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The magic of skiing on an active volcano: Mt Etna’s resorts

Posted on 25/01/2019 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Have you ever skied while looking at the sea sparkling on the horizon? Have you ever tried to go snowboarding on ancient lava rivers, with the sharp points of the black rock emerging from the snow? Have you ever taken the chairlift while, above you, columns of ash rise between disturbing roars? Skiing on a […]

A tour to the Alcantara Valley’s towns

Posted on 11/01/2019 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

If you come with us to discover the beautiful north side of Mt.Etna, you can not miss a tour to one of the towns that live in the shadow of this side, almost always snowy and much less steep than the other sides of the volcano. At the foot of the northern side of Etna, […]

Mt Etna’s new side eruption. Shall we be worried?

Posted on 24/12/2018 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Etna is not new to this kind of “surprises”. The volcanologists themselves say that “you never know what’s going on in the pot” and never like today, on Christmas Eve 2018, the volcano has shown it to us residents and to the whole world. […]

Mt Etna, side eruption concerning Valle del Bove

Posted on 24/12/2018 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

The National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology of Catania informs us that the current one, started at 11 am on 24 December 2018, is a real side eruption, with “the opening of several eruptive holes starting from the base of the New South East Crater, towards Serra Giannicola “, an area located inside the depressive […]

Mt Etna on a big eruption at Christmas Eve 2018

Posted on 24/12/2018 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Christmas Eve with a surprise “gift box” from Etna that, after three months of relatively quiet eruptive activity, at 11 am on 24th December 2018 suddenly exploded. […]