A really nice day out - A really enjoyable excursion. There was plenty of time in Catania and also on Etna. This trip was really good for having a taste of Italy. It was a long day as we left the hotel at 05:45 and returned at 00:30 but I definitely recommend this if staying on Malta.

Mt. Etna was on fire! - Wasn't sure about it in the first place because it was more than a full day experience but believe me, it worth it 100%! You gave plenty of time in Catania and Mt Etna as well so you have the chance to walk around, experiment in the city etc and also to go up to the Mt. Etna with the lift (lifetime experience for me). If you would like to see Catania and Mt. Etna please do this trip!🫶🏻 Our bus driver and tour guy was both 10-star review!! Do it, do it, do it!!

From Malta to Sicily - It is an early departure, but you can spend time on board. The food in Catania is delicious, and the sweets are also volatile. It was a bit cold at the end of the ropeway on Mount Etna, but it was a pleasant experience in the refreshing air.

A great day trip. Lovely... - A great day trip. Lovely time on Sicily and Mt. Etna. Our guide was great. Kudos to our driver as well. Exception skill on the road. The staff at Myetna Street Food were the best. Great cocktails and food. The staff was friendly and hospitable.

Easy way to see Sicily from Malta - This trip was a good value and everything was covered. I liked the locations chosen. Mt. Etna was fantastic and well worth it to see!

Malta to Sicily tour is an amazing experience!! - Sicily was all I ever imagined it to be!!! It was a long day, starting with boarding the ferry at 5:30 am. Virtu Ferries was an amazing experience! Arriving at Porto di Pozzallo, we then got on a coach with Lora Donna, our tour guide, and Jon Franco, our driver, who shared a beautiful day with us full of Italian countryside as well as a stop in the city of Catania for a couple of hours where we enjoyed the festivities of a marathon and concert in the square as well as street vendors and open air markets. We ate the best pizza ever at the greatest little pizza shop called 3.0 Pizza! Then, we travelled to Mt. Etna, an active volcano, where we rode a cable car up to 8,000 feet above sea level then climbed another 500 feet until we decided we were ill-equipped to go further. Afterwards, we rode the coach back to Porto di Pollazzo and boarded the ferry to return back at Marsa, Malta around 11:30 pm.

Long trip made longer by unacceptable rules - This is a long day with short outside experiences. The stop in Catania was nice however only 2.5 hours long so difficult to do anything other than have lunch and a short wander. Mt Etna was what it said. A good one to tick off the list. Restaurants are quite fairly priced but souvenirs are pricey. 3 hours 20 mins was a long time here unless you're hiking. The description of the trip on Viator is very vague with no real itinerary given. Lastly be mindful that although the bus is luxury, there is no WiFi, no phone charging and you are bombarded all the time with reminders to use the toilets at restaurants not on the coach. This seemed to be the main concern of the guide as well as congratulating us all for ' being professional tourists' for being on time. This and the fact we were told there is no eating or drinking on the bus was pretty unacceptable for a tour of this length and cost.

So-so - First or all, the catamaran is amazingly clean, orderly and on time. But...the food is expensive and tasteless and there is absolutely noone to keep order on the ship. Kids screaming, running around, parents after them, teenagers screaming, cheering, simply an awful experience. The guide is ok. Have seen many better ones. She does say many basic/general things about the places you will visit, but what I minded was that she doesn't take you from place to place explaining you the things you see, bacground, history, she just shows you the main squares and lets you rome around alone. You have aprox 2h on every location, which is not enough to see things and eat relaxed. You have to rush with everything. The bus was perfect though. Air-conditioning working,comfy and clean. Catania is worth visiting, historical and beautiful. The Etna visit was disappointing. Short, we didn't get enough time to climb to the top. The cable cars quite flimsy. Had no explanation from the tourguide, had to eavesdrop to another guide who actually went with the people he was guiding to learn smth about the site. But seeing it was amazing. Would definitely go, but with another agency.

Waste of a day - Catania was dirty and rushed train was told was well worth doing all we seen was a tour of graffiti!!! Mt Etna was not enough time to see valcano.

Catania in 2 words - Without Hope - Tour Guide - knowledgeable and fab. Driver - skilled. Mt Etna - great experience. Catania - a town depressing and without hope! Steeped in history but nothing to carry the youngsters forward into the modern world. I felt anxiety and heart-sore for the youngsters who probably know no difference and are ill equipt to climb out of the modern day poverty. To be honest. I was shocked. When you turn off the main roads from the port you encouter dirty and derelict buildings, fly-tippng, discarded domestic waste, graffiti and tags everywhere! We took the tourist bus/train quite early on during the trip and sat in the 2nd carriage. The roof support to the carriage had been ripped away and we endured the banging and screeching of metal on metal that at times drowned out the multi-linguistic recording of the towns rich history. The Emperors New Clothes came to mind. I struggled to see past the obvious poverty and bleak existence the youngsters faced. I placed my 25 year old son in this environment and know he could never survive, much less thrive. I spent the remainder of the trip heavy-hearted and know the images will stay with me. It was so unexpected and not the kind of experience that can be brushed under the carpet. I would readily forego the Mt Etna experience not to have witnessed Catania.