Valley of the Temples and Villa Romana del Casale Day Trip from Taormina

Абсолютно достойный драйв, одно из самых удивительных мест, которое можно увидеть во всей Сицилии. Возьмите напрокат автомобиль и возьмите два часа езды от Палмеро, вы не пожалеете об этом. Некоторые из самых удивительных руин можно увидеть здесь из ранних греческих поселенцев. Состояние этих чудес в старом мире удивительно.

Мы путешествовали с нашим замечательным гидом, Росарио, который руководил нами по Сицилии с Ривьера-Тревел. Он был настолько осведомлен, что сделал сайт намного интереснее, и вся долина с развалинами различных храмов была выдающейся.

This was a comfortable coach trip which is good because it’s a lot of travelling. Our tour guide was not very personable or engaging unfortunately. The valley of the temples is a huge site. In this tour it’s about a 90 minute visit and in the heat that’s probably enough. I would have preferred that our tickets were purchased as part of the tour price , otherwise we had to pay cash to the tour guide for them so make sure you have cash! We saw three of the temples in detail and were given other bits of history too. Definitely worth the trip. There was a lunch stop which was fine, the service was prompt and the food was good. Then there’s a second trip to the Roman villa which for us was the highlight of the tour. The mosaics were incredible. Another long coach ride back to Taormina. But you get to see a lot of the Sicily terrain which is good. We got back at 7pm. I’d recommend this trip for sure but do take water and a hat and be prepared for quite a bit of walking.

Cancelled 4pm the night before the trip because they didn’t have enough people. This would have been known to them well in advance of the point they cancelled. Give people more warning so they can make other plans! This was supposed to be the highlight of our trip and given more notice we could have booked elsewhere.

This was a very long day, but we knew that before we went, as the information provided was very clear. The tour company also collected us near our hotel which was very helpful. However, what was not helpful was that the tour guides for this particular tour did not seem as fluent in English as they evidently were in other languages. The trip was marred by this as a consequence. We had very limited information during the tour round the temples and really very little time to see the ruins properly and do it justice. There were other aspects of the site that we just didn’t get to see or find out about. Given the length of the trip and the cost, it would have been better if we had was visited only one place giving us a decent amount of time to see the whole site. The piazza armerina mosaics were lovely but we would have preferred to just spend time at the valley of the temples.

The trip was very well organised and the lady did a great job of making sure everyone knew what time the bus was leaving, and all the historical facts. The Valley of the Temple and Roman Villa are exquisite examples of history from ancient times, and we are lucky to still have the opportunity to view them in the flesh. The bus ride is long though so make sure you take a book or something to keep you entertained along the way. That being said, it was nice to also see some of the Sicilian countryside too.

The Valley of the Temples and Villa Romana del Casale are defintely worth seeing. The guide explained most of the mosaics prior to getting to the villa. As for the valley of the temples, she did briefly explain each temple/monument. This is a LONG day. What I didn't like... the food at the lunch stop was terrible. By far the worst meal we had in sicily. Also the guide failed to point allow for bathroom stops and the bus didn't have a functional bathroom. After the last stop, we traveled over 3 hours to get back to Taormina (without a bathroom break). We did get stuck in traffic but the guide said that the "traffic is always bad." If it is warm out, bring an extra set of clothes to change in. There is not much shade at the valley of temples

The tour guide was very good, high energy, knowledgeable. The only disatisfaction was lunch, the restaurant amd food were undesireable.

A full day but definitely worth it. Both the temples and the villa were stunning and the tour was well organised.

This is a good tour but the guide was rude af. Bring cash to the tour or you’re going to be scrutinized. There’s also no guided tour for the mosiacs so it kind of sucked. I would recommend choosing a different tour to these sites.