randazzo and Alcantara Gorges. They never even mentioned those two places once in the trip. I paid for all three and got only one out of this.</p>

<p>Enjoy the whole day. The highlight of the day was Mount Etna. We were so lucky to have had a beautiful and clear day. Would highly recommended this day tour to everyone. The tour company was excellent as they had organised the day before to pick us up from our hotel and take us closer to the pick up point for the tour.</p>