Etna Archives

Grotta del Gelo, a perennial glacier in the volcano’s womb

Posted on 04/11/2019 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

In the municipality of Randazzo, on the northern slope of Mount Etna, one of the most anomalous and intriguing phenomena in the world rises: a perennial glacier, located in the womb of an active volcano. The southernmost perennial glacier in Europe. It is the Grotta del Gelo (Grotto of Ice) , a long gallery derived […]

The challenge of the Montagnola

Posted on 21/10/2019 (09/09/2024) 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 (09/09/2024) 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 (09/09/2024) 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 (09/09/2024) 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 […]