volcano Archives

Five delicious Mt Etna foods you should taste

Posted on 03/03/2025 by Grazia Musumeci

Mount Etna is not only a large active volcano but also an immense territory that “feeds” on lava and climate. Thanks to the mix of these elements (the lava soil, the sun, the underground waters) the countryside at the foot of the mountain is extremely fertile and produces delicious raw materials every year. They can […]

An ancient city called “Etna”

Posted on 17/02/2025 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

We know that the name “Etna” comes from an ancient Greek word “aithne” which means “heat, burn”. Today we know that an entire territory, almost as large as a province, takes its name from Etna, meaning not only our volcano but a community with very specific culture and traditions. People have often wondered if a […]

Valle del Bove, from oxen to goats

Posted on 03/02/2025 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

Valle del Bove (the Ox Valley) is a landscape that everyone knows and everyone loves. It is that large depression that opens on the eastern flank of Mount Etna, the result of an ancient collapse (or landslide) dating over 60,000 years ago, when the primitive volcanic building of Etna – called Mt Trifoglietto – collapsed […]

Respect the rules: on the mountains and on volcanoes

Posted on 27/01/2025 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

Here we are again. Talking again about mountain accidents, counting the victims again (two deaths) on a normal Sunday like many others. Sometimes we get discouraged, because it seems like we are repeating things to the wind. If respecting the rules and laws is fundamental in common civilization, it is even more so when you […]

Sicily by Bike: the tourist destination of 2025

Posted on 13/01/2025 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

One of the most authoritative voices on tourism, the New York Times, includes Sicily among the 52 unmissable destinations of 2025. And it includes it following the path of a new and beautiful route, especially for fans of extreme ecological walks: Sicily Divide, Sicily by bike. This route which, as the name suggests, “divides” the […]