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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The best page that explains how excursions to Etna are organized
How are the excursions on Etna up to the top organized? The best page that explains what to do... The important thing to know is that if you want to reach the summit of the volcano you must contact our category of professionals, Alpine or Volcanological Guides...
Etna – Useful information about the excursions: Crossing and Craters on top
Useful advice and information about the Etna's Crossing What to do on Etna and which excursions to choose As for the ascent to the summit craters of Etna, in winter, spring and autumn, it all depends on the snow/ice conditions. Ascend in winter In winter the summit...
Advice and rules in force for the ascent to the top of Etna
What are the rules in force to access the top of the Etna volcano from the North? The excursion activities are free up to an altitude of 2,850 m a.s.l. (Volcanological Observatory - Piano delle Concazze). Excursions to the summit areas of the volcano over an altitude...
Access to the top of Etna in the Municipality of Linguaglossa – North Etna
Access ordinance to the volcano from Etna North | Municipality of Linguaglossa 03/10/2022 CONSIDERED That the volcanic activity, having heard the opinion of the competent bodies, appears to be mainly located near the South East Crater. As also ascertained by the daily...
Etna – Excursion information with ascent on foot to the top
IMPORTANT: before venturing out, it is good practice to pay attention to the limits imposed by the ordinances in force and the levels of volcanic risk currently available on this 👉🏻 page THIS INFORMATION REFERS TO THE PERIOD INCLUDING MAY TO OCTOBER DESCRIPTION This...
How to get to Etna by public transport for the excursion to 3000 meters
Useful information on how to get to Rifugio Sapienza without a car Our excursions have an appointment at 9:00 AM in the morning. Consequently, the buses of the AST company departing from Catania at 8:00 AM, do not allow you to arrive on time, moreover in the...
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...
Can we go and visit the current eruption in Valle del Bove? Let’s clarify
Visit to the ongoing eruption at the North Eastern base of the South East Crater (11/01/2023) Many of you are asking if it is possible to reach the point where the active flow emerges from November 27, 2022. This eruption is over - any resumption...
Etna excursion to the craters at 3300 meters in winter (December, January, February, March and April) useful tips
Climbing to the top of the Etna volcano from December to April - Useful tips Climbing to the top of the Etna volcano does not appear to be technically complicated especially in summer, the most important thing is to never underestimate the volcanic conditions....
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...
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...
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...
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...