excursion Archives

Five things you might not know about Christmas on Mt Etna

Posted on 11/12/2022 (20/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Etna at Christmas is a show like few others in the world. You won’t always find snow there, because it often arrives in January, but even without the skiing season, experiencing the end-of-year celebrations on this volcano is exciting. There are many traditions that intertwine with the excursions and which allow you to get to […]

Lake of Nicito, life and death of a volcanic lake

Posted on 03/12/2022 (21/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

If today you walk through Santa Maria di Gesù square in Catania, among large shady trees, crazy traffic and concrete buildings, you would hardly believe that once, here, there was only a huge expanse of lava. And that even before the lava arrived, a lake existed right here. A lake that wasn’t even supposed to […]

Trecastagni, Etna’s balcony

Posted on 28/11/2022 (20/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

When Mount Etna is erupting and you are looking for a spectacular place to take pictures – even comfortably, while enjoying a coffee or the cool of the evening – go to Trecastagni. From this delightful village located at the foot of the southern flank of the volcano, Etna can be admired from various points. […]

Sciara del Follone, the long eruption of 1614-1624

Posted on 21/11/2022 (21/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

There was a period, in the mid-17th century, when seeing Etna erupting had become so normal that the volcano with the flame on top appeared everywhere. It was in the frescoes of the churches, in the paintings of noble families’ houses, in the heraldic symbols … . That fire that lit up the night was […]

Five things you (maybe) do not know about Etna’s autumn

Posted on 07/11/2022 (21/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Autumn is a very beautiful season in the mountains. And since Mount Etna is a large and wide volcano, as high as a real mountain, the autumn season has an incredible development here. You will find all the colors of the leaves, the traditions related to the farming world and much more. All this obviously […]