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Trapani, history and flavours

Posted on 29/03/2021 (21/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

If you have already had the opportunity to explore the beauties of Etna and the shores that surround the great volcano, perhaps your next trip to Sicily can be dedicated to Trapani. This beautiful city is the land of sunsets! Your excursion to the westernmost district capital of Sicily can be done in one day. […]

Surprise Etna! On eruption again

Posted on 24/03/2021 (21/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

It had to be all over, they had to be the last breaths of an eruptive event that seemed to never end … and for four days in fact Mount Etna fell into silence. No more fountains, no more roars. Tremor decreasing. End of the eruption? Maybe. At the INGV they never get out of […]

Mount Etna’s flowers, which ones to admire in Spring

Posted on 22/03/2021 (20/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Apart from eruptions, Mount Etna is a whole universe to discover. Every season is magical on this volcano, from the days of snow to those of sun and flowers. Among endemic plants and foreign plants, which have found a home here, Etna is very rich in wild vegetation and beautiful colors. The flowers that fill […]

Frequent paroxysms on Mount Etna, what happens?

Posted on 15/03/2021 (20/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Despite being an always active volcano and always ready to show off its eruptions, Mount Etna now seems to have taken a strange “acceleration”. Restless since 2019, lively in 2020, from January 2021 it began to trigger eruptive episodes with a very particular frequency. First, it was a paroxysm every 24 hours, then the interval […]

Women of Etna

Posted on 08/03/2021 (20/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Mount Etna, for its people, is a woman. It is female, like a mother. A strict mother who always wants sacrifices but still will repay at the right time with great generosity. If you were born on this volcano and grew up here – or if you chose to live here – you will feel […]