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Hiking in Sicily

Hiking & Trekking on Mount Etna

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

Hiking in Taormina Sicily

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

Hiking in Taormina Sicily - Trekking on Mount Etna

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
  • wonderful terraced agricultural landscape
  • many small stone walls of lava

 

Trekking route Monte Nero Degli Zappini

Hiking in Taormina Sicily - Trekking on Mount Etna

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
  • lava fields
  • change of vegetation

Hiking route Monte Calanna

Hiking in Taormina Sicily - Trekking on Mount Etna

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
  • characteristic lava formations
  • Etna broom, fruit plantation

Hiking route Monte Zoccolaro

Hiking in Taormina - Trekking on Mount Etna

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
  • precipitous
  • steady change of vegetation
  • panoramic view over the ox valley "Valle del Bove"