Eruption Archives

Torchlight procession in August on Mt Etna

Posted on 21/08/2022 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

The torchlight processions in the mountains are now a common sight. It is easier to see them in winter, when the snow contrasts with the glow of the fire. It was the Alpine people who taught the world this tradition, filling certain cold nights on the highest peaks in Europe with lights. And the tradition […]

About the Museum of Etna in Nicolosi

Posted on 25/07/2022 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

If you have to choose a destination, among the many that Mount Etna offers, this summer do focus on Nicolosi. Not only because this town is the gateway to the best views over Etna’s southern flank, not only for the local beauties, but also because there is the seat of Etna Volcanological Museum. Which is […]

About Etna bloggers …

Posted on 11/07/2022 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

Mount Etna is such a special mountain that it is impossible not to tell about it. And today everything is told on social media, on video channels, on mobile phones. But if you have to describe something, and do it well, you have to use words before pictures. Etna deserves many words, many stories intertwined […]

Underground Catania … a walk through ancient lavas

Posted on 27/06/2022 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

Tourists come to Sicily to admire many things, including two unmissable ones: the sea and Mount Etna. They would very much like to be able to experience the volcano while it is in full swing and, even if with fear, they often wonder what it feels like to be “inside” an eruption. The good news […]

Explaining Etna’s new eruption which has just ended

Posted on 16/06/2022 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

The last weird eruption of Mount Etna ended like that … suddenly, on June 12th. Exactly one month after its beginning, on 12th May. Then, the north flank of the South East Crater split in several places, letting out a long lava flow. “Weird” eruption not because it was unexpected or anomalous but because the […]