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Why Mount Etna is always a safe place

Posted on 20/08/2023 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Would you take a child to visit an active volcano? We do, because Mount Etna is one of the safest volcanoes in the world. And also because it is served by competent, experienced guides and tour operators who always know their way around. Recently, the lack of knowledge of the places and the desire to […]

Etna on eruption, on August 13th night

Posted on 14/08/2023 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Surprising as only Mount Etna can be … it gives, on the eve of the August 15th Midsummer Festival, an eruption that almost no one expected. The last paroxysmal event had occurred in May 2023, and since then the volcano had remained in apparent calm. The tremor vacillated continuously, but the gases did not find […]

Charmed by the Soapwort flower of Mt Etna

Posted on 07/08/2023 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

It is not easy to see the Saponaria (Soapwort) flower. This is a privilege reserved for a few lucky and skilled hikers. Especially for fans of Mount Etna, the Sicilian volcano that never ceases to amaze and fascinate. The phenomenon of the flowering of these “pink flower cushions” (or white flower too) lasts a few […]

Exploring Etna. Will you walk or go by jeep?

Posted on 31/07/2023 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

And you? Are you part of the trekking team or the jeep team? By now the battle is open and the discussions are almost everywhere. The only point of agreement seems to be to refuse, however, both quads and motocross bikes. But otherwise each faction remains convinced of its own way of exploring a volcano […]

Mt Etna gave birth to “the lord of rings”

Posted on 23/07/2023 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

To see a gas ring is a special event, because it is also very rare, on a volcano. However, Mount Etna is not just any volcano and even in this it manages to upset every rule. And not one, but ten, fifty, a hundred gas rings are thrilling tourists and locals right now, on the […]