"What an incredible tour! Our group was phenomenal, and the guide Giuliano was very friendly and knowledgeable. It was one of the best experiences we had in Sicily."
From Taormina · 7 hours · lava walk, food and wine tasting · up to 8 people · from $170
Etna Wine Tours: Winery Tastings on the Volcano, Compared
Winery visits and tastings on the volcano's slopes, most with pickup in Taormina, some with a walk on old lava or a lunch among the vines. Here is how the seven tours differ, and bdm's walking-and-winery day rated 4.9 from 386 reviews.
From
$170
per person
Free cancellation
- 4.9 / 5 386 reviews
- 7 hours Taormina and Back, Hotel Pickup
- 8 people Group Limit on the Featured Tour
- Free Cancellation
The Experience
What the Etna Walking and Winery Tour Includes
In bdm's own words: the hotel pickup, the optional walk on lava flows and lateral craters, the lava tunnel, and Etna's red and white wines paired with local food.
In the Operator's Own Words
- Small group limited to 8 people. A fantastic easy to moderate walking.
- Enjoy the typical food and Mt Etna wines in a special winery with sommelier
- Get to know other guests as will be a small group escursion limited to 8 people
- Marvel the beauty of Etna walking trough ancient lava flows and lateral craters
- Get to know the history and geology of Etna with a local guide
What's Included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Local expert guide
- Bottled water
- Air-conditioned car or minivan
- Easy Moderate walk of approximately an hour and a half
- Visit to a Lava tunnel visit approx 15 minutes
- Lateral craters and lava flows visit
- Food tasting
- Wine tasting
- Photo opportunities
Good to know: Please let us know if you have any food allergies or intollerances. · Thanks · Not suitable for: People over 95 years · Not Included: All not mentioned in the inclusions
How the Etna Wine Tour Works
Four steps, from the hotel pickup in Taormina to the tasting table at the winery and the drive back.
Pickup at Your Taormina Hotel
bdm collects you from one of 10 pickup points in and around Taormina, including Taormina Mare and the Recanati bus terminal in Naxos, in an air-conditioned car or minivan. The group is limited to 8 people.
Up the Volcano, With or Without the Walk
You drive to a tourist resort at about 1,800 to 2,000 m, with shops, bars and restaurants. The guide's walk of about an hour and a half through lava flows and extinct lateral craters is optional; you can have a coffee instead.
Into a Lava Tunnel
The walk includes a lava tunnel visit of about 15 minutes. In winter the guide leads an easy snowshoe walk instead; the listing says the snowshoe rental is not included and is paid on the spot, 15 euros per person.
Wine and Food at the Winery
You transfer to a winery on Etna to taste its red and white wines paired with typical ingredients and recipes, with a sommelier, before the drive back to your hotel after about 7 hours. Free cancellation up to 24 hours before.
Photo Gallery
Etna's Slopes and Vineyards in Photos
Photos from bdm's own listing and its guests on the booking platform.
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Select your preferred date and time. The listing's terms: Cancel up to 24 hours in advance for a full refund.
Three Etna Wine Days Side by Side
bdm's lava walk and winery pairing from Taormina, Sicily Activities' food and wine lunch from Taormina, and Etna Experience Excursion's Etna, wine and Alcantara day from Catania, compared from each operator's listing. Prices as of October 2026.
| Feature | OUR PICK Walking Tour and Winery Tasting (bdm) | Food and Wine Tasting Tour (Sicily Activities) | Etna, Wine and Alcantara (Etna Experience Excursion) |
|---|---|---|---|
| What You Pay | From about $170 per person | From about $201 per person | From about $107 per person |
| Paid on Site | Nothing listed; in winter, snowshoe rental is paid on the spot, 15 euros per person | Nothing listed; tips are not included | Nothing listed; Alcantara entrance tickets are included |
| Rating | 4.9 / 5 from 386 reviews | 4.9 / 5 from 445 reviews | 4.8 / 5 from 551 reviews |
| Length | 7 hours | 6 hours | 8 hours |
| How High | A resort at about 1,800 to 2,000 m, then down to the winery | The vineyard villages; no volcano walk listed | A maximum of 2,000 m on the crater walk |
| Start Point | Your hotel in Taormina (10 pickup points) | Your accommodation, Taormina | Near your accommodation in Catania |
| The Wine | Red and white Etna wines paired with typical food, with a sommelier | A welcome glass, a cellar visit and five glasses with cheeses and salami | Wine with a Sicilian lunch at a winery on the mountain road |
| Food | Food tasting at the winery and bottled water | Lunch with organic Etna products, dessert, water and homemade limoncello | Lunch with appetizer and first course, and water |
| Walking | Optional walk of about 1.5 hours on lava flows and lateral craters, and a lava tunnel | None listed | About 2.5 hours on Etna with a lava cave, then the Alcantara gorges |
| Best For | Seeing the volcano up close before the tasting, in a group of up to 8 | A long lunch and five glasses, with no hiking | Etna, a winery and the Alcantara gorges in one day from Catania |
| Check Availability | See the Food and Wine Tour | See the Alcantara Day |
Six More Etna Wine Tours
Other Etna Wine and Tasting Tours
A half-day tasting and a lunch tour from Taormina, two days that add the Alcantara gorges, and departures from Catania and Siracusa. Titles are the operators' own; prices are the booking platform's.
FOUR WINES AT LINGUAGLOSSATaormina: Guided Etna Wine Tasting Half-Day Tour
A half-day coach trip from five pickup points in Taormina and Giardini Naxos to a winery at Linguaglossa, tasting four wines with cheeses, preserved vegetables, bread and olive oil.
ORGANIC FARMHOUSE LUNCHFrom Taormina: Mount Etna Food and Wine Tasting Tour
A small-group day from your Taormina accommodation by minivan to a family-run winery for a cellar visit and five glasses, then an organic lunch with dessert at a farmhouse.
BOOTS AND JACKET INCLUDEDFrom Taormina: Full-Day Etna, Wine & Alcantara Canyons Tour
A full day from your Taormina hotel: a walk around extinct craters at about 2,000 m, a lava cave, lunch and an Etna wine tasting at a winery, then the Alcantara Canyons, with boots and jacket.
ALCANTARA TICKETS INCLUDEDFrom Catania: Mt. Etna, Wine and Alcantara Tour with Lunch
A full day from Catania with a naturalistic guide: a crater walk to 2,000 m, a lava cave, a winery lunch with wine, and the Alcantara Gorges with entrance tickets and gear included.
FROM SIRACUSAFrom Siracusa: Etna Tour - Trek, Wine and Food
A small-group day from Siracusa by air-conditioned vehicle to Etna's southern slopes for a guided trek with trekking poles, then a tasting of Sicilian food and local wines at a winery.
TASTING AT ZAFFERANA ETNEAFrom Catania: Mount Etna Half-Day Tour and Wine Experience
A day from your Catania hotel with a multilingual guide: a crater walk and lava cave on Etna, then a tasting of local wines and locally made products at Zafferana Etnea.
Choosing a Wine Tour
Which Etna Wine Tour Is Yours?
What an Etna wine tour is, what it really costs, the seven tours compared, who each suits, and what happens when the weather turns.
An Etna wine tour takes you to a winery on the volcano’s slopes for a tasting, and the better ones add a walk on old lava or a lunch among the vines. Most of the seven tours here start in Taormina; others leave from Catania or Siracusa. Our pick is bdm’s 7-hour tour from Taormina, from $170 and rated 4.9 from 386 reviews. It adds an optional walk on lava flows and a lava tunnel to a food and wine pairing at the winery, with hotel pickup, in a group of up to 8. If you only want the tasting, a half-day tour from Taormina starts at $67.
What an Etna wine tour is, and how high it goes
Etna has its own wine appellation. The Etna DOC was established in 1968, the first DOC in Sicily. Etna Rosso is made from at least 80% Nerello Mascalese, with Nerello Cappuccio allowed up to 20%, and Etna Bianco from at least 60% Carricante; Etna Bianco Superiore needs at least 80% Carricante. That is what you taste on these tours, though the listings do not name the wineries or the wines, and the cellar can change from day to day.
In GetYourGuide’s catalogue in October 2026, wine tours account for 7% of the reviews of Etna products, and minivan tours with a tasting for another 11%. Two shapes are sold. A tasting-only tour drives you to a winery and back: Noema Viaggi’s half-day trip goes to a winery at Linguaglossa, on the north side. A volcano-and-wine day adds the slopes first. bdm reaches a resort at about 1,800 to 2,000 m, and the Catania tour from Etna Experience Excursion reaches a maximum of 2,000 m. All of them stay below 2,500 m, where walking is free; above it an authorised guide is required by the mayoral ordinances. For the craters higher up, see the Etna summit tours.
The real price
Wine tours are the simplest to price on Etna: none of them lists a cable car or 4x4 fee to pay on the day, because none uses one. bdm’s $170 per person covers the hotel pickup, the guide, bottled water, the walk, the lava tunnel and the food and wine tasting. The one cash item is seasonal: in winter the snowshoe rental is paid on the spot, 15 euros per person, if you join the snowshoe walk.
The spread in price is about what is included. Noema Viaggi’s $67 buys four wines and an appetizer, but the listing excludes transport from your hotel to the pickup point. Sicily Activities’ $201 adds hotel pickup, five glasses, a lunch with organic Etna products and dessert. Lunch is also included on both Alcantara days.
| Tour | From | Paid on site | Rating (reviews) | Length | Start point |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bdm Etna walk, wine and food tasting | $170 | Snowshoe rental in winter, 15 euros per person | 4.9 (386) | 7 h | Your hotel in Taormina (10 pickup points) |
| Noema Viaggi half-day wine tasting | $67 | None listed | 4.7 (664) | 5 h | Five pickup points in Taormina and Giardini Naxos |
| Sicily Activities food and wine tour | $201 | None listed | 4.9 (445) | 6 h | Your accommodation, Taormina |
| Etna People Etna, wine and Alcantara | $152 | None listed | 4.8 (523) | 8.5 h | Your hotel, Taormina |
| Etna Experience Excursion Etna, wine and Alcantara | $107 | None listed | 4.8 (551) | 8 h | Near your accommodation in Catania |
| My Siracusa trek, wine and food | $107 | None listed | 4.8 (224) | 7.5 h | Two pickup points in Siracusa |
| Lemontour half-day Etna and wine | $117 | None listed | 4.5 (256) | 7 h | Your hotel in Catania |
Prices, ratings and review counts from our October 2026 data check; cash fees as the listings state them. Operators use seasonal pricing, so treat them as the shape of the market, not a quote.
The Taormina tasting tours. Noema Viaggi drives through Fiumefreddo di Sicilia and Piedimonte Etneo to the winery at Linguaglossa for four wines with cheeses, preserved vegetables and local olive oil. Sicily Activities visits a family-run winery’s cellars, then serves lunch on a farmhouse terrace above the vineyards, finishing with homemade limoncello. A guest from Norway on Noema’s tour wrote that “we had plenty of time to explore the vineyard”.
The Alcantara days. Etna People from Taormina and Etna Experience Excursion from Catania both pair a walk around extinct craters at about 2,000 m and a lava cave with a winery lunch, then the Alcantara gorges. Etna Experience Excursion includes the gorge entrance tickets and lends trekking shoes and a jacket; Etna People includes hiking boots, a jacket and a walking stick, or snowshoes in winter.
From Catania and Siracusa. Lemontour spends about 2 hours on Etna with a lava cave, then 2 hours tasting at Zafferana Etnea. My Siracusa adds trekking poles and a guided walk on the southern slopes before a winery tasting; one guest from the United Kingdom reported in October 2026 that a local business charged extra to walk round a crater. For an evening glass of wine on the mountain, see the Etna sunset tours.
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Lava walk and pairing
From Taormina: Etna Walking Tour Wine Food Tasting in Winery
Hotel pickup, an optional walk on lava flows and lateral craters, a lava tunnel, and Etna's red and white wines paired with food, in a group of up to 8.
Check dates →Tasting only
Taormina: Guided Etna Wine Tasting Half-Day Tour
Five hours by coach to a winery at Linguaglossa for four wines and an appetizer. Get yourself to one of the five pickup points.
See this tour →Lunch among the vines
From Taormina: Mount Etna Food and Wine Tasting Tour
Pickup at your accommodation, a winery cellar visit, five glasses, then an organic lunch with dessert at a farmhouse, in a guaranteed small group.
See this tour →Who it suits, and what to bring
The tasting-only tours suit anyone who wants Etna’s wine without the mountain. Noema Viaggi and bdm list only babies under 1 or people over 95 as not suitable, and bdm’s listing marks its tour wheelchair accessible, with every activity optional; ask the operator about the walk before you book. The tours with a crater walk are not suitable for people with mobility impairments, and Etna Experience Excursion adds wheelchair users and people with heart problems. Tell the operator about food allergies: bdm asks, and Sicily Activities and Etna Experience Excursion offer vegetarian and other diets on request.
On the volcano days, dress for the slopes. It is roughly 12 to 13 °C colder at Rifugio Sapienza than in Catania. bdm asks for hiking shoes, a jacket, rain gear and long trousers. If you would rather go further on foot, see the guided hikes below 2,500 m or the jeep and lava cave tours, and for where to stay, Etna from Taormina or Catania.
When the weather turns
Etna Experience Excursion serves its winery lunch outdoors or indoors depending on the weather. The walk is the part that changes with the season: in winter bdm offers an easy snowshoe walk, and Etna People lists snowshoes in place of the walking stick. Every tour in this section offers free cancellation up to 24 hours before, so you can wait for the forecast before you commit.
Guest Reviews
What Guests Say
4.9/5
from 386 verified guests
"Juliano was very helpful and the trip went very smoothly thanks to his efforts. We had an amazing day enjoying Etna from different vantage points and understanding lava flow.and the Mountain."
"Very nice trip to Etna and a nice winetasting with good food."
"My mom, sister, and I had THE most wonderful time adventuring with Mauritzio and the group! His love for Etna, his hometown, the history and geology shone through and I even found myself taking little notes on my phone! He led us on a journey up through a former lava flow and into a more remote area to find lava fissures and caves where we truly felt we were on a different planet! The walk was uphill (understandably— you’re on Etna !) and could be slippery in some parts (it was a misty day) so Mauritzio had inspected us all before we began and saw my mom needed better sneakers to do the hike; he quickly then rented her much stronger hiking boots that saved her feet! He truly went above and beyond at every step of the way, even sharing sweet surprises from his hometown on our journey back. The wine tasting and tour was equally amazing - so much so that my sister is looking into shipping the bubbly we tasted to serve at her wedding. Cannot speak more highly of Mauritzio and this tour!"
"We had an absolutely wonderful time on this Mount Etna and wine-tasting tour. Our guide Maurizio was incredibly knowledgeable, funny, and entertaining, making the whole experience both enjoyable and interesting. We learned so much while having a great time. The wine tasting was generous, with plenty of delicious wine to enjoy, and the food was absolutely delicious! Everything was well organized, and the atmosphere made the experience even more special. We couldn’t have asked for a better day and would highly recommend this tour to anyone visiting Sicily. Thank you for such a fantastic experience."
"Brilliant trip. The information and hike was just enough. Wine tasting, food and tour was brilliant! We had so much fun"
"Salvatore was a great guide, extremely knowledgable about Etna and other local history. We were a group of 4 and would highly recommend this activity."
"This was a great day out and our guide Giuliano was excellent - both enthusiastic and knowledgable. The walk across the lava fields of previous eruptions was fascinating and we learned a lot about volcanoes and how Etna has shaped the landscape and communities, and influenced the crops grown, including vines. The visit to an Etna vineyard was enjoyable, the wines were excellent and the food pretty good. Overall this was one of the best guided tours we’ve experienced."
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Seven hours from your Taormina hotel in a group of up to 8: an optional walk of about an hour and a half on lava flows and lateral craters, a lava tunnel, and red and white Etna wines paired with local food at a winery, rated 4.9 by 386 guests on the booking platform. Free cancellation up to 24 hours before. Starting from $170 per person.
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Etna Wine Tour FAQ
The questions people ask before booking a wine tour on Etna, answered in the first sentence. Tour details come from each operator's listing; appellation facts from the Etna DOC consortium and the DOC production rules.
Etna DOC wines, mostly reds from Nerello Mascalese and whites from Carricante. The Etna DOC was established in 1968, the first DOC in Sicily. Etna Rosso needs at least 80% Nerello Mascalese and Etna Bianco at least 60% Carricante. bdm's tour pours red and white Etna wines; see its dates.
From $67 for a half-day tasting to $201 for a tasting with lunch, per person. None of the wine tours lists a cable car or 4x4 fee to pay on site. The half-day tour from Taormina excludes transport from your hotel to the pickup point, and bdm's winter snowshoe rental is paid on the spot, 15 euros per person. The half-day tasting includes four wines.
Yes, four of the seven tours on this page start in Taormina. bdm and Sicily Activities pick up at your accommodation, Etna People at your hotel, and Noema Viaggi from five pickup points in Taormina and Giardini Naxos. Noema's winery is at Linguaglossa, about 75 minutes each way by coach. Read Etna from Taormina or Catania.
Some operators offer it: Sicily Activities, Etna People and Etna Experience Excursion list private or small-group versions. bdm's tour is a small group limited to 8 people, and Sicily Activities calls its tour a guaranteed small group. mtetnaprivatetour.com compares the private options on Etna. For the shared versions, see Etna People's full-day tour.
Some do: bdm, Etna People, Etna Experience Excursion, My Siracusa and Lemontour add time on the slopes. bdm's walk of about an hour and a half on lava flows and lateral craters is optional. Noema Viaggi and Sicily Activities list no volcano walk. For more walking, see the guided Etna hikes.
Sicily Activities, Etna People and Etna Experience Excursion include lunch. Sicily Activities serves an organic lunch with dessert at a farmhouse; the two Alcantara days include a lunch at a winery. bdm's tour includes a food tasting rather than a full lunch. Sicily Activities' tour runs 6 hours.
Yes: Etna Experience Excursion and Lemontour leave from Catania, and My Siracusa from Siracusa. Etna Experience Excursion adds the Alcantara gorges with a winery lunch over 8 hours; Lemontour tastes at Zafferana Etnea; My Siracusa adds a guided walk with trekking poles. The Catania Alcantara day includes the gorge tickets.
Yes, Etnaround's sunset tour from Catania includes a glass of Etna wine and light food at sunset. It is a walk at about 2,000 m rather than a winery visit, and it excludes hotel pickup. Etna Est's sunset option includes zibibbo wine with cantucci biscuits. See the Etna sunset tours.
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