Hop-On Hop-Off Catania Bus Tour: Explore Historic Center and Acitrezza Coastline
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59 Ratings
Catania

A versatile offering for individuals desirous of exploring Catania’s historic heart, and extending their trip up to Acitrezza, a renowned fishing hamlet characterized by its stunning cliffs. It caters to families, youth, and also seniors.

Duration: 1 hour, 20 minutes
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • I Faraglioni Di Aci Trezza - Travelers will have the opportunity to stop to admire the Acitrezza seafront; visit the museum dedicated to Giovanni Verga’s Malavoglia.
  • Castello Normanno - Travelers can descend to admire the Norman castle built on a mountain of lava rock
  • Centro Fieristico Le Ciminiere - On board the bus they will be able to hear explanations on the main attractions of the historical center of Catania through an effective multilingual audio guide system.
  • Giardino Bellini - A splendid municipal park with a large variety of tropical plants.
What's Included
  • Tasting of typical local liqueurs
Location
Piazza del Duomo
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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914vanessaw
Apr 17, 2024
Enjoyable! - Good value and easy to book. We enjoyed travelling along the coast and the detailed information. We had two drivers, but clearly Alfio was exceptional. An excellent driver, very friendly and helpful. He represents the company very well unlike the driver who took the 12 o’clock bus from Duomo today (17/4) I’m not sure of his name but he was very rude and impatient. Also I would suggest if you are travelling a least a day ahead to book online as you can pay by credit card and don’t have to deal with the rude female staff in the office.
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Bkhendon
Mar 18, 2024
fun - Great driver. Not a lot of stops to get off and see things, but a good way to see a lot of the city. Good info via the translated radio system with earbuds.
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Climber18896728001
Jan 3, 2024
Good experience - It’s a nice tour that you should take at least around midday to enjoy the place when you stop at the end of the circuit. You can get off the bus for an hour or more and walk around the area because the bus comes back every hour. In addition, the staff and the driver were super friendly and very helpful to please the passengers.
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722gianfrancof
May 5, 2024
Catania - Beautiful trip, splendid places and excellent food, kind and professional Alfio made the trip very pleasant, recommended.
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Tonyrv6474tg
Apr 25, 2024
Not value for money - It was lightly raining and the upstairs section of the bus was not protected so most people sat downstairs.The stairs to top deck blocked view on driver's side of bus if sitting in rear section.On both sides of rear windows were large advertising signs obstructing view out of windows.Also being on lower deck of bus prevented view of buildings,statues and other points of interest.
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Griskap
May 19, 2024
ESCAPE TOURIST DREAM MALT3 - We are in Malta and we wanted to go to Mdina. We took tourist Dreams and bad experience because the driver did not announce the stops and did not stop. We were therefore unable to go down to Mdina and lost our morning. We informed the person when we got off the bus on our way back to the hotel and Tourist Dreams didn't want to hear anything, blaming us for not having asked the driver to stop. It's true that a tourist knows the places why we take a tourist bus!!! FLEE THIS COMPANY IN MALTA. there are many serious ones I think. In addition, the manager yelled at us on the phone when we tried to explain the situation.
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Davefromdownunder
May 15, 2024
SAVE YOUR MONEY - it’s awful - It’s difficult to express just how poor this experience was. I have to give it 1 star but it barely rates this. Our bus left 20 minutes late but 15 minutes in it broke down. The driver didn’t speak english but fortunately someone could translate. Another bus would be sent. It was. After an hour. Then it ran out of gas so another bus was swapped. Then there were 2 x 10 minute stops on the way up the coast. Not much to see. Possibly more upset by the lack of customer service and 90 minutes of my life I’ll never get back sitting by the side of the road. If you’ve read this far then you should know it’s €15 to travel up and down the NW coast but not much else. Too scared to hop off as I fear there won’t be another bus later - they can’t have that many. The last 15 minutes was interesting but could’ve walked it. No refund. Oh well. Should’ve read the recent reviews
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Nickbrighton1
May 6, 2024
Avoid - Avoid. Terrible time keeping and delays. They promise 10 minutes to departure and you wait an hour! Not worth it. Total mismanagement, incompetence or just a con!
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A7836jtphilb
Apr 30, 2024
Do not use this company - We took this trip today and it was without doubt the worst hop on hop off bus trip we have ever had. On the outward trip from Catania the audio guide did not work but the public commentary system was in German! We got off at Acicastello, but when we came to return there was no bus at the correct time. We waited for over an hour in Acicastello along with a large group of other passengers until one came which only allowed 6 people on. Luckily we were allowed on, but one of us had to stand until the next stop in Acitrezza and the other waiting people were left behind. Whilst we were waiting 3 other buses from a rival company came and went. An unbelievably bad experience.
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Alessandroph4194lj
Mar 25, 2024
very bad experience., completely unreliable. - bad experience. they assure you that you can get on and off whenever you want, but then they have a full bus and leave you stranded. we waited an hour under the sun while on the phone they assured us that an empty shuttle would arrive in 10 minutes. we could have gone around Acicastello and instead they made us waste an hour of time listening to their lies. incompetent!
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