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Mt. Etna, Wine & Taormina from Catania

By Etna Experience
10 out of 10
Exceptional
Features
Overview
  • Trekking at 2000 mt on the North-East side of Etna
  • Visit of a volcanic cave
  • Packed lunch with typical street food products or sandwiches
  • Water and Red Wine
  • Free visit of the city centre if Taormina

Activity location

    • 98039, Taormina, Sicily, Italy

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Etna Experience Office
    • 32 Piazza Federico di Svevia
    • 95121, Catania, Sicilia, Italy

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What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedTransport service with minibus or jeep
  • What's includedWhat's includedNaturalistic guide
  • What's includedWhat's includedInsurance
  • What's includedWhat's includedEquipment (helmets and torches) and eventually snowshoes
  • What's includedWhat's includedPacked lunch
  • What's includedWhat's includedVisit to Taormina
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedAnything not specified in the list of inclusions
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedHotel Pickup and Drop off

Know before you book

  • Meeting point will be close to your accommodation in Catania or in a point halfway (we need to be in contact with the guest to decide together a meeting point)
  • Minimum numbers apply. There is a possibility of cancellation after confirmation if there is not enough passengers to meet requirements. In the event of this occurring, you will be offered an alternative or full refund
  • Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
  • Vegetarian, vegan, celiac option is available, please advise after booking if required
  • Not recommended for participants with heart complaints or other serious medical conditions
  • Not wheelchair accessible

What you can expect

A professional naturalistic guide will pick you up in Catania (where all the excursions start from) at your hotel or at an agreed meeting point, at around 9 a.m.

He will introduce you to the fascinating world of volcanic phenomena, walking through ancient woods, extinct craters and past lava flows (usually the Sartorius craters or the 2002 craters on the northeast side of Etna).

You will explore a volcanic cave (for example Grotta dei Ladroni or Grotta Cassone), we will provide you the necessary equipment (helmets and torches). In case of heavy snow and/or ice the visit may be cancelled for safety reason.

Our guide will lead you where nature remains uncontaminated to admire different kind of plants and animals.

If the weather conditions are good, you’ll have a snack composed of traditional Sicilian bakery products combined with a glass of Sicilian wine, surrounded by a wonderful landscape. Otherwise, you’ll have lunch in a nice farmhouse restaurant up along a mountain road for a genuine and savoury Sicilian lunch in a convivial atmosphere.

Then, in the afternoon, you’ll have a self-guided visit to the historical centre of Taormina, where you will admire the Ionian coast from one side and Mount Etna on the other, immersed in a picturesque and unforgettable atmosphere!

You will have the chance to visit the elegant avenue that separates the medieval city gates, Porta Catania and Porta Messina, explore the beautiful view down the alleys and to admire the extraordinary Greek theatre.

The guide will wait for you at the entrance of the city. You’ll be provided of maps containing all the stops of the trip.

You'll be back at around 6.00/6.30 p.m.

The journey can endure little variations on the itinerary or be cancelled based on the weather conditions, in this case the opinion of the guide is final.

During the excursions you will reach a maximum altitude of 2000 metres (area of expertise of our guides).

LANGUAGES

The excursion will take place in Italian, English.

Location

Activity location

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    • 98039, Taormina, Sicily, Italy

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEEtna Experience Office
    • 32 Piazza Federico di Svevia
    • 95121, Catania, Sicilia, Italy