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Aeolian Islands in the winter

Posted on 28/12/2020 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

The Aeolian Islands in the winter are a tourist attraction for a few people. Not many tourists love summer paradises as they lose the sun and the crowds, going back to a “human scale” life. Some places, though, keep their magic. Aeolian Islands, for example. Will you ever come and live over here between November […]

The current eruption’s show

Posted on 22/12/2020 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Mount Etna show continues! The eruption that began on St.Lucy’s Night 13 December 2020, in the summit area of the volcano does not seem to have respite yet. The experts had sensed it in the previous days, despite the many variations that occurred. After a short period of calm and decline in parameters, on December […]

Etna Current Eruption 2020

Posted on 14/12/2020 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

The eruption on Saint Lucy’s Night started as a surprise, for many people who were looking at it from home. It was not a surprise for the “insiders”. The experts volcanologists in fact had been monitoring the tremors since afternoon of December 13th. As the clouds opened, at 11:30 pm, the whole Eastern Sicily could […]

Stromboli, the hidden giant

Posted on 07/12/2020 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

One of the highest volcanoes in Europe, though no one knows, Stromboli lies for the most part under the Tyrrhenian Sea. If you could empty the sea, you would admire the 2000 meters of its volcanic structure. But only 926 of them are visible above the sea surface. A hidden giant, so. A giant who […]

From Mt Etna to Syracuse

Posted on 30/11/2020 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Mount Etna is the main character of a very large landscape. Its great size allows people to admire it from places you could not imagine, even from inner Sicily. If you are staying on the Ionian coast, starting from Etna and its surroundings you could plan interesting itineraries. And yet never lose sight of the […]