Taormina hiking tour.
From Taormina to Castelmola and back, an hiking tour of Taormina to visit the town and its amazing landscape.
Guided Tour
4 hour visit of Taormina
Availability
All year round
Visit Castelmola and Taormina
Explore the surroundings of Taormina through an easy but very interesting hiking trail! Climbing up Mount Tauro you can discover breathtaking views.
Many different types of vegetation will accompany you along the way, and the expert guide will reveal many curiosities about the history, traditions and nature of Taormina. A route suitable for everyone, with a difference in height of about 200 meters. The tour will end in the city center.
Taormina Hiking Tour highlights
- Beautiful landscapes
- Nature and culture
- Taormina from the top
” We aim on your experience making it both as personal and enjoyable as possible. “
Tour Prices and Details.
Tour Guide available in the following languages : English, Français, Español, Deutsche
Children under 10 years benefit of a 10€ DISCOUNT.
Upon request we can provide a child safety seat or booster seat (free service)
Taormina Hiking Tour
Full description
Our walk begins just above Porta Catania. A very interesting nature trail, called “the Saracens’ path”, leads us to discover the southern slope of Monte Tauro. Along the way, you can admire the Gulf of Naxos, Mount Etna, the Gulf of Catania. If we are lucky, we will even be able to see Calabria!
The flora is very varied: prickly pears, olive trees, acanthus, wild fennel, capers. The path consists mainly of a stone staircase, which is easy to access. Along the way we will take breaks to admire the view and tell interesting anecdotes about Sicilian history and culture.
We will pass through the Saracen gate, a stone passage used by the Arabs during the conquest of Taormina, in the 9th century AD. The walk continues upwards: we will observe the surrounding hills shaped by numerous dry stone walls, typical of agricultural terraces.
A short break at the church of San Biagio and we will reach Castelmola. The descent is very easy, and will bring you back in about half an hour to the center of Taormina, the final point of our excursion.
MORE EXCURSIONS…
For more information about access to the Etna volcano, you can consult the following links:
Parco Dell’Etna – National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology – Mount Etna News