Walking In Sicily

Lara is an excellent tour guide. Very knowledgeable about history and geology.

Tour was exactly as stated, Lara was flexible with the days to cater for the appropriate weather for each activity, she was incredibly knowledgeable about the surrounding area and locals.

Lara was an excellent guide. The best I’ve had in 8 Explore trips. The day to day activities were great. Well paced for a group of varying fitness levels. A lovely trip with a wonderful guide. Highly recommended.

An excellent and varied tour. Long days, but well worth it. The guide, Lara was superb. Her knowledge, adaptability and calmness was second to none. Her local knowledge and in particular Etna made the trip so much more interesting.

Lara (our leader) was excellent - very experienced, knowledgeable and pleasant. The hotel was a good base in a quiet part of the town. The walks were quite varied but not too challenging.

Walking in Sicily was an excellent week with a varied itinerary concentrating on attractions on the east coast . Hilights included a boat trip to the Aeolian Islands, walking on the slopes of Mt Etna, exploring remote hilltowns and ancient burial sites and visiting the attractive tourist town of Taormina, plus the ancient sites of Syracuse. Our guide, Lara, was wonderful - her knowledge of the history and geography of the area was incredible and she was very competent in dealing with the different levels of fitness amongst the group. My only disappointment was the usual second grade room which I find is allocated to solo female travellers. The hotel was well located, the breakfast buffet was generous and the staff were friendly, but when you spend 8 days in the same hotel there is an expectation of a nice view or some other redeeming factor for a small plain room. I was the first of the group to arrive at the hotel ; the last person to arrive more than a day later was a man who was allocated a suite with a sea view.

Lara is a fantastic guide, she has put together a fabulous trip, with a wide variety of walks and experiences. She obviously knows the locality extremely well, and is keen to share her love of the area with guests. She never stopped making suggestions and recommendations to make our visit as interesting and enjoyable as possible. An excellent trip.

Excellent leader. Lots of good walking. Accommodation was meh. We were 2 sisters sharing a 2 bed room which was quite small 2 narrow beds no view ( some shabby tennis courts). I would like to know if the single person in 3 bed room next to us paid the same. Clean but cramped for us.