Etna is a complex of volcanic buildings, over time it has changed and evolved until today, for us Sicilians not the volcano but “A Muntagna”.

Going up to high altitude, a suggestive aspect is the different vegetation that one encounters. The landscape changes continuously, passing from the oak, chestnut, holm oak and downy oak woods to the fragrant broom, suddenly you meet the larch pine forest and the coniferous vegetation. The detachment is clear, once the conifers are finished at about 2000 meters we find ourselves in an open landscape rich in craters and bush vegetation such as chamomile, soapwort, dockyard, tansy.

An enchanted landscape that varies its colors according to the seasons.

Program

Stage I: Meeting point Zafferana Etnea, a picturesque village on the slopes of Mount Etna, we follow the SP 92 which takes us to the beginning of the Trekking Schiena dell’Asino path. Walking along the path through the foothills, larch pine woods and bush vegetation such as broom, astragalus and saponaria, chamomile etc … we reach the majestic Valle del Bove. We will deepen the volcanological aspects related to the formation of the same.

Stage II: proceed towards Rifugio Sapienza to admire the Silvestri Craters and the recent 2001/2002 flow that destroyed the tourist area of ​​Rifugio Sapienza.

Stage III: We continue in the direction of Milo to reach the structure for the Masterclass Doc Etna wines and Lunch immersed in nature (altitude 800 m a.s.l.), here the panorama becomes open and the green woods of Etna give way to recent black flows (from 2002 ).