Best Shore Excursion Etna, Taormina, Messina With Tasting Of Sicilian Products

Had a wonderful day on our tour with Fillipo and guide Sonia. We went to Mt. Etna and walked around the Silvestri craters. Then to Taormina where we had free time to walk the main street Corso Umberto and look at many shops. We ate a delicious cannoli and Gelato. Just breathe taking view from Piazza 9th of Aprile. Had a lovely lunch there at a local resturant suggested by Fillipo. Then got to see the beautiful view of the Strait of Messina and the amazing Duomo of Messina. 

This was an amazing tour! We drove to Mt. Etna and walked around and into a dormant volcanic crater, then went to Taormina and had a nice lunch and visited (not included in the tour) the Teatro Antico (buy tickets in advance so you don't have to stand in a long line) , and then into Messina for the most delicious cannoli. Lillo was a very good driver, so knowledgeable, pleasant to communicate with, and had lots of history to share with us! I highly recommend!

Beautiful experience. First of all we went up on Etna to see the lava flows and walk up on the craters.

Obviously it's a lot of things to see and we had to run, but Filippo (our awesome driver) gave us the perfect timing to do everything. After Etna we went to Taormina, we visited the town...he drove us along the coastline and we tested finally the famous sicilian granita.

On the way back he found the time to show us the highlights of Messina too.

We're glad to met Filippo, without him we couldn't have such a beautiful experience. Highly recommend !

We had a fabulous time with Sonia as our guide and Francesco as our driver. It’s the way to do Sicily in one day if you’re on a cruise ship. Don’t get caught up with the exorbitantly priced cruise ship excursions where they put you on a bus. This is the way to do it. You can customize your own itinerary Exactly as you want it. We even stopped at the Biondi winery, which I found online and had a lovely experience. Five stars. Sonia and Francesco are top notch.

The trip to savoca was amazing, to follow in the footsteps of the godfather film and sit in his chair. It was like reliving the film, and made all the better by the wonderful guide Sonia, who is American, with Sicilian roots.

We then went to Taormina, wow! Shop til you drop! With stunning views of Etna and a jaw dropping Greek theathre.

Off up to Castemola, how hilarious, bar Turissi, with its phallic cocktails, made all the more hilarious by Sonia's amusing comments!

Then, to finish off the surprising port of Messina. The views from Christo Re of the Straits of Messina and Italy were awesome! Likewise, the informative history from Sonia.

To finish off, the cathedral with the world's largest astronomical clock, not to be missed.

well worth the money, I would highly recommend this tour!

This is one of the best tours we had during our 8 night cruise with odyssey of the sea in Aug 2023. We have a family of 6 (2 adults, 2 kids and 2 seniors), really cannot ask more. Everything is beyond our expectation.

When we get off the ship which is earlier than scheduled meeting time, the guide, driver and car are already there to greet us. The first stop is Etna, it’s magnificent, we were able to take the cable car up to the top which definitely worth it. My younger son is a little fussy and tired but the surprise gift from the guide cheered him up :) then we got time with a beautiful stop along the coast to take pictures and spend some family time in the nice little town.

The whole journey is well planned and pretty flexible if we want to stay longer or change any stops. The guide is knowledgeable and even very good on taking nice family photos for us! The car is clean and comfortable.

Highly recommended this trip!

I visited Etna and Taormina with Lillo, our driver and guide. It was an amazing experience.

Great place to visit and great people around .

Lillo was an amazing tour guide. He is an excellent and safe driver. He went above and beyond to make our tour special. We were able to see Etna and he took us to other special locations that were absolutely gorgeous. The food and the wine that we tried were simply delicious. His knowledge of the history is extremely impressive. I will recommend Lillo and this tour to anyone I know is coming to Taormina.

Philippo was flexible with timings and knowledgeable about the area. The whole day was amazing and it was just the two of us

Erika & our driver we’re wonderful! They were very knowledgeable, informative & exceptionally considerate of all of us. We will recommend this to friends.