From Syracuse: Private Tour Mount Etna with Lunch at Etna Winery
- 6–8 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- 4 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. Pickup and drop-off in Syracuse included. Your friendly private licensed 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 visit local honey farm and taste the produce of the fertile volcano terrain, and finally 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.
Inclusions
What's included
- Private local licensed guide
- Visit of one of the best Etna wineries and food and wine tasting
- Bottled water
- Alcoholic Beverages
- Lunch
- Visit to local honey store and tasting of honey, jams, olives, olive oils, wines and liquors
- Hotel/port pick-up and drop-off
- Private driver/guide
- Guided tour of Etna
- Private tour only for your party by comfortable air-conditioned car
- Round-trip transportation by private comfortable car
What's not
- Cable car to an altitude of 3000 m (78 Euro for 1 person)
- Gratuities
Itinerary
Your private local licensed guide will pick you up at your accommodation/port in Syracuse, 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 will 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 olive oil and a typical pasta dish. A professional sommelier will offer you 4 glasses of Sicilian Etna red and white wines. After your private tour, your guide will drop you off at your accommodation or port in Siracusa.
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
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
How it compares in Syracuse
- Its from-price is 36% above the median of the 119 experiences we list in Syracuse.
- It is longer than most of them.
- By number of reviews it ranks 27 of 119.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Syracuse
Syracuse is a Sicilian city on the Ionian Sea, once a great power of the Greek West, with a baroque island old town and a Greek theatre.
Founded by Greek settlers from Corinth in the eighth century BC, Syracuse became one of the most powerful cities of the ancient world, and Archimedes was born here. Its old town, Ortygia, is a small island joined to the mainland by bridges, where baroque palaces and narrow lanes open onto the Piazza del Duomo. The cathedral incorporates the columns of an ancient Greek temple of Athena into its walls, and the Fountain of Arethusa feeds papyrus plants at the water's edge.
Top-ranked sights in Syracuse: Mercato di Ortigia, Ortygia (Ortigia), Syracuse Cathedral (Duomo di Siracusa).
