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Mount Etna’s summer place 3: Mount Maletto

Posted on 27/08/2023 (20/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Summer is coming to an end, together with August the heat and the good weather are leaving us. But it is still too early to get bitter, you can still make many beautiful excursions on Etna. Even with the freshest air, indeed … much better! … you can go and explore extraordinary places. And we […]

Why Mount Etna is always a safe place

Posted on 20/08/2023 (21/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Would you take a child to visit an active volcano? We do, because Mount Etna is one of the safest volcanoes in the world. And also because it is served by competent, experienced guides and tour operators who always know their way around. Recently, the lack of knowledge of the places and the desire to […]

Charmed by the Soapwort flower of Mt Etna

Posted on 07/08/2023 (20/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

It is not easy to see the Saponaria (Soapwort) flower. This is a privilege reserved for a few lucky and skilled hikers. Especially for fans of Mount Etna, the Sicilian volcano that never ceases to amaze and fascinate. The phenomenon of the flowering of these “pink flower cushions” (or white flower too) lasts a few […]

Exploring Etna. Will you walk or go by jeep?

Posted on 31/07/2023 (21/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

And you? Are you part of the trekking team or the jeep team? By now the battle is open and the discussions are almost everywhere. The only point of agreement seems to be to refuse, however, both quads and motocross bikes. But otherwise each faction remains convinced of its own way of exploring a volcano […]

Mount Etna’s summer place 2: from Cerrita Wood to Casa Calabresi

Posted on 16/07/2023 (21/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Our second suggestion for the summer on Mount Etna focuses totally on the eastern flank, in the section where it “climbs over” the ridge towards the northern flank. Here, above the towns of Milo and Fornazzo, splendid still intact woods extend. They offer fresh shade and perfumes on the hottest days of the year. At […]