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Our second suggestion for the summer on Mount Etna focuses totally on the eastern flank, in the section where it "climbs over" the ridge towards the northern flank. Here, above the towns of Milo…
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In the great variety of environments that make up the volcano Mount Etna you can find a bit of everything: the rocky desert, the forest, the orchard. And if many today identify Etna with…
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In 1879 Mount Etna "split" on two different sides and a sudden double eruption took the countryside and the cities by surprise. It was not an extraordinary event, but surely it had been centuries…
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Tourists arriving in Sicily almost always look for river Alcantara, and only river Alcantara. As if beyond the famous "river of the gorges" there was nothing else. Yet the Simeto river, which cuts the…
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The Etna villages of Vena and Presa have also become a "internet joke" some time ago. This is thanks to the bizarre idea of the municipality of Piedimonte Etneo to arrange the signs of…
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Today the Sartorius Hills, or Sartorius Craters, are one of the many tourist destinations on the northern side of Mount Etna. Harmless black hills, surrounded by a wood of cheery birch, chestnut and oak…
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The people of Etna do not consider the volcano as an inanimate thing, but as a living being. They call it a “she”, a “mum”, and not surprisingly. In fact, this mountain seems to…
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Between Thursday 18 and Friday 19 May 2023, the district of Catania experienced a few hours of intense turmoil. A red top alert level appeared in many media and on various sites and social…
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You can spend a beautiful May Sunday, if you wish, at Piano Fiera, on the southern slope of Mount Etna. It is a few kilometers away from Adrano and Paternò, on the warmest and…
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On the second Sunday of May, almost everywhere in the world, Mother's Day is celebrated. And usually a mother is seen as a loving, sweet, kind, pretty figure. How could all of these tender…
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