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New eruption from Mt Etna on May 30th

Posted on 30/05/2019 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

After a long series of small signs and the new tremors recorded in the night, Mt Etna started a new eruption at dawn this morning, 30th May 2019. Unfortunately, due to the Sirocco clouds covering the top tourists and scientists were disappointed for missing the new “show”. Volcanologists must monitorate the event with the help […]

Excursion to Vendicari

Posted on 27/05/2019 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Warm seasons are the best for booking your excursion to Vendicari. Sicily offers good weather conditions for a walk in the nature till mid November, but we suggest to go and discover this part of territory between May and September anyway. The beauty of Vendicari’s Natural Park is not only in its colours but also […]

Along Alcantara River

Posted on 21/05/2019 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

The Alcantara river is one of the most beautiful and unpredictable in Sicily. Beautiful for the shapes it takes, for the landscapes it crosses and characterizes. Unpredictable because it can remain dry for long periods and then suddenly fill up with water and overflow. It originates from the Nebrodi Range and goes to enter the […]

Discovering Mojo Alcantara

Posted on 13/05/2019 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

It all started from here, from the hill you will immediately see as soon as you arrive. It stands there, green and quiet, covered with peach trees, but once it was a volcano. From Mount Mojo, in fact, came out the lava stream that – 3000 years ago – covered the route along river Alcantara […]

Valle del Bove, a natural basin against eruptions

Posted on 06/05/2019 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

The place we now call the Valle del Bove (the valley of the ox) is actually the still visible testimony of a huge geological tragedy that occurred about 10,000 years ago. At that time Etna was a much higher volcano than now, conical in shape, that at a certain point exploded, halving its size and […]