The Musarra Rock
If you live or visit the eastern flank of volcano Mount Etna, where the great valley Del Bove opens, you will certainly spot Rocca Musarra, the Musarra Rock. It rises from the volcano's "belly"…
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Winter sports on Mount Etna
Mount Etna is a Sicilian volcano. Therefore in the world's imagination it is a mountain off ire in a warm place, in the middle of the warmest sea in Europe! Yet, between January and…
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Discovering Aci St Antonio
If you want to live thoroughly Mount Etna you must also learn about its territory. A whole universe around it. Among so many big and small towns living on Etna's products and tourism, we…
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Christmas at Linguaglossa
The gate to the cold northern flank of Mount Etna, and to its ski tracks, Linguaglossa is the capital of winter tourism in the Catania area. We already wrote about this lovely town, since…
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Ognina, Catania and its lava cliff
When you arrive in Catania on a cruise ship, or when - even better – you glide towards the airport, you will surely admire the expanses of black rock along the city's waterfront. A…
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Mount Etna from above: helicopter experience
The excitement of climbing an active volcano is connected to what you shall see as you trek, step by step, along its mountain paths. Mount Etna already offers this experience thanks to the many…
Read moreCatania, the tour of good food
Have you just disembarked from your cruise ship at Catania’s harbour? Or have you just landed at the local airport? Well, resist to the desire of swimming into the blue Sicilian sea, do not…
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Visit Mount Etna below 1000 meters
If above 1000 meters above sea level, Etna assumes the appearance of a real volcano, with entire regions of wild and harsh nature, extinct or active craters and lava caves, everything changes as you…
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INGV, the prestigious institute supervising Etna
The National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology - INGV - is the Italian board for the study, monitoring and information about the territory and volcanoes. A very useful institute for Italy which in fact…
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Mt Etna eruption, update 7th March
On the morning of March 7th, 2021, above a cloudy and rainy sky, Mt Etna unleashes the tenth eruptive paroxysm. It caused a giant cloud of ash and lapilli to fall on Milo, Giarre…
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