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Mount Etna Tours from Catania and Taormina

Posted on 01/03/2020 (20/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

You see it from the airplain, as you arrive. Big, huge, mighty, smoking … it seems impossible to reach. Though you really want to visit it, you might not have the time because you have to see many other places in Sicily. But how can you miss Mount Etna, the highest active volcano in Europe? […]

Discover the second highest mountain after Etna

Posted on 25/02/2020 (20/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Mount Etna, 3.300 meters above sea level, is of course the highest mountain in Sicily. It is the highest in the whole Mediterranean area, as well. It overlooks both land and sea and if you cannot see its top, you will see its eternal smoke high in the sky. You look at Mt Etna and […]

Etna, Carnival masks and masks of lava

Posted on 16/02/2020 (20/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

In February, the Etnean territory shines with lights and colours thanks to the Mardi Gras Carnivals. There are two important ones, here: Acireale and Misterbianco. They are different for the story and characteristics, but both celebrate the costumes and masks in a very artistic way. If you are in Catania’s area during the Carnival week, […]

Mount Etna Eruption 2020: Etna, a weird eruption inside the Voragine

Posted on 12/02/2020 (21/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

It has been going on for 5 months but only today it is really showing itself. The eruption taking place inside the Central crater of Etna has something fascinating and anomalous. In fact, this eruption started inside the hole called Voragine, by a small pit crater that – from September – has been emitting lava […]

Discovering the western side of Mt Etna

Posted on 10/02/2020 (20/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Ask anyone who has already been on Mt Etna what was his/her favourite place. The answer will probably be: the Silvestri craters, the views from the Citelli Shelter, Piano Provenzana’s ski tracks. Very few will say they loved the western side of the volcano. The side of Bronte, Adrano, Maletto. No ski tracks, on this […]