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Taormina & Greek Theater Tour from Messina
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The Experience
What your day looks like
Taormina walking tour with Greek Theater is one of the most requested Sicily day tours among our Messina shore excursions and tours from Messina port. It will let you experience the history of one of the Sicilian Greek colonies and its astonishing ancient Theatre. The day tour starts with a visit to Castelmola Sicily, a picturesque village situated just above Taormina. This tiny town is the perfect place to enjoy a beautiful setting and a wonderful outlook over the magnificent bay of Giardini Naxos and Mount Etna rising in the distance. Then our journey continues with a Taormina walking tour, seeing the Aragonese-style Porta Catania before a guided tour along the Corso Umberto, once part of the ancient Roman street Via Valeria. Stroll along this pretty, traffic-free street and enjoy a Taormina walking tour to the oldest churches and monuments of the town, as well as the most exclusive shops and restaurants. Taste some typical Sicilian specialties and sweets at pastry and ice cream shops. The Taormina walking tour will end with the highlight: the ancient theatre of Taormina, the second-largest in Sicily, built by Greeks and Romans in the 3rd century BC, the seat of many cultural events every year, and the location of the G7 Summit in May 2017.
At a Glance
The experience, in brief
- A guided walk Taormina
- Visit Taormina’s Greco Roman theater
- Visit of the quaint town of Castelmola
Your Itinerary
Your day, step by step
Day 1
Castelmola
City/Town Tour.
Continued
Taormina (Giardini Naxos)
City/Town Tour at Ancient theatre of Taormina.
Before You Go
What to know before booking
Included
Transport by air-conditioned bus Entrance ticket to the Greek Theater Professional guide Walking Tour Live commentary on board Discover Travel Assurance Liability insurance
Not Included
Food and drinks Gratuities (optional)
What to Bring
Identity card, camera, and video camera. Cash and credit card, sunglasses and suntan cream. Wear comfortable shoes, a hat, and light/comfortable clothes.
Meeting & Pickup
Starting point: We can pick you up at your cruise ship terminal. Or, you can meet us at our office in Messina at Via I Settembre, 110. The tour finishes at the original starting point.
Planning Notes
Hotel pickup offered: Yes Confirmation: Manual By Business
Traveler Impressions
What travelers are saying
2025-06-20
5.00 / 5
Great tour of Taormina and the Greek theatre with a stop in Castlemola . Beautiful area with amazing views. Charming town with shopping, history and food. Our bus driver was an all star.
2024-12-08
5.00 / 5
It was a wonderful tour. We saw a lot.
2024-08-20
5.00 / 5
Suzie did an excellent job, we enjoyed seeing it all, had a wonderful local lunch, and treated with such welcoming kindness, would highly recommend
2024-08-19
5.00 / 5
Our tour guide Susie was phenomenal, very courteous and accommodating, the tour was great and would highly recommend this tour to anyone!!
2024-06-02
5.00 / 5
Great tour!!! Would recommend this tour. Got us back to the ship in plenty of time.
2023-10-12
5.00 / 5
Our guide was extremely knowledgeable, and our group was small.
2019-12-29
5.00 / 5
Taormina & the Greek Theater Tour was the best because we were in little vans and the big buses couldn't get to the top of the mountain! The views were spectacular. Taormina is full of history and the theater was one fo the best I have seen. This was a small group tour of about 20 people and it was easy to see and hear everything. We had lots of free time to explore which was nice too.
2019-12-05
5.00 / 5
Our guide was great and it was probably one of my favorite tours because we got to see so much of the area. Because we were on a small van, we were able to go all the way to the top of the mountain where the big buses couldn't go. The views were amazing and the town was so beautiful. I loved Taormina and the walk through the old town was very historic and scenic. The Greek Theater was so well preserved and you could picture it in historic times. I strongly recommend this tour.
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