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Three ideas for your … Easter with Etna!

Posted on 25/03/2024 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Easter is the “gate to spring”, it is the celebration that throughout the Western world introduces the most beautiful season of the year. Here in the Etna area, Easter is a celebration linked to the sacredness of religion and the rituals in churches or squares (processions, sacred representations). So, people dedicate to nature and spring […]

Mt Etna’s spring place 1: Piedimonte and Presa

Posted on 17/03/2024 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Many people prefer to go to Piedimonte Etneo in autumn, at harvest time. In fact, this village located on the northern side of Etna is one of the capitals of that unique wine which takes its spectacular characteristics from our volcano. But discovering Piedimonte in spring, especially in March, is as well an exciting tourist […]

How and where go “birdwatching” on Mt Etna

Posted on 03/03/2024 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

There is a type of tourism that seems strange or boring to many, but which instead reserves special emotions: birdwatching. It literally means “observing birds”, and not only or not so much to photograph them but precisely to admire them in their natural habitat. A true “birdwatcher” doesn’t even bring a camera with him, he/she […]

Mt Etna’s winter place 3: Randazzo

Posted on 26/02/2024 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

To reach Randazzo from Catania you need to go around Mount Etna and wander through expanses of vineyards and ancient lava flows that dot a (semi) flat area. Located on the northern flank of the volcano, this ancient medieval city is a point of reference for the most beautiful winter excursions. On this side of […]

Mount Etna’s animals 4: the green lizard and Tiraciàtu

Posted on 12/02/2024 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

If you go on an excursion to Mount Etna, especially if you stop to rest among the cold lava stones or on a dry stone wall, you might find it … keeping you company! The Etna green lizard is in fact a very common little animal on the volcano. Although, to be honest, it’s not […]