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Eco Green Etna Tour, your ecological holiday

Posted on 08/11/2021 (23/02/2025) 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 (23/02/2025) 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 (23/02/2025) 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 (23/02/2025) 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 […]

Cruises and Etna, two itineraries

Posted on 13/09/2021 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

Cruise ships come to Sicily all the time, today. They usually arrive at Catania, Palermo and Messina ports and let tourists enjoy the beauties of these historical cities. If you do not have enough time, you shall choose short itineraries so to admire – at least – the most important places. Mount Etna, of course, […]