Trinaka Etna · Sicily
Reasons to come

Greeks, Arabs, Normans

Everyone who wanted the Mediterranean took this island first, and each of them left the building they were proudest of. A Greek theatre at Taormina still uses the volcano as its backdrop. Catania was rebuilt in black and white lava stone after the 1693 earthquake, and Ortigia — the old island of Syracuse — is a stone maze you cross in twenty minutes and remember for years.

Three layers stack in the same street here: a Greek wall, an Arab plan, a baroque façade on top.

Guides who know the archaeology are worth more than any ticket queue — the stones do not explain themselves.

Most of it is within an hour of the volcano, which means a morning up the mountain and an afternoon in a theatre is one day.

Guides, towns and visits

Etna · Experiences

Etna excursions

Craters, lava flows and woods on Europe's highest active volcano, with licensed guides and, if you need one, a driver who takes you there and back.

from €25.00per personAsk → Siracusa · Experiences

Syracuse and around, with a driver

Ortygia, the Greek theatre, Noto and the coast: a day in Syracuse with a driver who picks you up where you are — Taormina, the airport, Catania — and

Price on requestAsk → Taormina · Experiences

Godfather tour

Savoca and Forza d'Agrò, the locations of The Godfather: Bar Vitelli, the Church of San Nicolò and the Cathedral of the SS. Annunziata. Private half‑d

from €330.00per groupAsk → Linguaglossa · Experiences

Petra Spa: the after-Etna, on Etna

Sauna, Turkish bath, pools and treatment rooms, inside Villa Neri. Where days on the mountain end.

Price on requestAsk → Castiglione di Sicilia · Experiences

Etna half day: craters, lava caves, 1,900 m

Four hours on the south side: craters, lava caves, 1,900 m.

from €280.00per groupAsk →

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