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Mount Etna Half-Day Small Group Tour from Taormina

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Overview

Available languages

English
Italian

6 hours

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Get close and personal with Sicily’s most famous volcano on this six-hour, small-group tour. Set off from Taormina — hotel pickups and drop-offs in the vicinity are included upon request — and arrive at Mount Etna, where you’ll spend the day walking through craters, exploring a lava cave, and learning about the volcano’s past eruptions at max. 2000 meters of altitude. Afterwards, you will be provided with a snack, complemented by wine, a little dessert and a sweet wine taste.

Additional Info

Specialized infant seats are available

Public transportation options are available nearby

Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health

Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

Vegetarian/vegan/gluten free options are available, please specify any dietary requirements in the booking request

Tours in other languages (French and Spanish) can be arranged upon request, if received with adequate notice.

We suggest dressing according to the season (consider that the temperature on Etna is usually lower)

Please let us know your shoe sizes if you require hiking boots

The trip is not recommended for participants suffering form heart diseases or other serious medical conditions

Customers will be contacted the day before the tour to confirm the pickup details (hotel if possibile, or in a meeting point nearby).

We do not recommend participation for pregnant women after the 4th month.

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

What‘s Included

Expert Naturalistic Guide

Pickup and drop-off nearby the hotel

Helmet and flashlight

Free rental of hiking boots and jackets

Snacks and beverages

Souvenir photos (available to purchase)

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

What To Expect

1

Porta Catania di Taormina

our starting point (pickups from accommodations or agreed meeting points in Taormina available)

Admission Not Applicable
2

Monti Sartorius

Here, you will begin the trekking portion of this experience, where you will learn about the volcano's history while exploring craters and lava caves.

1 hour 30 minutes • Admission Not Applicable

Options

Etna tour and snack

We offer friendly and engaging excursions on Mount Etna: you will be led to the discovery of all colours and fascinating histories of our volcano.
Pickup included

Reviews

4.91

604 reviews

Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor

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  • Great local guide for Mt Etna

    Michelle B,

    Sep 16, 2025

    - Viator

    5.00

    Roberto was a fantastic passionate guide, informative trip with a great lunch afterwards. We were a small group of 7, great to have to hiking boots provided as it was slippery in parts

  • On top of the world

    Mark C,

    Sep 10, 2025

    - Viator

    5.00

    We didn’t know what to expect when we booked our Mount Etna trek. Was it going to be an instagram moment or a couple of selfies with Big Mama (Etna) in the background? To our surprise, we were treated to a professional tour of hiking and history with insight and experience. Our guide Tony was born on the slopes of Etna. With a Masters in Environmental studies he has a unique understanding of all Etna has to offer. His knowledge, commentary and humour made this one of the best tours our group has even been on. We hiked, listened, laughed and are better off having taken this tour. It’s true…life is better with hiking boots on. We would definitely recommend this tour (especially with Tony as your guide) oh, lunch and the winery was pretty good too.

  • Disappointing and a waste of time

    Tally W,

    Sep 3, 2025

    - Viator

    2.00

    Our guide was very nice, knowledgeable, and passionate. He was the only good part of this trip. The rest of the people in my group were nice enough, but there was one particular insufferable man who kept asking annoying questions and yapping to our guide about nonsense, holding up the entire group. We started off the day with an unnecessarily long and windy 2 hour car ride (it only took 30 min to get home) to a winery where we got fitted with hiking boots and use the bathroom. I am glad I brought water because they did not provide any, nor did they recommend that we bring it ourselves. By the time we got to the hiking trail, it was already very hot outside. I wasted a ton of space in my luggage on a jacket because they recommended that we bring one, but it ended up sitting in the car the whole time. We did not summit very high at all. We also did not see any active craters or lava flows (or even anything recently active within the last couple years). We were basically just walking around trails of black dirt in old craters and looking at views of part of the volcano (you can actually see more of it from further away than you can up close). There were also tons of other tour groups on the same trail. We did this for about 60-90min and then drove to this underground cave that was formed by lava flows. At this point, i was tired, hungry, disappointed, and just wanted to go home. However, we went back to the winery and ate soggy sandwiches for 2 hours before finally getting to leave. This tour was WAY too long; it could have been a 3 hour trip that was dragged out into a 7 hour ordeal. Such a waste of time and money. Spare yourself. Go to the beach instead.

  • this was our favourite...

    Jacqueline B,

    Aug 29, 2025

    - Viator

    5.00

    this was our favourite thing we did in Sicily! Mount Etna is a super cool place to visit and our guide was very knowledgeable. the whole tour was so well organized and fun. highly recommend!

  • We had a great experience...

    Kerri S,

    Aug 10, 2025

    - Viator

    5.00

    We had a great experience on the Etna People half day tour. Daniele C was an excellent tour guide - he was very knowledgeable and personable. The company also made it very convenient and easy to be picked up and dropped off. Would recommend everyone do this if you’re in the area.

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