Etna Archives

Five mistakes you should never make on Etna

Posted on 10/06/2024 (20/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

If you are a well-informed and passionate tourists, you will now know everything about Mount Etna, the highest and most famous active volcano in Europe. This gigantic mountain, which dominates the eastern coast of Sicily, is a universe of natural and historical beauty that contains urbanized landscapes, centuries-old woods, examples of Mediterranean but also Nordic […]

Lone Hikers: challenging Mt Etna every day

Posted on 02/06/2024 (21/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

When we take tourists to Mount Etna we recommend a thousand times to be careful, not to take this special mountain lightly. Etna is a volcano and like all volcanoes it is a constant and complex mystery. In order to explore it you need to have the right skills and adequate preparation. But then, how […]

Theseus on Etna: the charm of a monument in nature

Posted on 06/05/2024 (21/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

In March 2024 a giant statue “appeared” on Mount Etna. A sleeping human face split in half, rising on a cube-shaped pedestal, atop a sciara (old lavas). It seems to admire the entire coast from above, with an expression of seraphic peace that invites you to relax and fully enjoy the mountain air. It is […]

Mount Etna’s great show of “gas rings”

Posted on 04/04/2024 (20/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Mount Etna prepares a new eruption and does so in style, drawing the world’s attention to itself. It does this by emitting a “feast” of gas rings that, depending on the daylight and evening light, take on particular colors and brightness. In the photos accompanying this article – kindly provided by the photographer Marisa Liotta […]

The mysterious paroxysm of 2021

Posted on 31/03/2024 (21/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Year 2021 was one of the “busiest years” on Mount Etna in terms of eruptions. A crisis that began in 2020 led Sicily’s great volcano to erupt at an impressive rate for the next 20 months. So, what could be so “mysterious” in a paroxysm of 2021, that is in just one of the many […]