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Linguaglossa, the “north gate” to Mount Etna

Posted on 02/12/2019 (23/02/2025) 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: On the snow with your children

Posted on 11/11/2019 (23/02/2025) 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 (23/02/2025) 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 (23/02/2025) 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 […]

Torre del Filosofo and the Laghetto Crater

Posted on 07/10/2019 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

A continuously changing landscape, Mount Etna has erased many places in time and others -that are still visible today- maybe tomorrow won’t be there anymore. The lava eruptions and the ashes change the top territory all the time and make these places a mix of geography, history and myth. We shall lead you to the […]