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Mt Etna’s Animals: Eagles and Buzzards

Posted on 29/04/2024 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Mount Etna is a planet apart, a unique small world inserted in another “small world”, Sicily, in the center of the Mediterranean. This means that the fauna that populates our volcano is particular in many aspects, including that which involves the reintroduction of species into the environment. And so, the eagles fly again on the […]

Mt Etna’s spring place 2: Pietra Cannone

Posted on 22/04/2024 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

The northern side of Mount Etna is the one that retains the coolness of winter for the longest, mixing it with the first warm spring temperatures. This creates a particular climate that allows beautiful colors to bloom. This is also why it is suitable for a spring destination, because it offers some corners full of […]

Patrick Brydone, the man who “discovered” Etna

Posted on 14/04/2024 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Some piedmont towns (Zafferana Etnea) even dedicated a road to him, today’s researchers are deeply grateful to him. Who is this man? Patrick Brydone, the man who “discovered” Mount Etna. Or rather one of the first to let the world discover this volcano, intended precisely as a source of geological and naturalistic studies. The world […]

Three ideas for your … Easter with Etna!

Posted on 25/03/2024 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Easter is the “gate to spring”, it is the celebration that throughout the Western world introduces the most beautiful season of the year. Here in the Etna area, Easter is a celebration linked to the sacredness of religion and the rituals in churches or squares (processions, sacred representations). So, people dedicate to nature and spring […]

Mt Etna’s spring place 1: Piedimonte and Presa

Posted on 17/03/2024 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Many people prefer to go to Piedimonte Etneo in autumn, at harvest time. In fact, this village located on the northern side of Etna is one of the capitals of that unique wine which takes its spectacular characteristics from our volcano. But discovering Piedimonte in spring, especially in March, is as well an exciting tourist […]