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A Mt Etna spring tourist trip 1: Favare of Maletto

Posted on 19/03/2023 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

With this article we want to inaugurate some very specific tourist suggestions, suitable in our opinion for every month and season of the year around our volcano. And in the first month of spring, we want to tell you about a perfect location for this season: the Favare of Maletto. In fact, in the past […]

Acireale and the Timpa lava plateau

Posted on 05/03/2023 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

The people of Acireale solemnly call it “the” Timpa. But to be exact this escarpment that flows into the sea is part of a system of different “timpas”, that is “cliffs” – in Sicilian – formed by lava rocks. However, the one of Acireale is certainly among the most majestic and for this reason it […]

The eruption of 252 AD

Posted on 27/02/2023 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

The eruption of 252 AD remained famous in the Sicilian history because it is linked to the very first miracle of St. Agatha. The young Catania martyr girl, in fact, had died only the previous year and the population asked for her help against the fury of the volcano. They brought her veil to procession […]

How to prepare for a winter trekking on Mt Etna

Posted on 20/02/2023 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

Mount Etna is a volcano so fascinating and full of itineraries that exploring it and experiencing it is a pleasure in every season of the year. You don’t necessarily have to wait for spring or summer to go trekking on its paths, you can also plan it in winter. Prudence must be the basis of […]

Mardi-Gras all around Mt Etna

Posted on 06/02/2023 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

The Mardi-Gras Carnival all around Mount Etna, as well as almost everywhere in Italy, dates back to the medieval Spanish tradition. That is, it granted three days of celebration without rules before the Lent period of penance. This festival is influenced by even more ancient echoes, which recall the Roman “bacchanalia” but then in the […]