Etna at Sunset Half-Day Tour from Taormina

Our guide Enzo was great. Very knowledgeable and a really good storyteller. It was loads of fun and Etna was beautiful.

Great afternoon/evening exploring Etna at a quiet and beautiful time of the day. Opportunity to walk on some craters and learn more about the vulcano. Awesome to see lava flows

Francesco the guide was really lovely and it was good to see the mountain but that’s where the fun ended. The tour went ahead despite freezing cold rain at the summit and the threat of a storm - no one in the group was warned about what to bring to prepare appropriately except for a question about whether we had a jacket after we were already in the car. (Too late!) The result was everybody in the tour was freezing and soaked wet 20 minutes into the tour. Given the mountain is slippery and quite dangerous if you get cold and stiff this seems a basic amount of information to give ahead of time. The “wine, honey and olive oil tasting at a local producer” was literally being herded into a shop to stand around awkwardly and ask to be given tiny skewers of bread with a tiny bit of olive oil from a plastic container. The wine was not served to temperature and was dishes out in little plastic cups. In each cup there was less than a thimble full of wine - not a proper tasting at all. The wine also tasted of poor quality - although it was hard to tell given how little wine there was, the method it was served and that it was not served to temperature. Italy is such a generous country and food is so important, given bread and olive oil are free flowing every time you sit down for a meal I would have thought we would be sat down and at least have a few slices of bread and a proper tasting. The actual experience was not that at all.

The guide, Enzo, was informative and amusing. The tour ran to time - the experience was very memorable.

The guide Mateo was informative and friendly. He was patient and relaxed with our small group of seven.

The best part was seeing lava and being inside a crater. There were few groups, which made the experience more intimate.

Tour guide excellent and informative stunning views and amazing stop offs - lots of photo opportunities and guide took lots of photos of us which was nice because as a couple you often never get any of the two of you

Really good tour and very professional. Prompt pick up from the hotel, comfortable drive to and from Etna, with a nice stop on the way to sample some local food. The tour guide had a lot of knowledge and was very friendly. All in all it was a great experience and would highly recommend.

This was just the best way to end our holiday, a fantastic guide who provided a great balance of information and fun, plus of course Etna itself was incredible and walking round the craters is an experience not to be missed.

Our guide Angelo was lovely and very patient. It was a great tour, we really enjoyed the caves and the walk around the craters!