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Wine of Etna and Sicilian Wines

Posted on 11/03/2019 (13/03/2019) by Grazia Musumeci

Sicily is fertile land, a rich, beautiful soil! It is not by chance that this island has always been a desire for many peoples, and many have conquered it, owned and exploited it for agriculture, even before that for trade or fishing. The volcanic soil that is found almost everywhere in the region, the many […]

From Savoca to Forza d’Agrò, looking for “The Godfather”

Posted on 04/03/2019 by Grazia Musumeci

One of the attractions tourists love most, when they come to Sicily, are the so-called “mafia routes”. Despite the hard work done in order to separate the image of the island from the criminal phenomenon, brought to perfection in the last 18 years by the TV series “Inspector Montalbano”, foreign visitors still love to venture […]

Mt. Etna’s side eruptions

Posted on 28/02/2019 by Grazia Musumeci

Those who have lived at the foot of Mt. Etna for more than thirty years certainly have seen at least one. And when they saw it, it was really scary. We are speaking of the side eruptions, those that suddenly break the ground on one of the sides of the volcano and begin to emit […]

Discovering the Nocellara olive oil of Mount Etna

Posted on 23/02/2019 (23/02/2019) by Grazia Musumeci

In order to discover the Nocellara oil, we must enter the wonderful unique microcosm that is Mount Etna. Here we find different climates and different expressions of the vegetation that adapts to these climates. We find the vines, which give some of the best wines of Sicily, the oaks and birches, the beautiful chestnut and […]

Is Mount Etna safe to visit?

Posted on 18/02/2019 (05/07/2019) by Grazia Musumeci

When Mount Etna erupts there are two totally opposite and yet connected phenomena: the tourists from all over the world would like to rush to the volcano to admire the show, but those who are already on the spot quickly cancel the hotel room and flee ! How do you explain that? Volcanoes have always […]