Castelmola and Taormina

Taormina is one of the most beautiful places in Italy. This was a fantastic tour. If you get car sick be sure to take something as these are winding roads. This is one of the best tours.

The place is beautiful. The tour could been a little better.

Excellent tour, beautiful views. Tour guide great.

Great tour. Guide was very good and knowledgeable. I loved that we got to go on a boat to see the amalfi coast by water.

Great excursion. Guide was very knowledgeable.

The office handling the excursions in Messina and the whole team were just amazing.... you just feel home everywhere... the scenery is stunning and the weather was amazing... I would just go back to Sicily and stay couple of days in Taoromina... thank you for your generosity and your beautiful welcoming and guiding.

The tour guide takes you down several steps to the perfect photo spot where a smoking Mt. Edina is in the background. Then you are on your own to shop. The town is small so you won't get lost. NOTE: The glass prices were cheaper here than at Malta. Then you are taken to Taormina for a short guided tour and are again left on your own to shop or dine at a local restaurant. It would be really hard to get lost in Taormina. I was able to get around just fine even with my bad knee. We enjoyed an Italian Pizza with Ham (their Pizza's are different - the ham was in slices) and it was delicious. We opted for the full size pizza and split it (it was huge) for a few Euros more. All restaurants have wine.

It was a pleasure trip to satisfy the guide, Thank you.

I would have given this excursion a five star but unfortunately it was extremely foggy and did not enjoy Castelmola or see mount Etna from the mountains high above Taormina as promised. However visiting Taormina made it for the bad weather and it was worth the visit. One of the most beautiful to visit and see. We also visited the ruins on our own and it was worth it. Mariarita our tour guide was amazing and made the trip very informative and fun although we had bad weather. Her English was excellent and her sense of humour was well appreciated. Recommend this trip very much.

Amazing trip, beautiful site, a must to visit

very interesting ride to castelmola would have enjoyed to typical Sicilian meal if it was included .

We LOVED this tour! If you ever want to lose yourself and then rediscover yourself, this is the beautiful, peaceful, simple place to go. Our tour guide was friendly, personable, informative and maintained a good pace for seeing points of interest. We want to go back!

This was by far one of the best tours. Castelmola was so quaint and we were there early. Totally love our free time. The cafe with the free wine sample and pastries was wonderful. Shopping was reasonable. I took some amazing pictures. Taormina was impressive. Shopping was pricey though. It was a great window shopping experience. Would have liked to have spent more time in Castelmola and less time in Taormina.

Loved both stops. Had plenty of free time. Castelmola is the cutest town. I will definitely go back to see it again.

Enjoyed our shopping spree in both towns.. You have to try the almond wine in Castelmola. The views were beautiful from the hilltops. Chiara, our tour guide, was delightful. She provided us with almond paste cookies that were delicious. We ended up purchasing a box from the Ragusa Pasticceria in Messina before we boarded our ship and ate them as a snack throughout the remainder of our 10 day cruise.