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Mount Etna’s animals 3: meet the viper without fear

Posted on 14/01/2024 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Mount Etna is a safe environment for hikers, especially for those who venture onto the great volcano with the right information. The territory hides problems that can be avoided with the help of a good guide or with in-depth studies on geology, flora and fauna. On our volcano there are no dangerous predators: foxes are […]

Mt Etna’s winter place 2: Ripe della Naca

Posted on 07/01/2024 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

The location called “le Ripe della Naca” (the ropes of the cradle), on the eastern side of Mount Etna, is always suggestive and fascinating, in every season. But seeing and experiencing it in winter, possibly with snow, is an emotional experience you won’t easily forget. These “ropes” are actually enormous “waterfalls of lava” that poured […]

Where to taste Mount Etna’s Mustard

Posted on 21/12/2023 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

You are on Mount Etna during the Christmas period and … what will you do? Maybe a nice trekking on the snow of our magnificent volcano, or you will taste the local delicacies. A territory like Etna offers so much in every season and sometimes even beyond. For Christmas, delicious desserts can be found almost […]

Mount Etna’s winter place 1: the mysterious Muses Valley

Posted on 18/12/2023 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

If you are looking for a particular place to admire in winter on our volcano, Mount Etna, they will suggest dozens of beautiful locations, where the snow accumulates, where the woods with the colours of the cold season are combined with the lovely mountain shelters… But we suggest, instead, a place that few people know: […]

Lava fountains and explosions, is there a difference?

Posted on 11/12/2023 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Mount Etna is a wonderful sight that everyone would like to admire, one time or another. It is not the classic volcano that produces long lava flows – except in rare cases – but it expresses the characteristics of many volcanoes all together. The volcanologists of Catania say they are “lucky” to have such an […]