Old Sicily discovery and Etna wine tasting tour from Taormina





Description
After leaving Taormina, explore the rock pools of beautiful Alcantara Gorges (own expense), and then visit the historical centre and the Basilica di Santa Maria in Randazzo all made in lava stone. Possibility to visit the local Sunday market. Afterwards, wine tasting in a renowned winery with a selection of Etna wines accompanied by local products. Guided tour of the cellar. Return in the early afternoon.
Tour Options
Itinerary
Stop at the Alcantara Gorges Park
Visit the main cathedral Santa Maria
Guests will enjoy a wine tasting with local products.
Highlights
What's included
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(19)
My daughter and I absolutely loved this tour! It was a perfect day seeing the gorge, Randazzo and wine tasting!! The guide was also really knowledgeable and helpful! I would highly recommend it.
We enjoyed the scenery from the comfortable coach and the on-time aspect of the entire day. Since I am a walker, I loved our first stop and could have enjoyed more time there. Although the 2nd stop has a lovely cathedral, the market was full of junk or produce (nothing a tourist wants) and the cheese & sausage tasting silly since we were headed to the winery where they served exactly that. I would have much preferred a pasta with our wine but the mushrooms with the antipasta were delicious. The wine, not so much. Grounds were fantastic with the caves, the dinning room set beautifully and service quite good. Overall, a good value day tour, thank you.
From start to finish a smooth and well run tour. Thoroughly enjoyed exploring the Alcantara Gorge, Randazzo and the exceptional wine tasting. Aleksandra was a great host and provided a thorough guide to all of the places we visisted. Would highly recommend if you wish to get out and see the real Sicily behind Taotmina and Naxos. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Called the day before to check in, got very nice treatment and everything matched perfectly. A clean and fresh bus, nice driver and a Guide who spoke German and English. We went around first so we got to see much more than we understood. Beautiful views and old parts of Sicily where we got to go to market, visit small villages and finish the big vineyard! Highly recommend this tour!
Thank you very much for the complete description of our tour. Regards.
Great trip all round ...from the gorge , Radazzo food tasting but especially the wine tasting ...very informative host,she explained all the processing and family history around the making etc.... Lovely day......(Renatta was an excellent guide).
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This tour is very varied, as you first drive to Randazzo. There you can explore the town and the market. Then you go on to the Alcantara Gorge, which is really worth seeing. Renate tells and explains the story, but other questions are also answered patiently in German, English and Italian. Bus driver Paolo drove safely and on time. At the end there is a wine tasting on the program. It was the first time I did it, but it was very interesting and delicious 😋. This tour from SAT is highly recommended! And with Renate as a tour guide and Paolo as a bus driver, it was a pleasure. Thank you very much!
Wir möchten uns für diese nette Bewertung bedanken. Wir hoffen, Sie bald zu sehen. SAT Group Customer Care Manager
It was a beautiful trip, in a small group. Lucky that there weren't so many visitors to the Alcantara Gorge in the morning. The tour guide gave us very interesting cultural information about Randazzo, there also visited the market. Afterwards we drove to a winery. During the trip we learned a lot about Sicily and about local life. It was just great 👍👍👍
Danke, danke, danke. Wir möchten uns für diese nette Bewertung bedanken. Wir hoffen, Sie bald zu sehen. SAT Group Customer Care Manager
Today we made the day trip Randazzo-Alcantara & WineTasting. This varied and very well organized tour showed us much of the original Sicily. The very competent and friendly tour guide Alexandra and the confident, good driver helped us to a relaxed, interesting and impressive holiday experience. This trip is highly recommended.
Danke, danke, danke. SAT Group Customer Care Manager
Great day trip! A good mix of movement and transport Getting a real Sicily douche with Alexandra as tour guide Perfect for the first day Sicily Interesting information and beautiful impressions of the island i.e. Taormina/ Etna region Alfio as a chauffeur is admirable with what peace and fluidity he drives through the mountains The money is well invested
This is a new tour and we are very proud to offer the possibility to discover the unknown Sicily with a bit of folk and wine. Great!
The bus picked us up around half past eight in the morning. Fresh bus with air conditioning. Safe bus driver and very funny guide, who guided in Italian, English and German. Very interesting with Alcantara, but we did not go down, tried to get some breakfast, but there was nothing gluten-free to buy, so we had a coffee. Taking the train a bit over pistachios was a cozy change of pace before we again continued with the bus. All the way up to the cable car. On the way we saw the ravages of the lava including a house where we only saw the roof. We took the cable car up to the jeeps, which were like buses and followed dirt roads up to the top. Then we walked around a crater with a guide. Got lots of useful info and felt the warm sand. Then came the fog and we were happy that we had seen the view before. Lovely experience. Tip - go all the way to the top.
Hello 545jane, we profusely thank you for sharing these important comments regarding our Etna Round Alcantara including the Circumetnea train and the pistachio cultivations. We will be happy to welcoming you back on board. Guest Relations Manager SAT Group



