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Hiking & Trekking on Mount Etna

Please find here hiking and trekking routes and hiking paths for the Etna volcano in Siciliy.

The Etna volcano has a lot more to offer in terms of doing sports.

This gigantic smoking "mountain of the mountains" invites you to go on a hiking tour on its wonderful hiking paths.

Hiking route Buró

The hiking path is named after a cave made of igneous rocks. The cave, which is near Randazzo on the North side of the Etna, is the home of innumerous bats!

     
Level of difficulty   easy
Starting point   1080 m above sea level
Altitude difference   140 m
Length   approx. 2050 m
Duration   approx. 1 h.
Observation points   4
Parking   free
Distance   approx. 30 km from Taormina
Approach   best by car - A18 exit Fiumefreddo - follow the signs Linguaglossa  - then direction Randazzo (road "quota 1000") - turn into S. Caterina in ESA road and keep straight for approx. 2 km
Particularities  
  1.  wonderful terraced agricultural landscape
  2.  many small stone walls of lava
     
 

Trekking route Monte Nero Degli Zappini

This hiking path is on the South side of the Etna, only a few kilometres from the summit craters!

     
Level of difficulty   easy
Starting point   1740 m above sea level
Altitude difference   200 m
Length   approx. 4 km
Duration   approx. 2.5 h
Observation points   11
Parking   free
Distance   approx. 35 km from Taormina
Approach   by car - A18 exit Giarre - follow the signs Nicolosi - Etna SUD - approx. 13 km after Nicolosi directly next to the hotel "Grande Albergo dell'Etna"
Particularities  
  1.  lava fields
  2.  change of vegetation
     
 

Hiking route Monte Calanna

A very nice hiking path on the East side of the volcano.

The starting point of this hiking tour is close to the end point of the famous lava flow of 1991/93.

     
Level of difficulty   medium
Starting point   830m above sea level
Altitude difference   180 m
Length   approx. 1100 m
Duration   approx. 1.5 h
Observation points   5
Parking   free
Distance   approx. 30 km from Taormina
Approach   best by car - A18 exit Giarre - follow the signs Zafferana Etnea - Etna SUD (Rifugio Sapienza) - follow the signs "colata lavica 1991/93", at the beginning of the lava front follow the small street for the next 800 m
Particularities  
  1.  characteristic lava formations
  2.  Etna broom, fruit plantation
     
 

Hiking route Monte Zoccolaro

A precipitous hiking path on the South East hillside for those who are already experienced.

Here you can easily reconstruct the geological evolution of the volcano.

     
Level of difficulty   demanding
Starting point   1472 m above sea level
Altitude difference   266 m
Length   approx. 1000 m
Duration   approx. 2.5 h
Observation points   5
Parking   free
Distance   approx. 35 km from Taormina
Approach   best by car - A18 exit Giarre - follow the signs Zafferana Etnea - Etna SUD (Rifugio Sapienza) - no precise indication 
Particularities  
  1.  precipitous
  2.  steady change of vegetation
  3.  panoramic view over ox valley Valle del Bove
     
 
Direction
98039 Taormina Sicily, ME, Italy
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