We took a local tour bus it was ok much cheaper and just as informative Read Less

Booked a private ride to Taromina which gave us 3 hours to do what we wanted , we walked around the town had delicious rice balls and cannolis . Beautiful city. Read Less

Fantastic place saw sites where parts of The Godfather movies were filmed and other historical places Read Less

Self tour by local taxi. We were approached on arrival by taxi driver and we wanted to go to Taormina. We paid $30per person for 7 of us to take us both ways and wait 3 hours. Being on deck 4 we were straight off the ship and on our way. We then added another stop at Savoca where they filmed the Godfather so total was $45 per person. Taormina was lovely, it had amazing street food and gelato. Read Less

Again an easy walk in from the ship. The main attraction is Taormina, but we decided to stay in Messina and explore. There’s not much to see to be honest. The cathedral is beautiful, and at 12 o’clock the bell tower comes to life.... statues move, and the sound of Ave Maria rings out across the square. Unfortunately, that’s the highlight of Messina. Otherwise it’s quite a dirty, dreary town with weeds growing up through the pavements. My advice would be to do the tour to Taormina. Read Less

Not much to do in Sicily. Not enought time to do anythign unless you book an excursion through the ship. Read Less

Incredibly beautiful with great shopping and worlds best gelato. Read Less

Excursion was rated a 2 but the cobblestone streets all at an incline make me thing this was more a 2.5 or a 3. But was very pretty Read Less

Very easy walk to station to take a 1 hour train to Taormina and then a bus to the mountain top town of Taormina. It looks like you would want a old beautiful Italian town to look - it's gorgeous. Beautiful architecture, pretty shops, great views, lots of little restaurants and great ice cream. Read Less

Guide was nice but her accent was so heavy that she was difficult to understand over the headphones. Another tour that would have been perfect if we had more free time. Read Less

Negotiated a private taxi to Taormina and had a blast. Why get squished on a bus when you can have a taxi all to yourselves for the same price? Found my wife's next Furla and enjoyed the people, food and views. A Can't Miss if you have never been there. Etna was covered in clouds that day, but we need to have another reason to go back. Great sail away here as well as Malta. Read Less

We went with a local taxi company to Taormina and Castlemola. Six of us in a very comfortable taxi van. The driver took us to Castlemola for 1 hour and then collected us to go to Taormina where we had 3 hours to look around. A great day and cheaper than ships excursion. Read Less

Sicily was interesting. We took a Hop on Hop off tour, and we watched Mt. Etna blowing white smoke from her volcanic top. Read Less

HOHO bus again but NOT OPEN TOPPED so disappointed. 2hours coastal ride. Read Less

We rode the hop on hop off bus and had a fun day. Read Less

Hired a taxi with a young gentleman named Fabrizio. Wonderful to wander, shop, eat and drink on our own. Read Less

Not a lot to do in the port but walk round old town Read Less

I see why movie stars and millionaires like the area! Don't plan on time for shopping! Read Less

Loved the place although the driver was quite rash. :-) Read Less

Loved this town, and on our own was great. Read Less

Our tour guide Sabrina was great, took us all the highlights of Messina. Finished with having pastries & gelato. Read Less

Loved Taormina and Messina. The tour guide was excellent and we had lots of time to eat and shop. Read Less

We made a mistake here as we should have taken a tour around the island. There is very little to see in Messina and it is very hard to get around for wheelchair users. No dropped kerbs, raised kerbs of a foot or more, cars parked across zebra crossings etc. Lots of taxi drivers pester you when you leave the cruise terminal and this continues with Dotto train ticket touts and street hawkers in the town Read Less

We used the ships transfer and it was really easy and we enjoyed being able to go at our own pace. Lovely place Read Less

Beautiful place with beautiful people and some of the best Italian food you can find anywhere! Read Less