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Etna North, itineraries among woods and Middle Ages

Posted on 22/11/2021 (22/01/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

The north side of Mount Etna is the coldest and most “alpine”. The temperatures remain balanced or low for most of the year, on this side. It is no coincidence that the ski and snowboard schools are located here. The north side of Etna consists of ancient craters, very dense woods, glaciers and villages of […]

Eco Green Etna Tour, your ecological holiday

Posted on 08/11/2021 (21/01/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

We had announced it as the next big change in the schedule of guided tours on Mount Etna, starting from spring 2022. But the environment cannot wait, and neither can our guides who are fond of these woods and clean air! So the ecological tours will start, instead, much earlier. Already in this month (November […]

The best “autumn-colour routes” in Sicily

Posted on 01/11/2021 (21/01/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

The period of the red leaves (or “feuillage”) is that short period of time in year when the leaves change colour before dying and falling. These are the days of the “autumn colours” (video), which in certain northern nations fill the eyes with beauty for weeks. In Sicily, on the other hand, the cold seasons […]

Explore Mount Etna with a “green tour”

Posted on 25/10/2021 (21/01/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

Mount Etna is not just a very interesting volcano. It is mainly a mountain, a large one, with different natural environments. On the mountain, nature shows so many aspects that in the 1980s they founded the Regional Park of Etna, in order to protect it. But the Park itself is not enough to grant a […]

Etna eruption October 23, update

Posted on 24/10/2021 (22/01/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

The eruption that began at dawn on 23 October 2021 ended around 11 am with further spectacular changes on top of Mount Etna. Below are parts of the report released by volcanologists regarding the episode: A sequence of very strong explosions took place, which generated visible pressure waves, followed by the resumption of ash emission. […]