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From Catania: Private Etna +Tasting 4 Wines Lunch in the Cellar
- 6–8 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- 2 languages
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
During the private tour by comfortable air-conditioned car, you will visit Etna - the highest active volcano in Europe. This tour is private - only for your party, nobody else to ensure the highest standards for our clients. Your friendly private guide will tell you history of volcano creation, about eruptions, culture, myths, and folklore of "Mamma Etna" and Sicily itself. Driving by private car through authentic mountain villages, you will reach “Rifugio Sapienza” at 2000mt. Here you can visit famous Silvestri Craters, admire unforgettable panoramas, visit shops with souvenirs of lava, refresh yourself at some restaurant or bar. Optional ascent with cable car and jeep with the authorized Alpine Guide to 3000mt. Then you will visit one of the best Etna wineries and have lunch of fresh local food with fine red and white Sicilian wines. We recommend wearing comfortable closed-toe shoes and bringing extra layers, such as something warm and a windbreaker.
Inclusions
What's included
- Hotel/port pick-up and drop-off in Catania
- Visit to local honey farm and tasting of honey, jams, olives, olive oils, wines and liquors
- Visit of one of the best Etna wineries and food and wine tasting
- Bottled water
- Alcoholic Beverages
- Lunch
- Private driver/guide
- Guided tour of Etna
- Private tour only for your party by comfortable air-conditioned car
- Private local tour leader
- Coffee and/or Tea
- Round-trip transportation by private comfortable car
What's not
- Souvenir photos (available to purchase)
- Cable car to an altitude of 3000 m (78 Euro for 1 person)
- Gratuities
Itinerary
Your personal tour leader will pick you up at your accommodation/port in Catania, and you will start your wonderful private travel to the highest active volcano in Europe. Driving by comfortable, air-conditioned car through the small authentic mountain villages, you will admire unforgettable picturesque views of Sicilian countryside full of oranges and lemon plantations, olives and almond trees, houses and churches built of lava stone. Enjoying amazing sea view and lava fields, you will arrive to a charming mountain town Zafferana Etnea, where you will visit local honey store and taste the produce of the fertile volcano land - honey, olive oils, olives, wines and liquors. We recommend wearing comfortable closed-toe shoes and bringing extra layers, such as something warm and a windbreaker or rain jacket, to be prepared for changing weather conditions.
You will continue to ascend Etna reaching "Rifugio Sapienza" station at 2000mt. Here you can visit famous Silvestri Craters, admire breathtaking panoramas, visit souvenir shops offering gifts of lava, refresh yourself in some bar or restaurant. Optional ascent by cable car/4X4 with an authorized Alpine guide to 3000mt. After visiting Mt.Etna, the guide will chauffeur you in relax to one of the best wineries on Etna slope. At the winery you will have will have a tour of the estate, see how the grape is growing, and visit the cellars, while the expert sommelier explains you all about the wine making process and the history of this family run winery. Then you will have traditional delicious lunch of locally produced cheeses, salami, prosciutto, fresh bread, olives and home-made olive oil and a typical pasta dish. A professional sommelier will offer you 4 glasses of Sicilian Etna red and white wines. After the tour, your guide will drop you off at your accommodation or port in Catania.
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Reviews
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Know before you go
- Pickup
- Pickup is included for everyone.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Operated by
- Prestelli Sicily Tours
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- A minimum of 2 people per booking is required
- Minimum drinking age is 18 years
- We have private tours, only for your party, however at the beginning of the excursion we will give each guest a mask, protective gloves and hand sanitizer.
How it compares in Catania
- Its from-price is 89% above the median of the 357 experiences we list in Catania.
- Its length is typical for the group.
- By number of reviews it ranks 110 of 357.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Catania
Catania, on Sicily's east coast, is a black lava-stone city beneath Mount Etna, with a noisy fish market, Baroque squares and a long seafront.
Catania lies at the foot of Mount Etna, the active volcano whose lava reached the city in 1669, and an earthquake in 1693 flattened it. Rebuilt in the eighteenth century in the Baroque style, it uses black lava stone for walls and paving, set against white limestone. The Piazza del Duomo has an elephant of lava stone carrying an obelisk, the cathedral of Sant'Agata, and a fountain.
Top-ranked sights in Catania: Piazza Duomo, Via Crociferi (Via dei Crociferi) , Gambino Winery (Vini Gambino).
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