Trinaka Etna · Sicily
Reasons to come

Walking on the crater

Etna is not one summit but a field of craters, and it changes: what you walk on this year may have arrived the winter before last. The lower cones can be walked freely; the summit area is a different matter and is done with authorised mountain guides, because the mountain is monitored and the rules move with it.

The south side goes up from Rifugio Sapienza and the Silvestri craters; the north side from Piano Provenzana, through forest and old flows.

Lava tubes — caves left by flowing lava — are a cold, dark counterpoint to the ash outside, and are done with lamps and a guide.

It is a mountain, not an attraction: temperature drops sharply with altitude, the wind is real, and the weather at 3,000 metres is not the weather in Catania.

Guided ascents and walks

Etna · Experiences

Etna excursions

Craters, lava flows and woods on Europe's highest active volcano, with licensed guides and, if you need one, a driver who takes you there and back.

from €25.00per personAsk → Siracusa · Experiences

Syracuse and around, with a driver

Ortygia, the Greek theatre, Noto and the coast: a day in Syracuse with a driver who picks you up where you are — Taormina, the airport, Catania — and

Price on requestAsk → Taormina · Experiences

Godfather tour

Savoca and Forza d'Agrò, the locations of The Godfather: Bar Vitelli, the Church of San Nicolò and the Cathedral of the SS. Annunziata. Private half‑d

from €330.00per groupAsk → Linguaglossa · Experiences

Petra Spa: the after-Etna, on Etna

Sauna, Turkish bath, pools and treatment rooms, inside Villa Neri. Where days on the mountain end.

Price on requestAsk → Castiglione di Sicilia · Experiences

Etna half day: craters, lava caves, 1,900 m

Four hours on the south side: craters, lava caves, 1,900 m.

from €280.00per groupAsk →

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