Great day trip to Etna and Taormina, from Catania - Awesome trip, our guide Nando was very knowledgeable, extremely pleasant and friendly. We were lucky with the weather, went all the way up Mt.Etna (make sure you dress properly as it’s biting cold up at top), and walked thru the street of Taormina. Excellent time management and had a great time. Highly recommend it!

Amazing experience!!! - It was a very beautiful day, discovering Etna and taormina is an amazing city!!! Thank you to our guide for his explanations and answers to all our questions!! Super French! A little more about his incredible and contagious joie de vivre!

Amazing day - This was a wonderful experience. Mt Etna plus Taormina. Our guide Salvo was knowledgeable and made the trip educational and fun as well. We highly recommend this excursion. The trip up Mt Etna was memorable. We chose the cable car and bus combination. Wine tasting and Taormina were a perfect way to end the day.

A day of exploring and relaxing - Amazing experience - we learnt a lot about Sicily and also had so much fun with our guide, Tommaso. Perfect blend of Etna, wine tasting, cave and Taormina. Thank you for an awesome day!

Wonderful day on Etna and Taormina with Simone - We joined the Etna + Taormina full-day tour with Etna Tribe and had an absolutely fantastic experience. Our guide, Simone, was exceptional — one of the best guides we’ve ever met. From the moment he picked us up, he was full of energy, enthusiasm, and passion for his island. He drove our small group of nine safely and smoothly, while explaining what we were about to see with great detail and humour. Throughout the day, he shared fascinating facts and local stories about Mount Etna, Sicilian history, and daily life — making everything come alive for both adults and children. At Mount Etna, he guided us through old craters and lava fields, making sure everyone in the group felt comfortable and safe. Later in Taormina, he told us interesting legends, gave us great recommendations and plenty of time to explore on our own. What really stood out was how caring and attentive Simone was — always checking that everyone was enjoying themselves and adapting to the group’s needs. My 11-year-old daughter and I were both very impressed and learned so much while having fun. I would highly recommend Etna Tribe, and especially Simone, to anyone visiting Catania and wanting to explore Mount Etna and Taormina in an engaging and unforgettable way. Thank you for an amazing day!

Amazing experience - Wonderful tour! Salvo Mario was very informative! You could feel his passion for the information he was sharing throughout the day, which made the trip very interesting. Would highly recommend this tour.

Had an amazing day with Salvo Mario as our guide He was so informative and passionate about the area. Highly recommend - Small group knowledgeable guide excursion options s for all levels/interests. Full day of activities and local fare made this a memorable day

Truly amazing day from start to finish - It’s a long day but 100% worth the time and money. Massive shout out to Alessandro our guide - more that a guide he was a friend by the end of the trip. So the day starts with a mini bus upto ‘base camp’ of Etna where there’s a lot of hustle and bustle for tickets etc and queueing but Alessandro moved us to the pre paid queue and we waited maybe 20-25 mins shuffling along the queue towards the cable cars. Please bare in mind if it wasn’t for this we’d of being queuing maybe 45-50 mins just to get tickets for the cable cars then wait in line for the cable cars so it saves used loads of time doing it this way. Please bear in mind that there are a few ways up Etna and your guide asks you all individually how you’d like to do it - luckily our group all wanted to do the cable cars so I made life easier so can’t comment on other ways to get up ! Cable car was about 10 mins journey where you get in an another queue ( obviously the most popular route to take ) and waited for the big 4x4 trucks to take you upto another summit. From there it’s about a 10 mins hike up a medium ability loose lava track to the highest point you can go. 100% well worth the trek for the views and to look into two old volcanic craters. Then it’s down off Etna and onto the wine and nibbles ( not really lunch ) but it’s never stated as so but you can order from their menu if you wish , we had a focaccia which was nice then onto sample some liquors and honey etc with an option to buy. Then it was onto Taormina around 16.30 which we thought was quite late but…. It was so nice to see the sun setting over the harbour and walk around the narrow streets as the sun set , Taormina is a small place but definitely worth it - we got there just as the amphitheatre was closing so we missed out on that unfortunately but we enjoyed exploring the shops and gelato on offer - we had about 2 hours in Taormina which personally felt wasn’t enough - But after a long day up Etna I felt it was enough as everyone was getting tired by then. I’d recommend trying to get a train to Taormina for the day if staying in Catania as you do miss a fair bit on this tour but a good taster if you just want a picture opportunity. Please bare in mind and they do stress it when booking that the additional journeys up Etna from ‘base camp’ aren’t included and the cable car - 4x4 and guide is an extra £80 per person so for this trip look at spending £170pp to make the most of it plus extras - would I spend that amount again for a 12 hour trip? 100% - a must do when in the area and I strongly doubt you’ll be disappointed

Our driver and guide,... - Our driver and guide, Carmelo, was wonderful. He had 6 Spanish speaking women and the two of us speaking English, yet he managed to fill all of our needs.

Our wonderful tour... - Our wonderful tour operator, Lorenzo, made the trip so enjoyable, keeping us entertained and sharing fascinating stories and cultural facts along the way. Just a heads-up — the cable car lift comes at an extra cost of €80 per person, which adds up for a family of three. Also, the wine tasting featured only two wines, so it didn’t quite match the full tasting experience mentioned in the description.