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Mystery … or just a tale … of the “volcano of Riposto”

Posted on 04/07/2022 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

It was 2009 when a study conducted by the School of Geology of the University of Catania observed something strange off the port of Riposto. A very deep coast suddenly “returned to the surface” with a compact shape, typical of a hill or a mountain, and then collapsed again. A cone, in short, a real […]

Explaining Etna’s new eruption which has just ended

Posted on 16/06/2022 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

The last weird eruption of Mount Etna ended like that … suddenly, on June 12th. Exactly one month after its beginning, on 12th May. Then, the north flank of the South East Crater split in several places, letting out a long lava flow. “Weird” eruption not because it was unexpected or anomalous but because the […]

The most dangerous volcano in Sicily is …

Posted on 12/06/2022 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

Sicily is a land of volcanoes: active, sleeping, extinct … there are so many! Of course we do know the most famous ones: Mount Etna, Mount Stromboli and the island of Vulcano. We usually do not think of the “others”, especially underwater ones: they are six, at least, and very close to the Sicilian coasts. […]

Mountain Bike Trails on Mt Etna

Posted on 06/06/2022 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

If every now and then, walking through the woods of Mount Etna, you see a path apparently demolished, do not come to quick wrong conclusions. Take a good look. You will see that maybe it is just a path created naturally by dry branches, fallen leaves and some wooden boards to delimit its perimeter. What […]

About Troina and Borgo Giuliano

Posted on 30/05/2022 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

It only takes 23 minutes by car to get to Borgo Giuliano, from Troina. Twenty-three minutes, many bends, mountains, woods and clearings of the innermost and less known Sicily. The village of Borgo Giuliano is in the district of Messina, Troina in the district of Enna. In the middle … farms, farmhouses, wonderful landscapes. If […]