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Three special ways to enjoy Mt Etna

Posted on 25/05/2020 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

If you have chosen our guide, you are fond of high altitudes and beautiful places and you want to discover and enjoy Mt Etna in its most secret and original corners. By jeep cars you can get where no other vehicle arrives. On top of the lava desert that surrounds the main craters, close to […]

Churches buried by lava: Nunziatella di Mascali

Posted on 20/05/2020 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Try an interesting trip to Mt Etna’s territory by visiting the town of Mascali, on the east side of the volcano. To be exact, visit the Nunziata village, very close to the town’s centre. In 2012, here they found the very first example of early-christian church of the place. A rare and unique monument, especially […]

Mt Etna and the excursions at Covid time

Posted on 11/05/2020 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

“Once the sporting activity is allowed, it can be carried out individually, thereby including all non-competitive activities, also those at sea. They must always guarantee interpersonal distancing, observance of precautionary hygiene measures and subsequent sanitization of the tools. To carry out these activities it is also allowed to move from one municipality to another. The […]

Once upon a time, Val Calanna

Posted on 04/05/2020 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

To many over-50s Val Calanna is the name of their favourite camping place. This small valley that opened at the entrance of the larger valley Valle del Bove was a green group of woods. Every year, in the summer, it welcomed young explorers and campers. A loving memory that young people will never see again, […]

Discovering Maletto and Mt Etna’s western side

Posted on 27/04/2020 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Maletto is small and lovely. Just like … a strawberry! In fact this is the town of strawberries, the best in Italy! They cultivate them here on the rich and fertile soil of Mt Etna which gives the product a high and protected quality. Maletto was named after the noble man who founded it, back […]