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Observatory Pizzi Deneri

Posted on 27/09/2021 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Attention! Do not confuse this observatory with an astronomical one, though you can still see wonderful stars, from here. The Observatory Pizzi Deneri is a volcanic monitoring center and scientists use it, in fact, to study Mount Etna and its behaviour. It was not supposed to exist, right here, this observatory. Not on this north […]

Etna replies to the La Palma eruption of Canary

Posted on 21/09/2021 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Etna does not allow itself to be “second” to any other volcano in the world! That is what Cumbre Vieja, on the Spanish island of La Palma – Canary archipelago – learned the hard way. It started a spectacular eruption on the afternoon of Sunday 19th September. The lava came out of a fracture that […]

Sunset at the Sartorius Craters and a delicious picnic

Posted on 20/09/2021 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Here we suggest a nice idea you can enjoy anytime you like. A picnic at the Sartorius Craters, possibly at sunset. With the help of a good guide you shall learn the way, then you will come back when you like so to live again this special moment. There is no food area at the […]

Cruises and Etna, two itineraries

Posted on 13/09/2021 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Cruise ships come to Sicily all the time, today. They usually arrive at Catania, Palermo and Messina ports and let tourists enjoy the beauties of these historical cities. If you do not have enough time, you shall choose short itineraries so to admire – at least – the most important places. Mount Etna, of course, […]

The Polar Grotto, a new discovery on Mt Etna

Posted on 06/09/2021 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Is the Polar Grotto the new Frost Grotto? On Mount Etna there is the most southern perennial glacier in Europe. It has been known for a very long time and it is also known that it is a place to be protected. Despite that, mass tourism has managed to violate this corner of paradise as […]