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Mount Etna tours from Taormina are the perfect way to safely live an adventure to the top of the highest volcano of Europe. If you are in Sicily, seeing Mount Etna is an absolute must, and booking a professional guide ensures your safety while you explore and learn about the different events that affected the area. Its constantly changing landscape will amaze you, and you may feel as if you are in a completely different world while you walk on a desert of volcanic ash, in a birch wood, in the middle of an ancient lava flow or on the edge of an extinct crater.
There are plenty of Mount Etna tours from Taormina to choose from, and for all the difficulty levels. In any of them, we will pick you up at your accommodation and take you to one of the most thrilling adventures of your life!
You only have to choose the best option that suits your needs and interests, and we will take care of the rest!
Among our Mount Etna tours from Taormina, the Etna tour and Alcantara Gorge from Taormina is the perfect balance between hiking and relax. In the first part of the tour you will enjoy a hike around Mounts Sartorius. Here you will have the greatest views from a safe distance of the summit craters, while walking on the lava fields, exploring ancient craters, learning about the eruptions, the nature aspects of the area.
After around 1,5 hr excursion, we will drive down to the Alcantara Valley, to visit the famous Alcantara Gorges. Visiting this place is a unique experience, as you can take a refreshing walk in the chilly water of the river that flows in the middle of a pre-historic lava flows of Mount Etna.
The tour Etna hike from Taormina is the best option for you to explore and to be guided to the discovery of some of the most impressive extinct craters of Mount Etna, formed during the so-called “perfect eruption” of 2002. During this incredible event, the volcano destroyed the tourist station of Piano Provenzana, whichwas later reconstructed in 2004.
Our hike will start at Piano Provenzana. You will have the peak of the summit craters visible throughout the entire excursion. Take your time to stop every now and then during the ascent, until you reach the saponaria fields immediately before the button-hole system of the 2002 craters. With your hiking guide you will discover different kinds of lava, learn about ancient eruptions and interesting facts about the volcano.
Please, note: among our Mount Etna tours from Taormina, this is the one that requires a slightly better fitness level. Find below the information about the hike:
Our Etna summit tour from Taormina is the experience that the most adventurous won’t regret taking! After a drive to Piano Provenzana, the Northern tourist station on Mount Etna, you will embark on a 4-wheels-drive bus to the highest point currently accessible to tours: the volcanologic observatory at Pizzi Deneri, at a height of about 3000 mt. You will be guided in this experience by an expert and certified volcanological guide, who will show you the characteristics of the activity of the highest active volcano of Europe, while explaining the most powerful eruptions ever experienced here.
After reaching the volcanologic observatory, you will start a short walk to reach a panoramic point on the famous Bove Valley, always having the summit craters in front of you. Who knows, maybe you will experience a small explosion, always from a safe distance!
Mount Etna volcano surely doesn’t need any particular introductions. Just be prepared to see one of the most incredible landscapes you have ever seen. Walk on ancient lava flows, take pictures of extraordinary views, and be ready to hike and walk up to the edge of old extinct craters.
The volcano, UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2013, is one of the most famous attractions in Sicily and our Mt Etna tours from Taormina give you the possibility to have the best experience, discovering its many facets: lushing vegetation on its slopes and arid lava fields when you are on the summit.
The Alcantara Gorges, the most famous point in the Alcantara River Valley, will make an impression on you because of its more than 80 ft high basaltic wall. You can relax while you walk in the chilly waters of the river, getting inside the canyon as much as allowed by the local authorities.
The river is one of the most important in Sicily for water flow, and it was thanks to it if the ancient Greeks, sailing up the river, were able to establish other towns in the hinterland of Sicily.
The Alcantara River is both a River, Geological and Botanical Park. By the river banks it will be easy for you to spot cute animals, such as a huge variety of insects, tadpoles and little frogs.
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All our Mount Etna tours from Taormina will be arranged according to your accommodation in Taormina area: we can pick you up at your hotels or B&Bs.
If your hotel in Corso Umberto – the pedestrian area of Taormina where our car/bus can’t enter- we will decide a suitable meeting location where you will meet your tour guide.
The weather on Mount Etna can be quite unpredictable, especially. We suggest you to bring sunscreen, a hat, a windbreaker and an umbrella even in the summer time.
The most important thing is to wear comfortable shoes to walk (preferably hiking boots, but tennis shoes will also work)
If you choose the Etna and Alcantara tour don’t forget to bring your swimsuits, towels, flip flops, water shoes, and a change to go in the water of the river.
We require a minimum number of 4 people to operate the tour. The minimum number refers to the total number of people signed up for the tour, not to the minimum number per booking.
We can accommodate also bigger groups on request.