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Etna South: the surprise of Carpinteri Hut

Posted on 08/09/2025 by Grazia Musumeci

We discovered the Carpinteri Hut (or Refuge) as a pleasant surprise. Perhaps because the trail leading to it from the Milìa route (Etna South) had never been properly marked, or perhaps it had been abandoned for some time… we certainly hadn’t noticed it, before. Yet, going from the Filiciusa-Milìa gate to San Giovanni Gualberto, passing […]

Sunsets on Mount Etna: where to admire the most beautiful

Posted on 31/08/2025 by Grazia Musumeci

Sunsets… the time of day most beloved by poets, the one that has inspired songs and romantic proposals for centuries! Humans have always pursued them and have recently included them in tourist itineraries. Just think of the over-hyped (and crowded) sunset in Santorini, the famous African sunsets, or the sunsets on the beaches of California. […]

Boris Behncke: Etna is a matter of the heart!

Posted on 26/08/2025 (26/08/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

Dr. Boris Behncke, a volcanologist at the INGV Institute in Catania, was born on March 2nd and possesses a dreamy vivacity that, as a Pisces, sometimes turns into great determination, other times into total defeatism. In his case, fortunately (for him and for us), the former holds true: he has plenty of grit and determination. […]

Etna: brand new August lava stream

Posted on 18/08/2025 by Grazia Musumeci

In August, Mount Etna intensifies its activity, as if seeking to promote tourism in the final part of the season! And as it had already done in the winter, it draws the attention and attracts tourists with new eruptive activity… yet to be fully defined. A new fracture has opened at an altitude of 3,000 […]

Mount Etna’s three districts: Catania

Posted on 11/08/2025 (11/08/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

Politically and territorially, the great volcano Mount Etna belongs entirely to the district of Catania and is specifically divided among 17 municipalities. But at least two other provinces feel they have some claim—at least a “tourist” one —to Etna and its panoramas: the districts of Messina and Enna. These two territories overlook the volcano, although […]