8 Street Food Tours in Taormina Worth the Day

1.Mount Etna Food and Wine Tasting Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 297 reviews · from $168Our pick

Travel from Taormina with a local English-speaking guide such as Giovanni, Antonio, Denise, or Orazio. Visit a family winery for five wine samples and cold snacks, then enjoy an organic Etna lunch with seasonal pasta, dessert, and limoncello at a farmhouse.

“Our guide Giovanni was friendly and informative. We enjoyed all our wine samples and the lunch was great. Transportation on time and comfortable. Would absolutely recommend Heather and Gareth”

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2.Sicilian Cooking Class & Market Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 212 reviews · from $107

Meet Paolo, Mary, or the kitchen team at Porta Messina for a market visit and hands-on Sicilian cooking class. You’ll choose fresh ingredients, make pasta, prepare fish and eggplant dishes, then eat the full meal with wine, coffee, an apron, and a certificate included.

“So much delicious food and drink! Amazing hand-on experience- we learned a lot and were thoroughly welcomed & entertained by Paulo. We started the day going to the market, selecting our fresh fish, produce etc, then spent a good part of the day cooking and eating! Paulo was friendly, humorous, knowledgeable, informative…. A great day (a highlight of our vacation) and also a tremendous value!!!”

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3.Private tour of Etna and Winery Visit with Food and Wine Tasting from Taormina

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 188 reviews · from $387Top rated

Travel privately from Taormina to Mount Etna with a guide such as Alessandro, Corrado, or Maurizio. Visit Zafferana’s honey shop, walk around volcanic craters, then enjoy an Etna winery tour, lunch, and red and white wine tasting. Optional cable-car access costs extra.

“walking on Etna and the views. The scenery and quality of food at the winery. The excellent commentary form our guide Elena throughout the day”

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4.Taormina Food and Wine Walking Tour (Small Group or Private)

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 180 reviews · 2 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $107

Join a small group in Taormina for a 2.5-hour evening of Sicilian food and wine. You will visit three venues for fish, local land foods, pastries, Prosecco, regional wines, dessert wine, and liqueurs. Guides such as Alfredo, Jerry, Giovanni, and Denise lead the experience in English.

“We were a group that of six, which was just right for this tour. Alfredo our guide was excellent, full of anecdotes and good Sicilian humor. He was very informative and made the tour very interesting and enjoyable. The food and wine which we tasted were all of excellent quality as was the choice of restaurants at which the food and wine were served. An excellent evening out.”

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5.Taormina Half-Day Sicilian Cooking Class & Market Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 82 reviews · from $152

Meet Chef Massimo at Porta Messina, visit Taormina’s produce and fish markets on the morning option, then cook pasta, caponata, meatballs, fish, and dessert in his panoramic home. You eat what you make, with lunch, two wines, and an apron included.

“Mossimo was wonderful, entertaining and educational. The food was excellent that we all prepared and i truly learned a lot about Sicily and its cooking style plus food. Thank you!!!”

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6.Coastal Highlights Cruise with Wine & Food Tasting

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 79 reviews · from $90Best value

Meet at Boat Experience Taormina for a three-hour cruise through the bays and caves near Taormina and Giardini Naxos. Guides such as Federico, Andrea, Tony, and Demi lead tastings of Etna wine, liqueurs, salami, and cheese, with time to swim and snorkel.

“I really enjoyed the boat tour, our guide was knowledgeable, fun and whipped us up some nice appitizers of meats, cheeses, some delicious breads. Along with local wine. We were able to swim and snorkel in a few areas, as well as venture into a few shallow caves.”

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7.Mt. Etna Private Tour with Food and Wine Tasting

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 19 reviews · from $305

Travel by private car from Taormina, Giardini Naxos, Letojanni, or nearby towns to Mt. Etna. Visit the Silvestri Craters, taste local honey, then tour an Etna winery for lunch and four wines. Guides such as Massimo, Samuela, and Raphaele lead in English or Italian.

“Our guide, Massimo was outstanding! He spoke great English and taught us a lot about the land, its surroundings, and history along the drive. We very much enjoyed sampling the local honeys and liquors in a quaint town at the foot of Mt Etna, the drive up the mountain to view Mt Etna and some of the areas where eruptions have occurred. The winery visit was a wonderful cap to the day! We were able to sample 4 different Etna wines and were presented with a gorgeous cheese and grazing board. Would highly recommend this tour -- and be sure to wear sneakers!”

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8.TASTE OF SICILY: Taormina, Messina + sicilian street food tasting

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 13 reviews · 4 to 6 hours (approx.) · from $198

Travel from the Messina or Giardini Naxos port to Taormina and Messina in a group of no more than 12. Guides such as Simone, Fabio, Sergio, and Elisabetta combine sightseeing with arancini and cannoli tastings, then leave you free time in Taormina for shops, lunch, and views.

“Simone was right on time to pick us up at our cruise port. We loved Taormina! It was beautiful and we had so much fun exploring all the local shops. Then we headed to Messina to explore and enjoy Cannolis and Rice Balls! We were concerned we would not have enough time to really appreciate Sicily since we had to be back on our cruise ship, but Simone made sure we had plenty of time to enjoy while still getting us back on time. We were a family of 10 with two small children (3 & 4) and being able to be picked up at the cruise port was very…”

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