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How to visit Etna?

How to visit Etna?

How to visit Etna? To visit Etna up to the top, just read the information on our website   If you are interested in knowing if the summit is open to the public right now, open this 👉🏻 page. This is a useful page that explains how excursions on Etna are...

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Excursions on Etna from Catania

Excursions on Etna from Catania

  You can get to the Etna volcano in different ways: With a rented means of transport (recommended) or your own car, so as to be able to reach the starting points of the excursions even if they are in not too busy areas. By car it is possible to reach an altitude...

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Excursions on Etna from Taormina

Excursions on Etna from Taormina

  All the excursions performed by the Volcanological Guides develop from low altitudes to the top of the Etna volcano at 3300 meters. The Volcanological Guides are qualified and duly authorized by law to lead tourists to active volcanoes in Sicily and abroad. So...

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How much does it cost to go up to Etna?

How much does it cost to go up to Etna?

How much does it cost to climb the Etna volcano? Rates vary based on what you want to do. Access to the natural park does not include a cost, except for the tourist areas (Rifugio Sapienza and Piano Provenzana) where you have to pay to park your car, if stopped in the...

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Etna’s first lava fountain of 2023

Etna’s first lava fountain of 2023

Etna's first lava fountain of 2023 at the South East Crater     During the morning of May 21, 2023 at 8:00 am, explosive activity suddenly began at Southeast Crater and immediately evolved into lava fountaining. The cloud cover prevented the observation of...

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What to do and what to see on Etna?

What to do and what to see on Etna?

There are many fascinating things to visit on the volcano, we list the most popular ones: Hiking to the top The summit craters of the volcano with trekking excursions 👉🏻 to find out more (summer excursions)👈🏻 and with mountaineering skis or crampons in winter. Visit...

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What is the best time to visit Etna?

What is the best time to visit Etna?

The best period to visit Etna is... There is no real better period than another, the volcano offers beauties that can be exploited all year round. Our excursion activities are in fact carried out every day of every month according to the climatic and volcanic...

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Update of Etna cable car prices

Update of Etna cable car prices

  Update of the new price list of the Etna cableway The company that manages the Etna cable car (high rope lift) located on the southern slope of the Etna volcano, which allows you to climb from an altitude of 1900 meters to an altitude of 2500 metres, presented...

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Eruption in Valle del Bove

Eruption in Valle del Bove

Departure scheduled with minimum 6 participants Etna excursion to see the current eruption The group of Etna Nord Volcanological Guides organizes the excursion to visit the ongoing eruption from the Belvedere di Serracozzo. Description The excursion has as its...

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When do you pay in advance for the Etna excursion?

When do you pay in advance for the Etna excursion?

  In order to make the reservation correctly, the Coop. of the Etna Nord Volcanological Guides undertakes to withhold 50% of the total cost of the service, which can be reimbursed only in case of cancellation by the guide company for reasons of force majeure: bad...

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Volcanic activity of Mt. Etna during 1966 

Volcanic activity of Mt. Etna during 1966 

After the strong explosive and effusive activity in 1964, that reached its apex in the terminal eruption on the fourth of July (5, 6,13), the central crater of Mt. Etna and the subterminal North-East crater maintained for many months a state of relative calmness: from...

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Excursion to the craters of Etna

Excursion to the craters of Etna

  Excursion to the craters of Etna Finding information on the internet has become really complicated due to the numerous offers. What we recommend is to ask for information from those who experience the volcano every day, without relying on associations or...

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