Etna Castles 2: Motta St Anastasia
Motta St Anastasia was built around a "volcanic neck", a huge column of solidified magma that typically comes to light when the walls of an ancient volcanic conduit collapse. Here, we are just 35…
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Castles of Etna 1: Aci Castello
The history of Aci Castello (Castle of Aci) is intertwined with that of Acireale. In fact, legend has it that it was on the coast of Aci Castello... specifically, in the stretch from the…
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Etna: itinerary for the “lazy”
Mount Etna is a gigantic volcano, a mountain with a thousand facets, and certainly not easy to tackle. To hike its trails, you need to be prepared, energetic, and fit. But if you're lazy,…
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Have you ever done … the Tour of Etna?
Have you ever done the Tour of Etna? No, not as a cycling or car race … but a very long excursion all around the immense body of the volcano. In fact, this adventure…
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An ancient city called “Etna”
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…
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Valle del Bove, from oxen to goats
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…
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“At the foot” of the craters: Maletto, Milo, Randazzo
What is it like to live “under the crater” of a large active volcano? So scary even just to say, because it lets you imagine frightening scenarios. Lava destroying houses, fire raining from the…
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Itinerary at Crater Mount Manfré of Belpasso
If you are looking for alternative and not too complicated itineraries on Etna, today we will take you to discover “Monte Manfré”, in the territory of Belpasso, that is, on the southern flank of…
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Mt Etna’s spring place 1: Piedimonte and Presa
Many people prefer to go to Piedimonte Etneo in autumn, at harvest time. In fact, this village located on the northern side of Etna is one of the capitals of that unique wine which…
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Mount Etna, a new eruption on its way
Finally, the lava appeared! It did it without any stress, without particular excitement. After three months of modest puffs, rings of vapour and tensions that almost all came from the Bocca Nuova crater, on…
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