Etna Archives

The Scacciata, delicious Etnean Christmas food

Posted on 21/12/2020 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

If you have never heard of “Scacciata” before, do not look for it on Google. Come and taste! Words cannot express how good this traditional Christmas recipe is. It is typical of Sicily, especially of the Catania and Etna areas. Scacciatas, in Sicily, are different according to which part of the island you taste them. […]

Etna Current Eruption 2020

Posted on 14/12/2020 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

The eruption on Saint Lucy’s Night started as a surprise, for many people who were looking at it from home. It was not a surprise for the “insiders”. The experts volcanologists in fact had been monitoring the tremors since afternoon of December 13th. As the clouds opened, at 11:30 pm, the whole Eastern Sicily could […]

Mt. Etna, new eruption of South East Crater

Posted on 06/12/2020 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Something is changing to south east! From the end of November, the explosive activity that has now characterized the summit of Mt. Etna for almost one year has intensified. It is now involving also the youngest of the five craters. Or we should say four, as something is really going on up there. In fact, […]

From Mt Etna to Syracuse

Posted on 30/11/2020 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Mount Etna is the main character of a very large landscape. Its great size allows people to admire it from places you could not imagine, even from inner Sicily. If you are staying on the Ionian coast, starting from Etna and its surroundings you could plan interesting itineraries. And yet never lose sight of the […]

Covid, experience Mt Etna in the “orange zone”

Posted on 16/11/2020 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

As soon as the “second wave” of Covid 19 pandemic hit Italy, the national Government has decided to divide the Country into zones. Every zone indicates a risk level and has some restrictions that shall rule the human movement on the territory. Red zones are in “semi lockdown”, with very few open places and stop […]