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Etna: autumn things you can do in nature

Posted on 25/11/2024 (21/01/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

When Etna autumn enters its peak season – usually at the end of October – all the beauty of this fiery mountain explodes, even in terms of colors and scents and flavors. Autumn on Etna means rediscovering those ancient peasant and artisan traditions that allow you to create masterpieces – of taste, as well. This […]

“At the foot” of the craters: Maletto, Milo, Randazzo

Posted on 18/11/2024 (22/01/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

What is it like to live “under the crater” of a large active volcano? So scary even just to say, because it lets you imagine frightening scenarios. Lava destroying houses, fire raining from the sky, or the terrible end of Pompeii under the ash of Vesuvius. But here on Etna things are not so apocalyptic! […]

Mount Etna, a November eruption in the clouds

Posted on 10/11/2024 (22/01/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

It took advantage of it, as often happens, away from prying eyes, behind the clouds of November storms. Mount Etna, which loves to surprise, started an eruption on the morning of November 10 while the world was enjoying, in the warmth, the first real Sunday of autumn. The news spread first on social media … […]

Volcanoes: Gates of Hell

Posted on 04/11/2024 (22/01/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

Are volcanoes the gates of hell? For many centuries, this is how people and popular belief have considered them. A natural fear, given by the view of a mountain capable of spitting fire from every crack. If you go back to study the mythology and history of the Mediterranean, you will find many myths linked […]

The “Fire October” at Piano Provenzana

Posted on 27/10/2024 (22/01/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

The end of October is always a special moment on Mount Etna. Not only because the autumn season gives its best, with unique colours and scents, but also because it celebrates an important anniversary. That of the “perfect eruption”. This eruption that occurred in October 2002 was among the most powerful ever recorded on the […]