Etna Tour and Lunch in a Winery with Wine Tasting Taxi Catania NCC

(21 customer reviews)

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Etna Tour and Lunch in a Winery with Wine Tasting USD 248.61. Mt. Etna is the largest active volcano in Europe and home to fertile vineyards and farms. With this tour, avoid the stress of navigating the winding roads on the mountain on your own and instead visit the dramatic Silvestri Craters and a farm on the slopes of Mt. Etna with a driver. End your experience with a tasting and lunch at a local winery at the foot of the mountain..
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21 reviews for Etna Tour and Lunch in a Winery with Wine Tasting Taxi Catania NCC

  1. Patricia_D

    Our guide, Joseph, was wonderful! On our way up Mt. Etna he told us a lot of the history. We made several stops informing us what year that eruption occurred and showed us how it was different. Gambino winery was fantastic! We tried 7 different wines along with a wide variety of delicious food. Our guide gave us a 5 star tour! My only issue was how strict their refund policy was. My grandson woke up sick that morning so instead of exposing him to the driver and having the driver listen to him cry a lot, my daughter stayed home with him. I let them know before 8 am, we were getting picked up at 8:30. I received a response later that day saying they would not refund the money because they did not have the time to switch to a smaller vehicle. I know that their policy is 24 hours but I feel they should make exceptions for illness. It is a wonderful tour but if you feel sick that morning, go anyway since you won’t get a refund.

  2. SteveWille

    Giuseppe, our driver and your guide, was AWESOME!! He was very knowledgeable, professional and friendly. He was patient and answered all our questions. The tour was a nice combination of all the various stops. We would highly recommend it!

  3. Lillian_L

    Our tour guide Guiseppe was great and very knowledgeable and accommodating I highly recommend this tour to anyone Who visits Catania.

  4. Sharon_D

    We have used Viator for all of our tours this trip and most have been excellent thus far. This was not one of them. We didn’t experience Mount Etna or the winery. The very first thing Joseph said to us was that it is impossible to do this tour (6 hours). The tour operator never communicated to us that we could not do the tour in 6 hours. We did communicate to the operator we had 6 hours for the tour and would shorten stops, if needed. We then suggested doing only the winery and again was told it was impossible, the lunch wasn’t worth it and we should go to Taormina and drive by the winery on the return. We had no interest walking through the streets of a beautiful small town with 1,000 other people. It wasn’t part of our tour unless time permitted and it wasn’t what we paid to see. Additionally, in comparison to our other tour guides, Joseph was basically a taxi driver from Siracusa to Taormina and back and for which we overpaid by a few hundred dollars. Extremely disappointing!

  5. mar

    This was a private tour and Our guide Was very knowledgeable and a great driver. The Gambino winery and Etna was amazing! Definitely recommend this tour.

  6. lisabeth_F

    Amazing tour with a great unexpected stop at a honey shop! A must if you go to Sicily. The winery was beautiful

  7. KengYewEdward_L

    It was ok on the whole but we felt that the guide didn’t share that much history or facts if the volcano or winery. We didn’t get to go to the honey farm cos he said it was crowded. When we went to teh fester, he just waited for us at the shop. At the winery he did the same.
    Wine was awesome but food was really quite pathetic. Few pieces of cheese, ham, Cous Cous and 1 sausage. I paid almost SG600 for 2 person for this tour.

  8. Cameron_D

    Giuseppe was a great tour guide with a lot of information, but he also made the event whatever we wanted to do. He was extremely accommodating. It was a great day!

  9. Mark_H

    Our driver was very knowledgeable and happily shared facts about every part of our Etna and wine tasting experience

  10. Dan_M

    Giuseppe our guide made this trip very memorable He was a walking encyclopedia of info about Etna the Honey Store and Gambino Wine Anyone coming to Sicily and looking for a guide Giuseppe is your man

  11. Elizabeth_M

    We absolutely loved our tour to Mount Etna. The lunch and wine tasting was so nice and relaxing, too. Our guide, Giuseppe, was very knowledgeable and friendly and he went out of his way to make our first visit a memorable one! I would highly recommend a tour with him!

  12. Meryl_H

    Our tour was outstanding and our guide Giuseppe was exceptional. We could not have asked for a better experience, I am thrilled to recommend this site and our guide to everyone.

  13. Meryl_H

    Our tour was outstanding and our guide Giuseppe was exceptional. We could not have asked for a better experience, I am thrilled to recommend this site and our guide to everyone.

  14. Kendall_R

    Tour was fantastic! Giuseppe was great. Mount Etna was super cool to see and the winery was delicious and adorable.

  15. Marianne_C

    Joseph was a great driver. He was friendly and informative. The tour was awesome. Going up the volcano was great!! The wine tasting and lunch were amazing!!! Great tour!

  16. keith_t

    Very professional driver and knowledgeable guide, Mercedes van , unfortunately, we had one of those days where it rained all day and rain very hard when we were on the top of the mountain. It was too wet to get out and hike, or go further up the mountain ,weather improved when we got to the winery. Beautiful building and setting, knowledge hosts, beautiful food that was unfortunately too salty.

  17. James_G

    A great combination of sightseeing around Mount Etna and tasting the wines of the region. We really enjoyed the private tour with our guide Ricardo, who was very knowledgeable of the area. We learned a lot. The tasting at the Gambino winery was wonderful! Whether you are staying in Catania or Taormina, it is worth the time spent on the tour. Prepare for the weather and some windy roads up the mountain.

  18. Steven_D

    Giuseppe provided a fantastic, personalized tour that exceeded our expectations. The winery was icing on the cake.

  19. Troy_B

    Communication is key between a tour operator and their clients to say that this operator is incapable of communication pretty much sums it up. We contacted the tour operator the day before departure to confirm our address and ask when we could expect them to arrive to collect us. There was no response. The booking showed a pickup window of between 8-14:00….quite the window. A little after 8 I sent a whatsapp message to Viator asking for help. With no immediate reply (reply came via that method after about a half hour) I called the 800 customer service line. They did answer and called the tour operator on our behalf. The guide was on the way….great!
    The guide explained he was filling in for someone….fine.
    The tour was going well and we made several stops to view Etna in all its splendor. When we stopped for lunch at Gambino Winery (which their lunch paired with wine was the highlight of the trip) our guide announced he was leaving us and someone else (not introduced) would take us back to our apartment in Taormina. We were stunned….why was this not communicated upfront? We had no idea who our new guide would be and we were plotting that we would have to ask the winery to call us a taxi. At the end of the lunch and tour of the winery, a gentleman came up and introduced himself as our new driver.
    The day itself was a 5 star event but their lack of simple communication calls for a downgrade.
    We have used Viator for years and done dozens of tours with their service. This is the first time we have experienced this type of event.

  20. Elli_H

    Outstanding trip! Driver and tour guides were local and extremely knowledgeable. Mt. Etna is beautiful as is the surrounding countryside. Our tour guide /driver Eduardo was the best.

  21. Alison_B

    Everything about this tour was fantastic – from Giuseppe, to Mount Etna, to the winery! Would recommend to everyone and would do it again if I’m lucky enough to get back to Sicily.

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