Eruption Archives

Etna, the “cancelled” eruption of 1910

Posted on 25/09/2023 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

There are places that are exposed to natural events more than others. And when the “natural event” is a volcano, those places happen to be fields, villages or even cities. Mount Etna is a gigantic and ancient volcano and man has always tended to colonize it because the advantages always outweigh the disadvantages. So even […]

Mount Etna’s autumn place 1: Schiena dell’Asino

Posted on 03/09/2023 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Schiena dell’Asino (Donkey’s Back) is one of the most recommended routes on Mount Etna. Because it has a medium-low difficulty and is suitable for all types of hikers. Furthermore, it allows you to admire spectacular panoramas with little effort, both towards the coast and towards the summit craters of Etna. We suggest it as the […]

Mount Etna’s summer place 3: Mount Maletto

Posted on 27/08/2023 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Summer is coming to an end, together with August the heat and the good weather are leaving us. But it is still too early to get bitter, you can still make many beautiful excursions on Etna. Even with the freshest air, indeed … much better! … you can go and explore extraordinary places. And we […]

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 […]