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The Alcantara Gorges: any connection to Mt Etna?

Posted on 16/09/2024 (16/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

The Alcantara River Gorges are one of the most famous tourist attractions in eastern Sicily. Huge walls of lava that fall sheer over the course of a restless, lively river, with a funny Arabic name (al-qantarah actually means “the bridge”) . The river crosses a valley with a thousand historical faces, at the end of […]

Three things you should “do and do not” in Stromboli

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

Given the relative calm, today let’s take a break from Mount Etna and go discover one of its “siblings volcanoes”, Stromboli. In the past we have already talked about this volcano-island, a submerged giant of which we can only see the top (total height 2926 meters, of which only 926 are above sea level). Restless […]

Itinerary at Crater Mount Manfré of Belpasso

Posted on 02/09/2024 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

If you are looking for alternative and not too complicated itineraries on Etna, today we will take you to discover “Monte Manfré”, in the territory of Belpasso, that is, on the southern flank of the volcano. On this side there are many old cones derived from fractures and eruptions that have remained unique, a sign […]

Is this a real volcano?

Posted on 26/08/2024 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Mount Etna is a volcano. We all know it, we can see it clearly and it certainly does not allow us to forget it with its periodic and spectacular eruptions. The conical shape, the summit craters, the constantly visible smoke … these characteristics are common to many other similar mountains. We easily recognize a volcano: […]

Mount Etna’s woods: not only hiking

Posted on 19/08/2024 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

A good part of the immense body of Mount Etna, especially below a certain altitude, is occupied by woods and small forests. These are places protected by the action of the Regional Park of Mount Etna and therefore not yet disfigured by the hand of man … although every year a portion of them risks […]