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Autumn in Taormina, five things you can do

Posted on 15/11/2021 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Taormina in autumn is one of the favourite tourist places, especially for people from North Europe. The nice, warm Sicilian weather allows you to swim in the sea, to stroll around, to have breakfast in the open air. And the stunning views from the top of this famous hill take the bright colours of these […]

Eco Green Etna Tour, your ecological holiday

Posted on 08/11/2021 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

We had announced it as the next big change in the schedule of guided tours on Mount Etna, starting from spring 2022. But the environment cannot wait, and neither can our guides who are fond of these woods and clean air! So the ecological tours will start, instead, much earlier. Already in this month (November […]

The best “autumn-colour routes” in Sicily

Posted on 01/11/2021 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

The period of the red leaves (or “feuillage”) is that short period of time in year when the leaves change colour before dying and falling. These are the days of the “autumn colours” (video), which in certain northern nations fill the eyes with beauty for weeks. In Sicily, on the other hand, the cold seasons […]

From the “autumn beach” Pozzillo to Mt Etna

Posted on 18/10/2021 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Pozzillo is a small fishermen village, a hamlet of Acireale and the last part of its municipal territory before entering Riposto. It used to be just another little rocky beach, till a few months ago everything changed. The British newspaper The Guardian found out this place and put it – the only Italian location – […]

Observatory Pizzi Deneri

Posted on 27/09/2021 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Attention! Do not confuse this observatory with an astronomical one, though you can still see wonderful stars, from here. The Observatory Pizzi Deneri is a volcanic monitoring center and scientists use it, in fact, to study Mount Etna and its behaviour. It was not supposed to exist, right here, this observatory. Not on this north […]