Etna Archives

How to make Arab Bread and how to eat it

Posted on 23/01/2023 (21/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Over the centuries, the territory of Mount Etna has unfortunately lost almost every trace of Arab domination. A not very long historical period (it lasted about two centuries) which left wonderful works of art and engineering in a large part of Sicily. These works are still there, in western Sicily, but here on the east […]

Five things you might not know about winter on Mt Etna

Posted on 15/01/2023 (20/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

We want to tell you five things you (maybe!) don’t know about the Sicilian cold season, especially the Etna winter. Mount Etna is the highest mountain on the whole island, so it is normal that it is the place where the seasons are more pronounced. And winter, when it arrives, arrives at its best! But […]

Dagale of Etna, “miracle-oases from Allah”

Posted on 08/01/2023 (20/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

When they take you to explore the beauties of Mount Etna you will see many of them. But maybe you won’t notice if your guide doesn’t point them out to you. They are the “dagale”, islands of green surrounded by black lava. Small oases that seem to have been spared from the fury of the […]

Mount Etna’s first eruption in 2023

Posted on 01/01/2023 (20/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Will it be a spectacular year like 2021? Or a year of relative calm, as was the “old” 2022?Mount Etna is always unpredictable and always ready to surprise and deny forecasts. But for the moment it seems to have welcomed the new year 2023 with a new and respectable eruption. An eruption that actually started […]

Celebrating New Year’s Day with Etna liqueurs

Posted on 27/12/2022 (21/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

New Year’s Eve is just a few days away and the sparkling wine is already chilled in the fridge. But for once try to go beyond the traditions and … toast the new year with something different. Like, for example, a liqueur from Mount Etna. The area around the great Sicilian volcano has always been […]