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Linguaglossa, the “north gate” to Mount Etna

Posted on 02/12/2019 (21/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

The name will make you smile. It sounds like a cartoon character with a long, thick tongue, but behind this name there is a whole story – and a cultural background – of a small town that is very important for the economy of the Catania district area. Linguaglossa, in fact, is the “north gate” […]

Mount Etna, time of mushrooms

Posted on 17/11/2019 (21/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Mount Etna is one of the few places in Sicily where beautiful woods still stand and persist. Unfortunately, summer fires often damage several of them, but above all on the north side and in the west the pine forests, beech woods and broom woods remain to protect the soil and what it produces. In Sicily, […]

Mount Etna: On the snow with your children

Posted on 11/11/2019 (20/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Could you ever deny a child a run on the snow, the tumbles on that soft white coat? How could you spend the winter without let them feel the wonderful contact with this magical element of nature? But bringing children to the snow, for you adults, is not just fun; there is also a considerable […]

Go-Etna, the main sponsor of Handball Club Mascalucia

Posted on 09/11/2019 (20/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Those who know us already know it, read it on our website. Whatever we do, we do it with passion, enthusiasm and competence. We do it for Sicily and we do it to enhance a unique heritage in the world. In the case of Go Etna we talk about artistic, historical and naturalistic beauties, in […]

Grotta del Gelo, a perennial glacier in the volcano’s womb

Posted on 04/11/2019 (21/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

In the municipality of Randazzo, on the northern slope of Mount Etna, one of the most anomalous and intriguing phenomena in the world rises: a perennial glacier, located in the womb of an active volcano. The southernmost perennial glacier in Europe. It is the Grotta del Gelo (Grotto of Ice) , a long gallery derived […]