Taormina Ancient Theatre Tickets with Audio Guide, Taormina
Taormina Ancient Theatre Tickets with Audio Guide, Taormina
Duration: 1 hour
1 hour
Access to multilingual audio guide
Access to multilingual audio guide
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Explore Taormina's Ancient Theatre with an audio guide included in your ticket package, allowing you to delve into its rich history at a comfortable pace. This historic site, carved into Sicilian hills and showcasing the architectural prowess of both ancient Greece and Rome, draws visitors from around the world each year. With access to information available on your phone in five languages, this experience lets you uncover fascinating details about Taormina's most beloved landmark.
Explore Taormina's Ancient Theatre with an audio guide included in your ticket package, allowing you to delve into its rich history at a comfortable pace. This historic site, carved into Sicilian hills and showcasing the architectural prowess of both ancient Greece and Rome, draws visitors from around the world each year. With access to information available on your phone in five languages, this experience lets you uncover fascinating details about Taormina's most beloved landmark.
Bypass hour long ticket queues to explore Taormina’s over-2,000-year-old Greco-Roman theatre with historical insights from a multilingual audio guide.
Wander at your own pace through the amphitheatre, sitting on tiered stone seating that once held up to 10,000 spectators.
Step onto the stage framed by Roman Corinthian columns, and test the theatre’s ancient acoustics as your voice carries through the space.
Hear stories of gladiator combats from the 2nd century AD, ancient Greek festivals, and medieval Roman gatherings through rich audio commentary.
Take in sweeping views of Mount Etna to the Bay of Naxos beyond the stage as you wrap up your experience.
Add a guided tour in English or Italian for an expert-led exploration of the site, perfect for an immersive and interactive experience.
Timed-entry to Taormina Ancient Theatre
Audio guide in Italian, English, French, German and Spanish (as per option selected)
An expert-led tour in English or Italian (as per option selected)
Tourist enjoying view at Taormina Ancient Theatre, Sicily, with ruins and landscape in background.
Explore Taormina’s ancient Greco-Roman theatre at your own pace with a multilingual audio guide offering rich historical context.
Getting started
Arrive at the theatre entrance, present your pre-booked ticket, and enter after a brief security check for your self-paced visit.
What to expect
Carved into the Sicilian hills, Taormina’s Ancient Theatre dates back to the 3rd century BC and was later transformed by the Romans. Once a venue for Greek plays and Roman gladiatorial combats, it remains one of Sicily’s most remarkable and well-preserved landmarks, still hosting performances over 2,000 years later.
Features
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Audio guided access: Explore effortlessly with a multilingual audio guide, offering enriching historical insights into the theatre’s history, architecture, and evolution.
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Self-paced exploration: Wander through the theatre’s three main sections, the stage, orchestra, and cavea, and take in sweeping views of Mount Etna, the Bay of Naxos, at your own relaxed pace.
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Upgrades: Choose a guided tour in English or Italian for a deeper, more interactive exploration led by an expert.
Panoramic view of ancient theatre of Taormina with coastline in background, Sicily.
Taormina Ancient Theatre with visitors seated, surrounded by scenic hills.
Tourist enjoying view at Taormina Ancient Theatre, Sicily, with ruins and landscape in background.
Panoramic view of ancient theatre of Taormina with coastline in background, Sicily.
Taormina Ancient Theatre with visitors seated, surrounded by scenic hills.
Taormina Ancient Theatre ruins with stone arches and columns under a clear blue sky.
What to bring
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Carry a valid ID proof for verification purposes.
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Please have sufficient charge in your smartphones.
Accessibility
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This experience is suitable for wheelchair users.
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Visitors with disabilities and one accompanying companion can enter free of charge upon presenting valid certification from health or social care services.
Additional information
- On the first Sunday of every month, admission to sites across eastern Sicily, including those in Taormina, is free, with tickets issued only on-site at the ticket office.
Person viewing Mount Etna through Taormina Ancient Theatre archway, Sicily.
Taormina Ancient Theatre ruins with stone arches and brick walls, Sicily.
Taormina Ancient Theatre ruins with stone arches and columns under a clear blue sky.
Person viewing Mount Etna through Taormina Ancient Theatre archway, Sicily.
Taormina Ancient Theatre ruins with stone arches and brick walls, Sicily.
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