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Grotta del Gelo, a perennial glacier in the volcano’s womb

Posted on 04/11/2019 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

In the municipality of Randazzo, on the northern slope of Mount Etna, one of the most anomalous and intriguing phenomena in the world rises: a perennial glacier, located in the womb of an active volcano. The southernmost perennial glacier in Europe. It is the Grotta del Gelo (Grotto of Ice) , a long gallery derived […]

Mt Etna, the best places for your photos to eruptions

Posted on 30/09/2019 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

Mt Etna is a never ending show. It is beautiful all the time, in every season, and offers all the best nature has. Blooming and scented in springtime, colourful in the autumn, covered in snow in the winter and always ready to take you by surprise with its eruptions. An explosion today, lava flows or […]

Visit Mt. Etna in autumn

Posted on 23/09/2019 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

If you missed the chance to come to Sicily this summer, do not give up. Perhaps the best is yet to come. Have you ever tried to enjoy this island in autumn (in the fall)? Have you ever tried to imagine what does it mean to admire Mount Etna during this season? Maybe it’s the […]

Mt Etna, how to walk on cold lava streams

Posted on 16/09/2019 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

At first sight you will think it is just a kids’ game. Can it be so different from walking on the Alps’ top, through a rocky desert or any other rocky beach? Do you really need a guide in order to learn how to walk on Mt Etna’s cold lava streams? Of course you do, […]

Nicolosi and its Red Mountains

Posted on 18/08/2019 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

A town and the volcano closely linked, for better or for worse, in life and death and in the return to life. Here is a summary of the history of Nicolosi and its “Monti Rossi” (Red Mountains), the cones that determined both the terrible eruption that upset this side of Etna and the natural beauty […]