Eruption Archives

Etna and the eruption that touched Randazzo

Posted on 16/12/2019 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

Randazzo is one of the most fascinating towns around Mt Etna. Even today it shows tourists its own precious historical and artistic heritage dating back to the year 1000, when it became a colony of fleeing populations who brought their culture here. Nowadays the town is divided into quarters – the Greek quarter, the Latin […]

The challenge of the Montagnola

Posted on 21/10/2019 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

The name (Montagnola means “small mountain”) seems to indicate something small, and even looking at it from the base of the cableway it looks like just a small hill. But you must reach it and, above all, face it to understand that the Montagnola is not small nor simple at all. Instead, this gigantic hill […]

Discovering the Chiancone of Praiola

Posted on 14/10/2019 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

Halfway between Acireale and Taormina, in the municipal area of ??Giarre, there is a very special beach: Praiola. The beach is very small and narrow, even uncomfortable, as it is formed by large round stones and in continuous movement due to the frequent sea storms. But people love to bathe here, despite the difficulties, and […]

Torre del Filosofo and the Laghetto Crater

Posted on 07/10/2019 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

A continuously changing landscape, Mount Etna has erased many places in time and others -that are still visible today- maybe tomorrow won’t be there anymore. The lava eruptions and the ashes change the top territory all the time and make these places a mix of geography, history and myth. We shall lead you to the […]

Mt Etna, new eruption from Voragine and North East craters

Posted on 30/09/2019 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

For two weeks now, the lucky inhabitants of the western side of Mt Etna are watching the new eruption from the crater Voragine. It is one – and the most active – of the two huge holes inside the former Central Crater and the eruption started from a small fracture. The lava fountains have become […]