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The Musarra Rock

Posted on 31/01/2022 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

If you live or visit the eastern flank of volcano Mount Etna, where the great valley Del Bove opens, you will certainly spot Rocca Musarra, the Musarra Rock. It rises from the volcano’s “belly” like a scary giant tooth, surrounded by century-old cold lavas. The Musarra rock is a silent witness of important history. In […]

Ragalna and its territory

Posted on 24/01/2022 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

As many other small towns in Sicily, Ragalna has the magic of a “double” name. One is connected to a tale, another to real history. It comes from the Arabic, meaning probably “the palace (rach) of Hanna”. But if you are a romantic soul you might prefer, instead, the meaning of raag (desert of stones) […]

Winter sports on Mount Etna

Posted on 10/01/2022 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

Mount Etna is a Sicilian volcano. Therefore in the world’s imagination it is a mountain off ire in a warm place, in the middle of the warmest sea in Europe! Yet, between January and February, when the Sicilian winter strikes the island in all its severe violence, the temperatures on this mountain (over 3000 meters […]

The rocky beaches of Stazzo and St Tecla

Posted on 03/01/2022 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

Stazzo and St Tecla are seaside villages that belong to the town of Acireale. The wide territory of this municipality makes these villages rise a few kilometers away from the main town. They almost look independent towns themselves. From Stazzo, you see Acireale so far away! But centuries of history and a common geography do […]

New Year’s Day at Ragabo Refuge, Etna

Posted on 27/12/2021 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

Enjoy New Year’s Day in a special way. Or, if not that very day, enjoy the beginning of the new year 2022 with a nice experience in the snow of the woods around Ragabo Refuge. This lovely hut-shaped building, looking so much like a alpine house, fits perfectly into the high pine trees forest, in […]