A great tour up Etna and around the craters! Our guide Marco was brilliant! Very informative and gave us great recommendations for the rest of our trip. Highly recommend!!

Fantastic trek on Etna with a very knowledgable and friendly guide, Simone. The route covered a variety of the amazing features of the volcano and Simone gave interesting details and context on these in an engaging way throughout the trip. Overall a great experience and one I would recommend to anyone visiting the area.

What a phenomenal experience! My group was guided by Simone, who made us feel at ease during the entire day. I would recommend on taking multiple layers (t-shirt, hoodie & jacket) when trekking Mt. Etna as the temperatures can be a bit different from the warm days on the lovely Sicilian beaches :) I was overwhelmed by the knowledge and pleasantness of the guides at Aitne, they kept me intrigued and entertained during the entire trek. I hope to be back on Mt. Etna one day, Truly wonderful adventure, highly recommended!

Super experience, very nice guides with a lot of knowledge. They were open to questions and they had great explanations. Peppe and Luca paid a lot of attention to everyone to be sure everyone was oke during the hike. At the end we had a nice talk about our experience and if we were oke with Peppe and waved him goodbye. So at the end of the day it was a great experience we will never forget due to our guides. Ps. We used a lot of our imagination (it was cloudy at times) Greetings the Dutch girls

Fantastic life experience to do early morning. The guy was very knowledgeable and really friendly. I recommand it.

I'll start with the nutshell: we are so glad, that we chose Aitne. For those who like to read: If you're up to climb Etna and don't want to do it without a guide (which I would recommend), you may be overwhelmed by the lots of different providers, offering tours to Etna. The first thing that lead to convincing us from Aitne was the almost 24/7 availability on Whatsapp. Service: Even after several days and a lot of questions from our side (which they probably answer 50 times a day), the contact was always available, helpful and straight. They even organized a transport from Taormina to the meeting point, as Taormina is not the most common spot to start Etnas climbing tours (;Catania is). Of course, they have proper shoes, jackets and helmets available. The Tour: We started at 9 o' clock at the Rifugio di Sapienza (1900m), took the cable car up to 2500m and went up to 3000m by feet, where we enjoyed breathtaking views on different craters. Up there, we had a relaxed lunch (on top of a Volcano) and then started our descent. Descending was (way) more fun than expected, as you were almost skiing down on boulders and rubble - hilarious! The Guide: Do you know these people, whom you instantly and completely trust at first sight? Francesco ("Ciccio") is one of these. More than just deeply connected to Mt. Etna, he seemed like Etnas personification to me. (although they say Mt. Etna's personality is female, but who really cares about genders) The fire in his eyes when talking about Volcanism, his impression of profound knowledge and his close, friendly aura make me believe, that there can not be a better guide than Ciccio. He translated everything in funny english for us as well (Come on'eh. Italien people'eh speaking'e english is'eh funny.) So, this guide is reason enough, to choose Aitne. Hint: Yes, it's true what they say: It can get really cold up there. You won't regret choosing the long trousers and taking a sweater with you. Second and last nutshell: This was one of the greatest days in my life - thanks to Ciccio and Aitne - and I'm deeply thankful for that experience - Grazie!

Very professional and well organised tour. We had Giuseppe as a guide (he speaks French and English well) and he was very patient with us although we had never done mountain biking before. I'd recommend the tour to anyone who is a bit adventurous, the MTB have electric assistance so it doesn't require a high level of fitness and the views in the forest and around the Etna are just amazing. Totally worth the money. Grazie!

I had an amazing time hiking Mt Etna with Marco! He is a great guide. He shared some very interesting stories about My Etna - he is incredibly knowledgeable when it comes to volcanos! Thank you for a great trip!

thanks to our guide Marco Tomasello, we had great experience to visit Etna. It was my dream to clime It back to couple of years! finally We were there in July 2019. Because Etna was activated, We clime down to the other side and running down on the ash, walking on the lava. that was awesome! thanks to our guide. he said that We were the first Chinese he guided. Recommended! 相当惊艳的体验! 因为火山活动期,无法到顶部,我们在中间2650米左右就开始向下。 向导MARCO带着我们在从火山灰上跑下，到了一个小山谷，穿越了一篇片岩浆形成的地貌，以及一篇片森林。不但完成了我怕火山的愿望,还完成了一次非常棒的徒步体验! 超级推荐非给有兴趣的中国人。

Massimo and Luca were great. Really informative, and though it was tough going for me (less so for my partner) I would do it again with the same people! Very well organised, all safety aspects were considered... and Etna did some nice eruptions for us. Perfect.

We booked a private guided hike with Guiseppe, one of Aitne’s guides. It was a fantastic day. Guiseppe’s knowledge of Etna, it’s history and geology was extensive. It was hard not to be inspired by his passion for the mountain. Which made the hike all the more fun and interesting. We could not hike the summit as the path was closed. But we saw so much, other craters and the awe inspiring Valle de Bove, that we never felt short changed. Thank you Guiseppe 😀. We would wholeheartedly recommend this.

Disappointed to arrive at Etna to learn we couldn't do the summit crater tour so we did the Valle del Bove instead which we thoroughly enjoyed. It is very diverse and has a lot to offer - craters, lava flows, flora and loads of fun running down pumice scree slopes. Our guide Marco of Aitne was excellent. Recommended.

We did the Etna volcano tour with Mountain Guide Marco, and it was spectacular. We were able to hire the kit we needed and the group was well organised getting up the cable car and into the 4x4 bus. From there we hiked, and stopped at times for info from the guide, including points from history, myths and legends surrounding the Etna volcano. At the top of the crater we had some good visibility, and could clearly see into some of the deeper sections. Marco was very clear in his explanations, which he gave in English and French for the group at the time, and we felt very safe in his capable hands. I cannot recommend this trip enough, if you are in the area you should definitely contact these guys

just an extraordinary tour use the warm clothes they offer for free (they can lend you EVERYTHING YOU NEED) the guide Giuseppe was speaking French & English fluently and was remarkable

Grandmother walked on her 75th birthday up to the crater of the Etna !! . Only possible because we had the best guide by Massimo Braconi. "Brac"; Very professional, lot of knowledge of the vulcano, adjusting the tempo and gave a save feeling so the whole family reached the top. The climb is not easy but the reward is at the top, beautifull, very impressief, once in a life time experience. Aitne organization was very helpfull to organize a guide on a very short notice also providing the correct shoes. Speaks Italian ofcourse but also english and french. All the people were very kind. Best place to book your trip to the Etna !!