excursion Archives

Mount Etna’s new show on 11-17 June

Posted on 16/06/2021 (20/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Etna resumes an activity that has never really been interrupted. After a few days of “well-deserved rest” between one paroxysm and another, the show starts again. And every time more, without rules. As in the case, for example, of the eruption that has been affecting the area of ??the South East Crater since 11 June […]

Catania, the tour of good food

Posted on 14/06/2021 (20/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Have you just disembarked from your cruise ship at Catania’s harbour? Or have you just landed at the local airport? Well, resist to the desire of swimming into the blue Sicilian sea, do not hurry immediately to the top of the volcano Etna. Take your time, relax, smell jasmines and … Sicilian food! Take a […]

Visit Mount Etna below 1000 meters

Posted on 07/06/2021 (21/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

If above 1000 meters above sea level, Etna assumes the appearance of a real volcano, with entire regions of wild and harsh nature, extinct or active craters and lava caves, everything changes as you descend. The work of man here leaves more and more traces. Therefore, an itinerary around the volcano, below 1000 meters, will […]

Visit Mount Etna above 1000 meters

Posted on 31/05/2021 (20/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Etna is not just a volcano, but a great universe apart, all to be discovered. Nothing is “normal” up here … you can find Nordic birch trees, grazing alpacas, camels and mountain chestnut trees. And again, deep fractures in the ground, craters transformed into orchards, streams … even a glacier. The volcano develops to a […]

Etna South, itinerary of castles and old craters

Posted on 17/05/2021 (20/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

The southern flank of Mt Etna, so as the eastern one, is the most troubled. It suffered many low altitude eruptions and opening of new vents, in centuries. Now they look like green hills but once they used to spit fire and destroy towns and cities of very ancient origins. Etna South is the “medieval” […]