Ätna, Mittagessen in einem Weingut und Taormina Private Tagesausflug von Messina

Mein Mann und ich haben uns für die Mt. Etna Tour als Teil unserer Flitterwochen in Sizilien angemeldet. Wir wurden in unserem Hotel von Giovanni abgeholt und fuhren von Taormina zum Ätna. Giovanni war voller Informationen über die Städte, die unterwegs durchfahren wurden. Wir hielten sogar bei einer örtlichen Kirche an, um einen Blick zu werfen und die Verwendung verschiedener Lavaformationen zu beobachten. Die Fahrt auf dem Berg war unglaublich. Wir fuhren buchstäblich durch sehr abwechslungsreiches Gelände und lernten alles über die verschiedenen Arten von Bäumen, Früchten, Nüssen und Lavaformationen, die es heute gibt. Die Aussicht auf die Spitze des Berges sowie die umliegenden Gebiete war unglaublich. Der Ätna ist wirklich ein Wunder und ich bin so froh, dass wir den Tag für diese Reise reserviert haben. Das Mittagessen in einem lokalen Restaurant war reizend. Wir hatten ein 4-Gänge-Menü plus Espresso auf einer schönen Terrasse. Ich werde es bemerken - die Tour fragt nach irgendwelchen Nahrungsmittelallergien, wenn Sie die Tickets kaufen. Es kann eine gute Idee sein, dies mit dem Restaurant zu bestätigen, wenn Sie zum Mittagessen ankommen, da es ein Missverständnis mit der Tatsache gab, dass ich glutenfrei bin.

This review compares our experience on Mt Etna and Taormina to other private guided experiences as that was our expectation. This was more a driver who didn’t speak much English, not an escort and not a guide. We are not sure we even saw the “right” part of Mt Etna as the driver took us where he wanted and said the Cable Car side was not worth it. We asked to go to the Cable Car and either shorten the Vineyard or Taormina, because we wanted to go up the Cable Car. The description from Viator wasn’t specific enough for us to demand or complain but a disappointing start. The vineyard and wine tasting were nice but nothing special as we have been to wineries all over the world. We cut that short. Taormina is wonderful and we had almost 3 full hours there. Driver dropped us and came back. The vehicle was a Mercedes van with no working passenger windows so taking pictures was hard, air conditioning was weak (32 Celsius/90+ F outside), driver didn’t have or offer water during the drive (something we had come to expect on these type of tours)- we had our own thankfully. The drivers communication was weak although his English is far better than our Italian. Nice man who meant well. Overall an average experience.

This was an amazing tour. We spent time at the lava pits at Mount Etna. There was a small square with shops where you could buy souvenirs made from lava rock. Next we went to the Gambino Winery. We were greeted with a glass of their white wine and beautiful views of the vineyard. Once inside we were treated to delicious food and wine pairings. We are now lifelong Gambino Winery customers. I would highly recommend this tour. Unfortunately, we did not make it to Taormina because we chose to spend so much time at the lava pits and winery. It worked out in our favor though as there was a political summit happening in Taormina while we were in Sicily. Our driver was friendly and happy to share information about Sicily and the sights we were seeing. Again, highly recommend this tour!