It is so easy to see why there are mixed reviews, you need to time this one right and sit on the right as well if you are leaving from Stazione Catania Borgo, we arrived there on the underused metro. The views are good and as it was springtime so the wild flowers made a good slash of colour. We... More

As we struggled to decipher any info from the company website about train round Etna thought it might be useful to post what we found through our very helpful host who rang up and asked for us. We got the train on a weekday from Giarre - not the main station but the special single gauge one to the left... More

A good way of seeing some of inland Sicliy and getting closer to Mt Etna, though you can't see it for some of the journey. Section between Bronte and Randazzo is best. Popular with sulky Italian teenagers on Saturdays.

This is a very unique way to experience Sicily and mount Etna. A small old train going 2 hours up the mountain and 1 hour round the volcano. Great views, great experience. However, I would not advise you to go there in July (when we went) as it is extremely hot and the train does not have air conditioning. I... More

Don't bother! The section we travelled passed through some very down at heel towns and some vaguely interesting landscape but you can see it all from the road. The train itself is old and tired.

We went on the train as part of an SAT trip to Etna. This would be considered a ‘heritage’ train, but is used by the villages on this route to get to school/ main cities. A lot of fun and great scenery.

On Monday 17 September we decided to take the 12-31 train from Giarre to Catania that included a change at Randazzo. We were waiting for the train with 6 other couples however 30 minutes before the train arrived there were dozens of children appeared. When the train actually arrived there was only one coach that was almost filled capacity about... More

We went from Taormina on an organised excursion with SAT to Etna, which included part of the journey on this train. It is 1950's and goes through some very volcanic scenery. It is so quaint, that is seems to have to take a run at the hills. Great Fun

It took us three attempts to get a train - find a timetable online before you go! The station at Giarre was all locked up and a local old lady came for a train, muttered in Italian and went away so we thought it was cancelled - Riposto is the first station at that end and is likely to have... More