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Etna and the eruption that touched Randazzo

Posted on 16/12/2019 (21/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Randazzo is one of the most fascinating towns around Mt Etna. Even today it shows tourists its own precious historical and artistic heritage dating back to the year 1000, when it became a colony of fleeing populations who brought their culture here. Nowadays the town is divided into quarters – the Greek quarter, the Latin […]

Linguaglossa, the “north gate” to Mount Etna

Posted on 02/12/2019 (21/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

The name will make you smile. It sounds like a cartoon character with a long, thick tongue, but behind this name there is a whole story – and a cultural background – of a small town that is very important for the economy of the Catania district area. Linguaglossa, in fact, is the “north gate” […]

Autumn tradition’s sweet recipes of Mt Etna

Posted on 25/11/2019 (20/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Mount Etna is a small universe apart, which produces animal and plant life and which changes almost completely each season. Its fertile soil allows the growth of numerous delicacies such as mushrooms, chestnuts, pistachios, citrus fruits and the inevitable prickly pears. The best time to enjoy these products is autumn. Between October and January, in […]

Go-Etna, the main sponsor of Handball Club Mascalucia

Posted on 09/11/2019 (20/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Those who know us already know it, read it on our website. Whatever we do, we do it with passion, enthusiasm and competence. We do it for Sicily and we do it to enhance a unique heritage in the world. In the case of Go Etna we talk about artistic, historical and naturalistic beauties, in […]

Grotta del Gelo, a perennial glacier in the volcano’s womb

Posted on 04/11/2019 (21/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

In the municipality of Randazzo, on the northern slope of Mount Etna, one of the most anomalous and intriguing phenomena in the world rises: a perennial glacier, located in the womb of an active volcano. The southernmost perennial glacier in Europe. It is the Grotta del Gelo (Grotto of Ice) , a long gallery derived […]