The 10 Best Private Car Days in Sicily

1.VALLEY OF TEMPLES Private Tour with Guide Driver

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 11 reviews · 8 to 9 hours (approx.) · from $391Our pick

Travel from Palermo to Agrigento in a private Premium Mercedes with a local guide-driver such as Mimmo or Domenico. Walk through the Valley of Temples, see Juno, Concordia, and Hercules, then enjoy free time for lunch and Agrigento.

“Mimmo is the best tour guide. He is smart, funny, courteous, punctual and just wonderful to spend the day with. I highly recommend any tour with Mimmo and we will be using him again next time we are in Sicily.”

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2.Noto, Portopalo and Marzamemi tour from Syracuse with private driver

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 10 reviews · 6 hours (approx.)

Travel from Syracuse with a private driver in an air-conditioned Mercedes to Noto, Isola di Capo Passero, and Marzamemi. You get hotel pickup, water, and English or Italian driver escort. Sebastiano has provided helpful local context and a good Marzamemi restaurant tip, but this is not a guided tour.

“All three destinations are fantastic. The general consensus was that Portopalo was the best part of the tour. The meeting of the Ionian Sea and the Mediterranean was beautiful. And there were many friendly Italian families enjoying the gorgeous sandy beach. However, Marzememi and Noto definitely are worth visiting. Our driver Sebastiano was a great person to spend the day with. He provided a lot of details before touring each area, so that we could appreciate what each place offered. Plus he gave a great restaurant recommendation in Marzememi, where we had an excellent lunch.”

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3.Etna and Taormina tour from Syracuse with private driver

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 9 reviews · 9 hours (approx.)

Travel from Syracuse to Mount Etna and Taormina in an air-conditioned Mercedes with a multilingual private driver. Walk around the Silvestri Craters, taste Sicilian honey at Oro d’Etna, and explore Taormina’s ancient theater and lanes. Sebastian is one driver named in past bookings, but no licensed guide is included.

“We quickly realised that our driver was only that, a driver, not a tour guide. That was disappointing as we would have liked more info about both Mt Etna and Taormina. The Mt Etna experience was interesting and I am glad I have been, but obviously very crowded and commercialised. I should have done more research beforehand. We were then driven to Taormina and dropped off at Catania gate. This leads to a series of restaurants and shops very similar to that in Syracuse, where were based. Again, no explanation of history or geography and we were under prepared in that regard. Not interested in shopping!”

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4.Leave the City Behind Tour with Guide Driver starts from Palermo

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 6 reviews · from $433

Leave Palermo in a private Premium Mercedes with guide driver Mimmo, cross vineyard and olive country, explore Selinunte’s Greek temples, then taste DOP Nocellara del Belice olives and extra virgin olive oil near Castelvetrano. Plan on 7 to 8 hours, plus lunch at your own cost.

“Great tour of Sicilian countryside with excellent and very knowledgeable local tour guide, Mimmo. Enjoyed escaping the hectic atmosphere of Palermo and seeing the olive farming, the "Sicily Pompei" ruins, and the winery. Highly recommend and best way to learn and view the people and culture of Sicily.”

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5.Montalbano Tour from Syracuse with private driver

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 6 reviews

Spend about nine hours tracing Inspector Montalbano’s screen locations from Syracuse with a private driver-escort. Visit Ragusa Ibla, Donnafugata Castle, Punta Secca, and Scicli, including Montalbano’s office set. Pickup, air-conditioned Mercedes transport, and water are included.

“Very interesting and informative trip. Itenerary was well organized, timetable held well. Our guide was knoledgeable and service-minded. Maximum confort on board.”

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6.CEFALU’ and MONREALE Private Tour with Guide Driver starts from Palermo

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 4 reviews · 6 to 7 hours (approx.)

Leave Palermo with a private English-speaking guide-driver for Monreale’s Norman cathedral, then continue along Sicily’s north coast to Cefalù. You’ll have guided time in Monreale, free time for Cefalù’s old town and cathedral, lunch at your own cost, and hotel drop-off in a Premium Mercedes vehicle.

“Mr. Domenico is very professional. Everything went perfectly. The place is beautiful and the food very good. We got good tips from Mr. DomenicoAuto-translated”

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7.Etna tour from Syracuse with private driver

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 4 reviews · 7 hours (approx.)

Travel from Syracuse in an air-conditioned Mercedes with Marco, an English-speaking driver-escort, for a private Mount Etna day. Walk the Silvestri Craters, add the cableway and 4x4 ride to 2,900 meters at extra cost, then taste honey, wine, and olive oil near Zafferana.

“We booked on invidual tour with Marco. He took us to the Etna and a couple of others craters within the area. My ten years old received a lot information and enjoyed the entire trip very much. We can only recommend booking a trip with Marco the trip was its money worth.”

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8.Palermo Private MINITOUR of WEST SICILY 4 Days with Guide Driver

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3 reviews · from $1,852

Travel with guide driver Mimmo in a private Mercedes from Palermo through western Sicily. You’ll see Cefalù, Monreale, Segesta, Selinunte, Erice-area salt flats, and Agrigento, with wine, olive oil, and local food stops along the way.

“We just finished an excellent 6 day private tour of Sicily with Mimmo. He made driving Sicily's sometimes treacherous roads safe and comfortable and gave us the benefit of his extensive knowledge of many historical, natural and commerciRead more”

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9.ERICE and SEGESTA Private Exclusive Tour starts from Palermo with Guide Driver

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 3 reviews · from $407

Leave Palermo by premium Mercedes with guide-driver Mimmo for a full day at Segesta and Erice. See a Greek theater, Arabic mosque ruins, a Norman church, and a Roman forum, then stroll Erice’s medieval lanes. Hotel pickup, bottled water, and private transport are included; lunch and entry fees are extra.

“We were supposed to spend one hour at the temple and one hour at the teatro in Segesta. As it turned out, we never got to Erice until two in the afternoon after having been picked up at 9:00 in the morning. We then had lunch with our guide trRead more”

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10.Taormina PRIVATE EAST COAST EXCURSIONS 2 Exclusive Days with Guide Driver

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3 reviews · from $1,041

Travel privately from Taormina, or Catania on request, in a Premium Mercedes with an English-speaking driver-guide. See Etna’s Silvestri Craters, film-famous Savoca, ancient Syracuse, and Ortigia. Wine tasting and a cable-car ride are optional, while meals and entrance fees cost extra.

“We found him online and booked him for two days in Sicily. He pleasant and informative with a Great sense of humor. Lots of fun and extremely knowledgeable He went out of his way every time to give us an extra special experience. We are absolutely thrilled and highly recommend Mimmo”

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