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INGV, the prestigious institute supervising Etna

Posted on 19/04/2021 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

The National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology – INGV – is the Italian board for the study, monitoring and information about the territory and volcanoes. A very useful institute for Italy which in fact is a huge source of geologic, seismic and volcanic events. It offers reasons for the research all the time and everywhere. […]

The magic of Panarea

Posted on 12/04/2021 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

It is impossible not to visit Panarea if you go to the Aeolian Islands. At least once you shall land on this place, that became very famous after a film explaining all the crazy summer entertainment over there. But you better come to Panarea in the low season. Because then you will “understand” this island […]

Are Mount Etna and the mud volcanoes of Paternò connected?

Posted on 05/04/2021 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

They are one of the most interesting sites of Sicily, though also one of the less promoted! The Salinelle, the mud volcanoes of Paternò, are everywhere on that territory. The larger ones rise close to the city stadium, others are in the areas of river Simeto (Salinelle del Fiume) and San Biagio hamlet. And Mount […]

Mount Etna back to the April Fool show

Posted on 01/04/2021 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Etna changes again and again, it becomes unpredictable. After two months of continuous paroxysms, at the rate of one every fifty hours, by mid-March it seems to have subsided. Long pauses, even of five or seven days, between one eruptive event and another. And each new event lasts up to fifteen hours, instead of the […]

Trapani, history and flavours

Posted on 29/03/2021 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

If you have already had the opportunity to explore the beauties of Etna and the shores that surround the great volcano, perhaps your next trip to Sicily can be dedicated to Trapani. This beautiful city is the land of sunsets! Your excursion to the westernmost district capital of Sicily can be done in one day. […]