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Mount Etna’s “almost perfect” 1879 eruption

Posted on 03/07/2023 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

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 since such an important one had occurred. The populations of the time found themselves fighting the volcano on two fronts and […]

Etna, ten years as UNESCO World Heritage

Posted on 25/06/2023 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Our volcano, Mount Etna, is part of the UNESCO world heritage list, that is, it is one of the natural treasures to be protected forever. It has been delivered to humanity as an absolute marvel to respect. The strange thing is not that it has been one for ten years now, but that they waited […]

Mount Etna’s summer place 1: Simeto River

Posted on 18/06/2023 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

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 eastern part of the island diagonally to flow between Catania and Syracuse, is one of the most interesting and beautiful water […]

In the Etna villages of Vena and Presa

Posted on 11/06/2023 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

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 the municipal medical lab close to those of the two villages. “Vena” in italian means “vein” and “Presa” can be also […]

Little big trip, from Mount Etna to Marzamemi

Posted on 05/06/2023 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Going from Mount Etna to Marzamemi – a delightful seaside village that has become a tourist resort – doesn’t even take that long. Just over an hour on the highway is enough to find yourself from an environment of woods and rocks to one of the most beautiful beaches in Sicily! But we suggest you […]