Etna Blog & Insider Guides
Practical route insights and tips from my years guiding on Mount Etna — what you actually need to plan your trek.
Watching Lava on Etna: What I Tell My Guests
I've spent years guiding people across Etna's lava fields and crater rims, and the question I hear most is always the same: where can I see real lava? Here's what I tell them — the honest, insider version, not the brochure copy.
Etna Webcams: How I Read Them Every Morning
Every morning before leading a group onto Etna, I check the same webcams in the same order. After years of doing this, I can read a frame in seconds and know whether the mountain is sleeping, breathing or roaring. Let me share exactly how I do it.
Cable Car or Hike on Etna? My Honest Guide Advice
Every week someone asks me: cable car or hike? My answer is always the same — it depends on who you are, not what looks easier. After guiding on Etna for years, I've watched both options transform complete strangers into people who never want to leave this volcano.
Spring on Etna: A Volcanologist's Wine Tour
I've spent years guiding people across Etna's craters, but some of my most memorable days have been spent walking through the vineyards on those same slopes. In spring, when the vines are just waking up and the summit is still wearing its snow, this mountain reveals a side of itself that most visitors never see.
My Favorite Spring Hikes on Etna: Trails & Blooms
Every spring I rediscover Mount Etna as if it were the first time. After twenty years guiding on this volcano, the moment those violet Viola aetnensis flowers push through black lava still stops me in my tracks. Here's what I tell every guest who asks me when to come and where to walk.
Etna Jeep Tour: Off-Road Adventure on a Volcano
Explore Mount Etna by 4x4 jeep without the long hike. Reach 2,850m, see 2002 eruption craters and lava caves — ideal for families and all ages.
Etna Wine Tasting: Discover Volcanic Terroir
Taste Etna DOC wines from volcanic vineyards with a certified sommelier. Nerello Mascalese, Carricante, Sicilian food pairings and winery visits.
Monti Sartorius: Family Walk on Mount Etna
A gentle, family-friendly circular trail through Etna's birch forest, 1865 lava flows, and volcanic craters. Perfect for children and seniors.
Etna 3000 South: Cable Car & High-Altitude Hike
Take the cable car to 2,500m and hike to the Barbagallo craters at 3,000m. Lava tunnels, Valle del Bove views, and volcanic trekking from the south.