CityBySee Hop On Hop Off: Explore Beautiful Taormina and Surroundings in 1 Day
2.7
119 Ratings
Taormina

Embark on the CityBySee Taormina’s Hop On - Hop Off tour to uncover the most enchanting spots of Taormina and its vicinity in just one day. This thrilling journey is enhanced with the elements of Nature, Culture, History and Scenic views.

Duration: 1 day
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Ancient Theatre of Taormina - One of the most important and beautiful attraction of Taormina is the Ancient Theater.
  • Isola Bella - Isola Bella in Taormina, a beautiful location connected to the mainland by a thin strip of sand, is one of the most beautiful places in Sicily. It is located near Taormina and overlooks the emerald waters of the Ionian Sea.
What's Included
  • Headsets to hear the guide clearly
  • Hop-on hop-off tour
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks
  • Drinks
  • Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)
  • Lunch
  • Food and drinks, unless specified
  • Food and drinks, other than the “value added offers” specified in your guidebook
  • Excess luggage charges (where applicable)
Additional Information
  • Dress code is smart casual
  • May be operated by a multi-lingual guide
  • The duration of transfers are approximate, the exact duration will depend on the time of day and traffic conditions
  • Each traveler is allowed a maximum of 1 suitcase and 1 carry-on bag. Oversized or excessive luggage (e.g. surfboards, golf clubs or bikes) may have certain…
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Location
Terminal Interbus Taormina
Via Luigi Pirandello
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
2.7
(119 Ratings)
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Gonzalo
Oct 11, 2024
Pleasant and surprising experience in a hop hoff - Very helpful and good advisors, especially Valerio. They help you make the most of that beautiful city. Very good experience and very punctual
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Tronhgjggs
Jul 16, 2024
I tipped the seller for the tour explanation a quick way to see the whole area around Taormina - The ride was explained to me very well in the office, the guy with the red hat starting from Taormina stop center number 9 made me skip Letojanni and to get off as the first stop at 'island beautiful stop number 15 and stay there an hour calculating 3 main stops the second cleft ', stop number 2 to visit the park the photos of the beautiful Gulf of Naxos and Etna in the background all beautiful, nearby there are also good restaurants view of the gulf and Taormina in the background then climb around 1.15pm Taormina where there will be a lunch break and drivers would have passed after two hours but if I stayed there at the Taormina terminal were only 45 minutes and then I would leave with the same driver towards Castelmola and all to complete the tour and visit the bar turrisi and then to get off at Madonna Rocca at the descent towards taormina for the castle of taormina and Madonna Rocca and visit the church in the cave then to return to Taormina with a free shuttle bus that of the parking lots that does not check if you have tickets or not 🤣🤣🤣😂 excellent I would say very good ....PS
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Svalaf2018
Sep 2, 2024
Good price - Worth the price, you get to see lovely places for a fraction of what a taxi would cost although you should not be in a hurry as the timetable is not always correct. We had to wait another 45 minutes for our bus from Caster Mola and the bus stops are very crowded. However the bus drivers are lovely
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2017jmc
Oct 27, 2024
RUINED OUR TAORMINA VISIT - HUGE mistake in booking CityBySee Hop On bus service. Waited over an hour before a tinted-window mini-van was substituted for a broken down open-air bus. Forget scenic views & photos - the primary purpose of the trip. Then, told that buses didn't follow the printed map when cruise ships are in port because the full route takes too long. Wow! Spent almost 4 hours standing in the sun and riding to/from a bus terminal. Decades of travel on 6 continents, and I've never before encountered such blatant false advertising and outright lies from a tour company employees. And of course, NO REFUNDS. The "cash only" ticket policy is all the warning you need, leaving no recourse through your bank card. [NOTE: a bona fide hop-on bus service is available a half-block further from the port dock.]
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Ambassador751737
Oct 25, 2024
Abandoned at top of the castle - Every stop we were told to get off the bus , then to come back in an hour. Then bus was late or didn't show up. We ended up taking a taxi back so we wouldn't miss the ship. Horrible experience
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Lisalerma
Oct 25, 2024
The entire experience was awful. The agent is an awful person. No good customer service - They lie and are argumentive. they are awful. DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY. Excuse after excuse. The bus is extremely uncomfortable and their headsets do not work. RUN!!!!!!!
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Sheilas966
Sep 29, 2024
Don’t do it!!! - Very unorganized - every stop people getting on or off are confused about times, stops, returns…pre-recorded narrative is boring and very generic , adding headphones didn’t work consistently for 2 people (only 1 worked). Too much time to wait per stop for next bus. Announcements are not understood- stops were skipped in order to make certain schedules.
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N9028qhlindah
Aug 3, 2024
Don’t waste your money on this - absolutely rubbish!! - My husband and I paid to go on the red route and feel completely ripped off. We paid €40 for our tickets on the bus mid route, as it’s a hop on and hop off service. We decided to get off after a of couple of stops and catch another bus later to finish the rest of the tour, only to be told when we got to Taormina that the bus we were on was changing to the green route (which is the God Father tour). We had to either get off and wait another hour for the red route to start again or pay another €40 to stay on the bus and do the green route! At no point when we were sold the tickets were we told that they change to different routes. We not only spent €40 to go a few stops but also wasted valuable holiday hours! Add to that the commentary on the bus kept cutting out so we didn’t even learn anything for the time we were on it! Rubbish service and rubbish communication!
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Inspire24597499572
Jul 12, 2024
Avoid at all costs - Appalling company. Do not use. Disembarked ship in Toarmina and paid 20 Euro each to travel into town. Was told to get off the bus, wander through town and return to stop to travel up to castle at 11.30 am. Returned as instructed only to stand in the very hot sun for 90 minutes with the crowd building to catch the bus to the next destination. Decided to catch a local bus back to ship in case this company’s bus never came. For 1.90 euro each we got back to ship. Feel completely ripped off. If we had known we could have spent the wasted time browsing through the beautiful city. Please, please avoid at all costs.
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126suzannes
Jul 11, 2024
Never again. - Very disorganized. Not really a hop on hop off service. We were dropped at a bus terminal on the red line so we could catch the purple line. No purple line showed up. We were told buses come every half hour, which was false. No queueing for when buses did arrive. People just crammed to the doorway. Some waited over an hour to get on. Steep winding roads driven at a fast clip. I'm sure drivers are very experienced but riding with them is not for the faint of heart.
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