Etna is the highest active volcano in Europe with its 3,330 metres. With its vast park it is a remarkable site for its lush landscapes at its feet, or austere and lunar at altitude, with its volcanic and geological formations such as its many craters, including the Bocca Nuova at the summit, and its regular eruptions.
Upstream of the valley, on a series of hills overlooking the Simeto, lies Centuripe, an ancient city already inhabited in the 5th century BC. Its urban layout extends over five hills connected by small valleys, offering remarkable views of Etna and the valley. Renowned since Antiquity for its pottery production, the town still perpetuates this […]
West of Catania, the Simeto valley forms a vast region still little visited by tourism. The river, about 113 km long, rises on the south-western slopes of Etna and cuts through spectacular volcanic rock gorges before reaching the Ionian Sea, south of the Catania plain. This valley has always been a strategic passage between the […]
