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Etna and Taormina (departure from Syracuse area)
Duration
9 to 11 hours
Overview
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A guided tour on the Mount Etna, the highest active volcano in Europe. You' ll reach 1900 mt and learn about fauna and flora growing on the magic ground of volcano. Free time for a walk on Crateri Silvestri, dead craters born during the eruption of 1842. You can continue the tour with a volcanologist taking the cable car and the jeep reaching the main crater at 3000 mt. You will stop in Zafferana Etnea to visit an artisan honey workshop and to taste it. In the afternoon move to Taormina, the "Pearl of Mediterranean sea", the most famous Sicilian village with one of a beautiful Greek theater with an amazing view on the sea and Etna. Walking tour of the town and free time for shopping.