Sicily · AUDIO TOURS
The 13 best audio tours you can book today, with what each costs, how long it runs and who it suits. Number one is first for a reason; start there.
Enter Taormina’s Ancient Theater with a skip-the-line ticket and explore at your own pace for one day. Your multilingual audio guide explains the Greek and Roman stages, gladiator arena, and later history. Expect security screening, a single entry, and broad views toward the sea.
“Tickets helps us skip the long queues and the audio guide was helpful.”
Visit Agrigento’s UNESCO-listed Valley of the Temples on your own, using a mobile ticket and optional audio guide in eight languages. Walk from Hera through ancient fortifications, Greek temples, Christian tombs, and the huge Olympieion. Allow two to three hours, bring headphones, and note that Kolymbethra Gardens costs extra.
“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”
Use your smartphone and Google Maps to explore Ortigia and Syracuse with audio and written commentary in English, Spanish, Italian, German, or French. The route links the market, Greek temples, Piazza Duomo, Arethusa Spring, Neapolis, and two major sanctuaries, with freedom to pause whenever you like.
“Web-based audio guide, gives you the map of the route and explanations of about 2 min per attraction. Not only for Ortigia but also for Syracuse. He guided us on our walk through the city without the intensity of a classic tour guideAuto-translated”
Use the ITGUIDES app to explore Agrigento’s Valley of the Temples at your own pace. The $4.70 audio guide includes an introduction and 11 geolocated descriptions in English, Italian, French, Spanish, or German, with photos and illustrations. Entry is separate.
“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.”
Visit Agrigento’s Valley of the Temples with a skip-the-line entry ticket, mobile audio guide, and access to the Treasures of Italy exhibition. You walk independently through one of Sicily’s finest Greek archaeological sites. Download your ticket and audio guide before arrival, and bring your own phone and headphones.
“Great experience, great walking through the site. Be sure that you have downloaded your tickets before arriving, not just the voucher.”
Use your smartphone to follow a self-guided Catania route from Ursino Castle to the Benedictine Monastery. Audio and written commentary comes in five languages, with Google Maps links, monument tips, curiosities, and restaurant advice. You set the pace and may change the ending point.
“Very professional, easy to follow. A very efficient way to see Catania’s historic area. The ability to start and stop provides flexibility to customize the pace and routing to make any deviations you desire. I wish this type of audio guide were available in many of the other cities we visit. I highly recommend this guide.”
Visit Palermo’s University Botanical Garden at your own pace with entry to its Mediterranean, tropical, and subtropical collections. Walk among palms, cycads, succulents, statues, and bas-reliefs, then use the included digital audio guide to learn about Palermo city.
Follow a self-guided Palermo route from San Giovanni degli Eremiti to the historic markets, Kalsa, and majolica museum. Your phone provides audio, written commentary, Google Maps links, history, curiosities, and restaurant advice in several languages. You set the pace and can change the route.
“I wouldn't take it again. It is not worth paying because it is very easy to do it on your own. You have to connect to a website with a password for audios.Auto-translated”
Follow Inspector Montalbano’s Sicily from Catania to Punta Secca, Scicli, Ragusa Ibla, and Modica. You’ll travel by minivan with multilingual audio commentary, walk through Baroque towns, see filming locations, and sample Modica’s distinctive Aztec-style chocolate. Drivers speak English and Italian.
“Guida molto disponibile simpatico, Salvatore, posti che meritano di essere visitato.”
Use the VoiceMap app to follow an English audio walk through Taormina for about an hour. Start near Porta Catania, stroll along Corso Umberto, see the Duomo, Piazza IX Aprile, Vicolo Stretto, Palazzo Corvaja, and finish at Porta Messina. Audio, maps, and route data work offline.
“The app gave us flexibility with arrival time. Interesting info. I wish it could go out of sequence because I was moving away from crowds as much as possible. I also wish we could keep recording to play back as I viewed my photos later..”
Use the World City Trail app to explore Palermo on foot, solving location-based riddles between the Royal Palace, Cathedral, Quattro Canti, Teatro Massimo, and more. The self-guided route takes about 2.5 to 3 hours, works 24/7, and includes audio stories, GPS directions, and local restaurant tips.
“So much fun. We did it on our first day to help us get to know the way around the city and it was and amazing way to do that. Unfortunately some of the buildings we covered due to restoration making some of the clues impossible but obviously not thw fault of thw tour provider. Still and amazing activity and a fun way to explore”
Use the World City Trail app to follow a 2.6-kilometer route through Syracuse and Ortigia. Solve observation puzzles at the Temple of Apollo, Diana Fountain, Cathedral, and Arethusa Spring while listening to audio stories. Start anytime, pause freely, and explore in English or five other languages.
“This was an OK experience but some of the questions were confusing and should be updated to clarify them.”
Enter Selinunte Archaeological Park independently, walk among Greek temples, Acropolis ruins, and an eight-meter sea wall, then use a digital Sicily guide with 86 points of interest. Bring your own phone and headphones. No live guide or shuttle is included.
“Le site est très beau et l'environnement au bord de la mer merveilleux !”
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