excursion Archives

The current eruption’s show

Posted on 22/12/2020 (21/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Mount Etna show continues! The eruption that began on St.Lucy’s Night 13 December 2020, in the summit area of the volcano does not seem to have respite yet. The experts had sensed it in the previous days, despite the many variations that occurred. After a short period of calm and decline in parameters, on December […]

Stromboli, the hidden giant

Posted on 07/12/2020 (20/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

One of the highest volcanoes in Europe, though no one knows, Stromboli lies for the most part under the Tyrrhenian Sea. If you could empty the sea, you would admire the 2000 meters of its volcanic structure. But only 926 of them are visible above the sea surface. A hidden giant, so. A giant who […]

Mt. Etna, new eruption of South East Crater

Posted on 06/12/2020 (20/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Something is changing to south east! From the end of November, the explosive activity that has now characterized the summit of Mt. Etna for almost one year has intensified. It is now involving also the youngest of the five craters. Or we should say four, as something is really going on up there. In fact, […]

From Mt Etna to Syracuse

Posted on 30/11/2020 (20/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Mount Etna is the main character of a very large landscape. Its great size allows people to admire it from places you could not imagine, even from inner Sicily. If you are staying on the Ionian coast, starting from Etna and its surroundings you could plan interesting itineraries. And yet never lose sight of the […]

Catania in the autumn

Posted on 23/11/2020 (20/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Will you renounce to visit Catania in the autumn only because there is no sun and no typical Sicilian weather? This is a bad idea. A large city as Catania needs time and walk to be explored. You cannot do it in the summer, with the hot weather of the seaside places: too hard and […]