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Syracuse Day Tour: Explore Ancient Ruins
3.8
100 Ratings
Taormina
Embark on a captivating day trip from Taormina to Syracuse in Sicily. Explore ancient ruins, admire coastal scenery, and immerse yourself in the rich history of this sunny city.
Embark on a captivating day trip from Taormina to Syracuse in Sicily. Explore ancient ruins, admire coastal scenery, and immerse yourself in the rich history of this sunny city.
Duration:
9 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Parco Archeologico della Neapolis - Visit the Archaelogical area with a local guide
- Ear of Dionysius (Orecchio di Dionisio) - Visit all caves in the archaelogical area
- Duomo di Siracusa - Visit of the main cathedral
- Parco Archeologico della Neapolis - Visit the Archaelogical area with a local guide
- Ear of Dionysius (Orecchio di Dionisio) - Visit all caves in the archaelogical area
- Duomo di Siracusa - Visit of the main cathedral
What's Included
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Tour Leader service
- Local guide service
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Tour Leader service
- Local guide service
What's Not Included
- Food and drinks
- Entrance fee to Parco Archeologico della Neapolis - (free for EU citizens under 18 years)
- Entrance fees
- Food and drinks
- Entrance fee to Parco Archeologico della Neapolis - (free for EU citizens under 18 years)
- Entrance fees
Additional Information
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…
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.
- 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
Location
Terminal Interbus Taormina
Via Luigi Pirandello
Departure for all tours is from the main Bus Terminal in Via Pirandello. Pick up is also available along the coast at Taormina by the sea, Letojanni and Giardini Naxos. Customers are invited to contact for information about pick up.The coach is silver with a SAT logo in red.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
3.8
(100 Ratings)
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Rebecca_g
Jun 21, 2025
A good overview of... - 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.
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Petra
Jun 18, 2025
We were very enthusiastic! - 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!
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Barbara_t
Apr 24, 2025
Absolutely excellent - 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.
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Christine_s
Oct 15, 2024
Syracussa day trip - 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
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Y8899hpnicolas
Oct 18, 2025
Good trip but would have liked longer - 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.
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Tanyamichelle_g
Aug 18, 2024
A Great Tour with a Great Guide - 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!!
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Peter_w
Sep 19, 2025
Too many pickups meant a... - Too many pickups meant a good part of the day was spent on the bus
Earphones should be included.......
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Tally_w
Sep 3, 2025
3x languages took 3x as long - 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.
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Triciaq186605
Sep 30, 2024
SAT Tour - 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 !!
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Silvias376
Aug 3, 2024
arrogance and rudeness - 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.
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