Etna Archives

Etna again on eruption on February 21st

Posted on 22/02/2022 (22/02/2022) by Grazia Musumeci

Surprisingly, Mount Etna sets off a great new paroxysm, in the late morning of February 21st. Semi covered by clouds, the volcano was affected by a very rapid rise of magma that gave off high fountains of lava and a notable pyroclastic cloud that rose several kilometers above the craters. Pushed by the north-west wind, […]

Mt Etna’s mud volcanoes and “Maccalube”, what difference?

Posted on 21/02/2022 by Grazia Musumeci

Each volcano has a life path with which it was born and then slowly dies. Very often these two extreme moments in the existence of these unique mountains are given by secondary phenomena. That is, by eruptions without fire but with other materials. Sometimes they are boiling water jets, the famous geysers. Other times they […]

Valentine’s Day on Etna, where to celebrate

Posted on 14/02/2022 by Grazia Musumeci

Mount Etna is a romantic volcano, more than you think. What is better than enjoying a eruption together, hand in hand? Or admiring the view of the coast and inner Sicily from the top? Try a dinner for two at Sapienza Refuge, surrounded by the snow and sunset. Try a lunch at one of […]

Mount Etna, the first great eruption of 2022

Posted on 11/02/2022 by Grazia Musumeci

Volcanologists followed the event with the same amazement as citizens crowded into street corners, armed with cell phones and cameras. Mount Etna gives everyone the show of its first paroxysm of 2022, on the afternoon of 10th February. An absolute spectacle, such as has not been seen for almost 20 months. Above all, a show […]

Discovering Cesarò and the Nebrodi lakes

Posted on 07/02/2022 (07/02/2022) by Grazia Musumeci

Would you like to admire one of the most beautiful views over Mt Etna? Then go to Cesarò, in the district of Messina. In the immediate outskirts of the town, on the road to San Teodoro and the Nebrodi lakes, you will see the town around the ruins of its castle. And Etna behind […]