Syracuse and Ortygia Island Day Trip from Taormina
Description
Spend a day in the sunny city of Syracuse in southeast Sicily on a full-day tour from Taormina! With stunning coastal scenery as well as ancient Greek and Roman ruins, the city is the perfect destination for a day of leisurely sightseeing. Discover intriguing attractions like the Greek Theater (There will be a theater set on the archaeological site during summer) and the Ear of Dionysius on a visit to Parco Archeologico della Neapolis (entry own expense), and then explore Syracuse’s island neighborhood of Ortygia in the afternoon.
Tour Options
Itinerary
Visit the Archaelogical area with a local guide
Visit all caves in the archaelogical area
Visit of the main cathedral
A Greek temple in the historical centre.
The historical centre of Syracuse with its baroque monuments and famous attractions.
Highlights
What's included
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- During winter minimum of 12 people. There is a possibility of cancellation after confirmation if there are not enough passengers to meet requirements. In the event of this occurring, you will be offered an alternative or full refund
Reviews(100)
Takes approximately 2 hours from Taormina to the archaeological park. The park was really interesting and the guide really knowledgeable but the tour felt rushed. Ortigia is beautiful and again the guide was very knowledgeable. You get about 1 1/2 hours free time. Really enjoyed the trip but would have liked a bit longer.
Too many pickups meant a good part of the day was spent on the bus Earphones should be included.......
This tour would have been enjoyable if our tour guide wasnt repeating everything he said in 3 different languages the whole time. When we got to the archaeological site, he did a 15 minute monologue in Italian, and by the time he was done, all the non-Italian speakers had gotten fed up, broken off from the group and didn’t get to hear any information about the site. This was happening the whole day. It was very hot and he never stopped in the shade. The whole experience really just felt like transportation and not an actual tour. That being said, we really enjoyed ortigia. Kinda wish we had skipped the archaeological site, which was a bit pricey. Maybe we would have enjoyed it more if we got to hear information about it. They should have provided different guides for different languages or separated the tour into groups by language. We may have been better off just taking the train to ortigia ourselves.
A good overview of Syracuse and Ortigia. I would have liked some more free time but realise this would have made for a later return time. Good stops for coffee in the morning and the lunch recommendation was excellent. Be prepared with some cash for entry tickets. All in all a very well organised trip.
It's great! Read the reviews before me and can only shake my head. Punctuality is stress for the whole bus. If you have headphones on and don't want to listen, you don't have to be surprised later. Collecting the money for the tickets is an extra service of the guides to save time. Were lucky enough to be the only Germans and got a quasi private guided tour from Alfredo. His demonstration on the ear of Dionisius was an incredible acoustic experience, no audio guide will show you. The possibility to go to dinner for 12€, we gladly took advantage. This also had the advantage that it was very fast and we still had time to stroll afterwards. Thank you!
Fantastic day out. All on schedule and a very interesting visit to the awesome Archaeological Park and Ortigia. Tour leader Renate and our guide Eva were absolutely excellent and very informative and brought it all to life. Thank you so much.
Packed in a lot of culture for one trip. Certainly worth getting guide(s) for the day to focus in on what the area has to offer
Bus arrived on time. Arrived at location but because of numbers were divided in two groups. Did not find either guide to be very informative and felt tour was too rushed. Lost our guide as she walked off without putting up her umbrella could not find her. Second guide was hopeless. Time alone in the town was fun we went off and did our own thing. You could easily do this tour cheaper on your own !!
Hello, both tour guides were at your full disposal, just ask. Secondly, the fact we split the group in 2 means a high professionality for a better listening. It is a pity you did not take more advantage from that. We hope for next time. Regards, SAT Group Customer Care Manager
We had a great day tour with Giuseppe (Joseph) - the tour was fascinating and he was a great guide. Very lovely air conditioned coach and a good amount of free time in Ortigia - just be warned if going with a high weather forecast - it was 36 degrees and the heat was absolutely oppressive - drink LOTS of water and perhaps buy one of those street fans!!
I participated in the excursion to Syracuse departing from Taormina. I state that at the agency in Corso Umberto I was told that the return to Taormina would take place around 18.00/18.30. On the day of the excursion, however, the German-speaking guide, one Renate, who accompanied us throughout the trip by bus, informed us that to return to Taormina we would leave at 15:05. Another customer and I arrived at exactly 15:08 and one Renate, particularly upset about the very serious delay of three minutes, was quite arrogant, complaining about the serious lack. Nothing to say about Syracuse which is definitely a wonderful city to visit, but when doing this job you have to know how to relate in a friendly way with customers, it is not enough to provide information. The rudeness of this person was fortunately compensated by the affability of the Italian guide, present on site in Syracuse.
Ci dispiace che abbia avuto una sensazione non del tutto piacevole e ci scusiamo per questo. La nostra guida, come tutte le nostre guide, affronta ogni giorno la necessità di rispettare i tempi stabiliti per ogni scheda giornaliera. Percorrere tanti kilometri, arrivare puntuali agli incontri con la guida locale, effettuare le visite nei tempi previsti e riuscire a non sforare l'orario di pranzo, queste sono tutte esigenze e priorità che mettono sotto stress qualsiasi individuo specialmente con 35 gradi. Speriamo in futuro di offrirle un'esperienza al 100% positiva. Customer Care Manager
