SICILY · AUDIO TOURS
The 8 best audio tours you can book right now, with what each costs, how long it runs and who it suits. Number one is top for a reason; start there.
Skip lines at Taormina's Ancient Theater with a multi-language audio guide, plus sea views from one of Sicily’s biggest arenas.
“Tickets helps us skip the long queues and the audio guide was helpful.”
Skip-the-line ticket and multi-language audio for UNESCO Valley of the Temples in Agrigento, plus exhibition entry and self-guided routes.
“la visite est parfaite. a faire au coucher du soleil magnifique. cependant l audioguide n est pas top. 1es explication par temple ne dure qu une minute du mal a trouver la position exacte sur le site. et comme l appli est sur le téléphone, quand on prend des photo il faut se remettre sur l appli.... donc je recommande cette visite bien sûr mais sans l audioguide un manuel a vendre a l entrée est presque mieux”
Smartphone audio guide for Agrigento’s Valley of the Temples, geolocated stops with native-language narration about Greek temples and rites.
“Tried to call a taxi. None at the taxi stand. Dialling a taxi wanted too much information - not prepared to give so… didn’t make it. paid for but did not enjoy.”
Self-guided ticket to Monreale Cloister with an audio app. See Norman mosaics, 228 columns, and a quiet fountain garden in Sicily.
Visit Palermo’s University Botanical Garden, see 12,000 plants, and use a digital Palermo audio guide for $12.
Full-day Sicily trip from Catania to Agrigento Temples and Piazza Armerina Roman mosaics, with multilingual audio guide and timed visits.
“We were not notified that the driver did not speak English. There was a pre-recorded description during the ride, but the driver could not communicate with its passengers.”
Full-day audio-guided tour from Siracusa to Marzamemi and Noto, with a multilingual guide, easy transport, and time to explore.
“This could have been better. The office where we were to meet was completely torn apart as they were doing work, and no one from any tourist service was there. At one minute before starting time a van arrived and we got in. The driver was only a driver and only spoke Italian. He drove exceedingly fast which eventually we mentioned to him. The audio guide was a voice in 4 languages telling a little about Marzamemi and then Noto, but was not pleasant to listen to. After our two hours in Noto the driver took us back to the meeting point in Syracuse, less than six hours after we…”
Follow Inspector Montalbano’s south-eastern Sicily trail from Catania to Punta Secca, Scicli, Ragusa Ibla, and Modica with an audio guide.
“Guida molto disponibile simpatico, Salvatore, posti che meritano di essere visitato.”
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